Yan Wang

Dixie Magnet Elementary School

Fayette County Public Schools, KY

Integrating Common Core State Standards

into Chinese Instruction

Chinese Program at Dixie Magnet Elementary School

Founded by FLEP grant Started in 2007 with

kindergarten and adding one grade level each year. By this year the whole school has started learning Chinese.

It is a FLES program. Students have Chinese instruction every other day, each day for 30 minutes.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative

is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.

*http://www.corestandards.org

Introduction

Common Core Standards for:

Mathematics (K-12)

English Language Art (K-12) & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (6-12)

Kentucky Common Core for Science & Social Studies Assessments (K-5)

Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted the Common Core State Standards.

In the States

Kentucky in 2010 was the first state in the nation explicitly tied to the Common Core State Standards.

KY

Challenges for Educators

Professional development Curriculum design Instruction Assessment Educator evaluation

“Year Two of implementing the Common Core State Standards: States’ Progress and Challenges”

-- Center on Education policy, January 2012

Effect on Foreign Language classes

Reduce the Chinese instruction time to increase the hours for reading and math Cancel Chinese classes for students in the 3rd-5th grades Eliminate the opportunities for certain students to take Chinese classes Assign Chinese teachers to do reading or math intervention

Support the Implementation of CCSS

Be familiar with the CCSS Collaborate with classroom teachers Embedding CCSS into Chinese

Curriculum and instruction

Share the lesson plan online

Sample Chinese Long Range Plan (1st grade)

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CC. K.MD.B.3

Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.

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CC.K.MD.A.2

Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference.

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CC.1.MD.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

CC.2.MD.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.

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CC.5.MD.1

Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step real world problems.

1 美元 = 6.2 元

300 元 = ？ 美元

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Patterns

ShapesFractions

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Key Ideas and Details

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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Craft and Structure

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5

Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

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Craft and Structure

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

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Craft and Structure

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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Text Types and Purposes

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

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Physical Science

SC-EP-1.1.3Students will describe the properties of water as it occurs as a solid, liquid or gas.

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Earth/Space Science

SC-EP-2.3.4Students will describe the movement of the sun in the sky using evidence of interactions of the sun with the earth (e.g., shadows, position of sun relative to horizon) to identify patterns of movement.

中国是白天， 美国是晚上， 差 12 小时。

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Earth/Space Science

SC-EP-4.3.2Students will describe patterns in weather and weather data in order to make simple predictions based on those patterns discovered.

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Biological Science

SC-EP-3.4.4Students will describe a variety of plant and animal life cycles to understand patterns of the growth, development, reproduction and death of an organism.

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Unifying Concepts

SC-EP-4.6.1Students will describe basic relationships of plants and animals in an ecosystem (food chains).

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Culture Diversity

POS-SS-P-CS-2 Students will understand that diverse groups celebrate heritage and culture in a variety of ways.

感恩节

中秋节

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Culture Diversity

POS-SS-P-H-3 Students will differentiate among fact, fiction, and opinion in relating historical events.

传说

English Language Arts – Speaking &

Listening

Mathematics

English Language Arts Reading:

LiteratureLife Cycle

Languagein use

ContentCulture

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Days of week

NumbersColors

Fruits

Common food in the US

and China

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Design a Thematic Unit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Reflections

Support and reinforce the Common Core State Standards in the foreign language instruction

Build the Common Core Contents into the thematic units Deliver the the foreign language instruction to

appropriate grade levels based on the CCSS Effectively communicate with administrators,

colleagues and parents about benefits and advantages of the Chinese program in support of the CCSS

References

Common Core State Standards initiative http://www.corestandards.org Crosswalk - Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Comparison to Kentucky State Standardshttp://education.ky.gov/curriculum/docs/Pages/Crosswalk-CCSS-(CCSS)-Comparison-to-KY-State-Standards.aspx Next Generation Science Standardshttp://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards Kentucky Standard for World Language proficiency Core Content for Science Assessments (Elementary)

Q & A

Yan Wang 王 雁

Dixie Magnet Elementary School Fayette County Public Schools

Lexington, Kentucky

Email: yan.wang@fayette.kyschools.us

Website: http://wanglaoshi.wikispaces.com