An Introduction toCommon Core State Standards

for ELA and Literacy

Theresa Gray

1. Information & Understanding2. Literary Response & Expression3. Critical Analysis & Evaluation4. Social Interaction

Read,write,listen,and speak for…

(4 standards, plus a few performance indicators)

(4 standards, plus a few performance indicators)?

… for example,

Grade 5 has…

31Core Performance IndicatorsLiteracy Competencies68

Grade Specific Performance Indicators102

201

Grade 4 has…

39Core Performance IndicatorsLiteracy Competencies61

Grade Specific Performance Indicators116

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Anchor Standards forCollege & Career Readiness

8th Grade

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11th Grade

Anchor Standards forCollege & Career Readiness

Reading

Writing

Listening & Speaking

Language

(4 strands,32 standards)

Foundational Skills

R-History/SS R-Science & Tech

W-Hist/SS, Sci, Tech

Anchor Standards forCollege & Career Readiness

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Kindergarten:

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.Grade 4:

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.Grade 8:

Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.Grade 12:

Key Features of CCSS for ELA and Literacy

Reading Strand:

• Increasing complexity in what students must be able to read

• In grades K-5, the range of text types include literature (e.g., stories, folktales, drama, and poetry) and informational texts (e.g., literary nonfiction and historical, scientific, and technical)

Reading Foundational Skills in the K-5 section includes print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency

Reading Strand (con’t)

• In grades 6-12 students are expected to read literature and informational texts (e.g., literary nonfiction, including personal essays, speeches, biographies) both outside of and within the ELA classroom

Writing Strand:

• The CCSS Writing expectations focus on the following main writing capacities for K-12: • arguments; • informative/ explanatory texts; and • narratives that convey real or imagined

experience (similar to NAEP expectations)

• In addition to these three main types, students will be expected to perform research and create texts in various media forms

Speaking and Listening Strand:

• Students gain, evaluate, and present increasingly complex information, ideas, and evidence through listening and speaking, as well as through media

Language Strand:

• Students increase their vocabularies through a mix of conversations, direct instruction, and reading. This strand also includes the conventions of standard English grammar

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January 2011Begin alignment to curricula

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September 2012Begin CCSS Implementation

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2012 - 2013CCSS Interim Assessments

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2012 - 2013Curriculum Models Available

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2013 - 2014Student Expectations: CCSS

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2014 - 2015New CCSS Assessments (PARCC)

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Overview of Appendices

Appendix A -Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards; Glossary of Key Terms

Appendix B -Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks

Appendix C -Examples of Student Writing