the ela common core standards: usd 465 starting now!
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The ELA Common
Core Standards:
USD 465 STARTING NOW!
Promises & Challenges of the Common Core
Standardshttp://video.ascd.org/services/player/bcpid1808385390001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAmGjiRE~,escbD3Me8-yYQJv82Zt7vkyVqqyPTI5T&bclid=1810676007001&bctid=1959273618001
http://mediastream.ksde.org/media/liveremote/kccr/collegecareerready2.wmv
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The S
tandard
s A
s A
Whole Get familiar with what
the standards say and
how the requirements
differ from the current
standards and practices.
• START WITH THE STANDARDS THEMSELVES:• http://
www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/805-video.aspx
• http://www.ccsso.org/resources/digital_resources/common_core_implementation_video_series.html
• Close Reading in PLCs• Key Design Considerations• How to Read this Document• Anchor Standards for Reading• Anchor Standards for Writing• Anchor Standards for Speaking and
Listening• Anchor Standards for Language
ELA COMMON CORE RESOURCES:
ELA and Literacy Shifts Professional Development Module atachievethecore.org
Introductory videos and exercises: Engage NYhttp://engageny.org/common-core-curriculum-assessments
Treasure Hunt Through the Standards: KSDEhttp://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4754
National PTA Parents’ Guides to Student Successhttp://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2583
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Understanding the unique role of text complexity expressed
in the anchor standards for reading
is essential to understanding the instructional shifts we
need to make.”
TEXT COMPLEXITY RESOURCES:
David Liben’s ASCD Webinar: Understanding Text Complexityhttp://www.ascd.org/professional-development/webinars/liben-webinar.aspx
Student Achievement Partners – variety of resources availablewww.achievethecore.org
AC
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CA
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LARY A solid academic
vocabulary is essential
not only to reading complex text successfully, but also
to becoming proficient
at writing, speaking,
and listening.”
VOCABULARY RESOURCES:
Words Worth Teaching (2010) by Andrew Biemiller
Articles at Text Project
Academic Word List
Publisher Word Study Programs
Websites: Knoword, Learning Games for Kids, ABC Teach
SYN
TAX Despite the importance of syntax
in understanding complex text, teaching
it has fallen out of fashion in the last few
decades.”
SYNTAX RESOURCES:
My Life Untranslated Blog: Lily Wong Filmore’s “juicy sentence” approach
Teaching Basic Writing Skills by Judith Hochman
Complex Texts
Formal study of a foreign language
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CY
Although fluency does
not guarantee comprehension, lack
of fluency pretty much
guarantees that students will have comprehension and stamina problems that
can persist into high
school.”
ENHANCING FLUENCY RESOURCES:
Engage students in repeated and purposeful reading of text and listen to text being read well while they follow along actively in the text
Consistently ask students to read and reread sections of a text that contain syntax and vocabulary challenges or key information
Evaluate the current reading program
Assessing Reading Fluency by Timothy V. Rasinski
Ohio Literacy Alliance
Teach
ers
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G A
LOU
DReading aloud is a
potent tool that needs
to be taken seriously.”
READING ALOUD RESOURCES:
Introducing Science Concepts to Primary Students Through Read-Alouds: Interactions and Multiple Texts Make the Difference by Natalie Heisey and Linda Kucan
Vocabulary Development During Read-Alouds: Primary Practices by Karen J. Kindle
Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten by Lea M. McGee and Judith Schickedanz
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ND
TYPE
OF
REA
DIN
G Students need to read
a lot to grow their vocabulary, develop
stamina, increase background knowledge, and
improve fluency.”
INFORMATIONAL TEXTS:
50% in Elementary School
55% in Middle School
70% in High School
Encourage more nonfiction in independent reading programs
Provide newspapers, magazines, websites, and more informational texts in full-length books.
Use informational texts rather than narrative fiction in guided and shared reading
INFORMATIONAL TEXTS RESOURCES:
Text Project
Readworks
Reading A-Z
Public Library
School Media Specialist
Online National Databases