INTRODUCTIONS & CELEBRATIONS

Discovery Certificates

Reward SchoolsCarver & Zebulon – High PerformingSmith & Wakelon – High Progress

Principal of the Year

NEW EVAAS TEACHER VALUE-ADDED REPORTS FOR 2011-12WCPSS Principals’ MeetingOctober 24, 2012

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE… Reports available in the very near future (we

hope!) School administrators will have access first,

with teacher access to follow later on Login and password instructions will be sent

out by SAS to all teachers These measurements will eventually be the

source for Standard 6 evaluation ratings (for teachers) and Standard 8 for principals 3-year average, with 2012-13 as “Year 1” for

everyone D&A will offer training for teachers

throughout the year (face-to-face as well as through Blackboard); SAS will likely have some online training as well

FOR MORE INFORMATION… Sonya Stephens (sstephens2@wcpss.net) Brad McMillen (bmcmillen@wcpss.net)

BREAK…

Desired Outcomes:By the end of the session participants will …

• understand the types of writing in the K-5 ELA CCSS.

• understand the implications for writing in all the content areas.

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The Journey Continues…

Are You Packed?

Common Core Highway

Common Core OverviewsUnpacked Standards

Cross Walks

Common Core OverviewsEnglish Language Arts Math Social Studies Science

Race to the Top Days Day 1 Assessments Day 2 Rigor

Day 3 Student Engagement Day 4 Disciplinary LiteracyDay 5 Professional Reflections

Writing Across Content Areas

Instructional Leadership

Common CoreHighway

Essential Questions

Focus GroupsFormative AssessmentsInstructional Technology

New Principals OrientationProject Based Learning

Rigor

A Closer Lookat Writing Across the

Content Areas

October 25, 2012

Anchor Standards for Writing

• Text Types and Purposes

• Production and Distribution of Writing

• Research to Build and Present Knowledge

• Range of Writing

A Closer Look at the ELA Writing Standards

Writing in the Common Core

Argumentative/ Opinion

Informative/ Explanatory

Narrative

Narrative writing conveys experience, either real or imaginary, and uses time as its deep structure.

Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

Purposes of Narrative Writing

• To inform

• To instruct

• To persuade

• To entertain

A Closer Look at Narrative Writing

An argument is a reasoned, logical way of demonstrating that the writer’s position, belief, or conclusion is valid.

Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

Purposes of Argument Writing

• To change the reader‘s point of view• To bring about some action on the reader’s

part• To ask the reader to accept the writer’s point

of view on a concept, issue, or problem

The Staircase

“Opinion” is the Common Core label given to argument writing in Grades K-5. It is the stepping stone to argument.

“Argument” is the label used in Grades 6-12. It refers to logical arguments which are convincing because of their merit and reasonableness, rather than emotion or the credentials of the writer.

K-12 Progression of Argument Writing

K Compose opinion pieces; state an opinion or preference

1 – 2 Write opinion pieces Introduce topic, opinion, reason, closure

3 – 5 Write opinion pieces on topics Support point of view with reasons and information

6 – 8 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

9 –12 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive

topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence

Opinion Exemplar

Informative/ Explanatory writing conveys information accurately.

Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

Purpose of Informative/ Explanatory Writing

• To increase readers’ knowledge of a subject

• To help readers better understand a procedure or process

• Provide readers with an enhanced comprehension of a concept

Common Core’s focus on writing

Increases both argument and information writing

De-emphasizes narrative writing

The 4th Grade Writing Assessment?

Dr. Doug Reeves: Nonfiction Writing

Connections to Mathematics:

• What does writing look like in math?

• Where are there natural connections within the Common Core State Standards?

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively3. Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others4. Model with mathematics5. Use appropriate tools strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for and make use of structure8. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Writing in Math

Discuss the Standards for Mathematical Practice that can

incorporate writing.

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others Model with mathematics

Use appropriate tools strategically Attend to precision

Look for and make use of structure Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Connections to

Science:

• Common Core State Standards allow for more writing through science

• Emphasis on Persuasive and Expository Writing.

*Science Notebook is the tool

Who kept a Science Notebook?

• Commissioned by Thomas Jefferson• First transcontinental expedition West

~Lewis & Clark~

• An English conservationist• Authored The Tale of Peter Rabbit

~Beatrix Potter~

Writing is thinking

through the end

of a pen.

~Doug Reeves~

Literacy Integration

Reading and Writing in the Common Core has an emphasis on…

• Obtaining Information

• Evaluating Information

• Communicating Information

Science notebooks provide seamless integration allowing this to occur.

The 5 Modes of Writing in Science

Narrative Persuasive ExpositoryDescriptive Persuasive Explanatory

Recount Procedural

Douglas, Klentschy, Worth, & BinderLinking Science & Literacy in the K-8 Classroom, 2006, p.153-158

Descriptive Science Writing• Based on observations and factual

information

• Creates a vivid impression of an object, event, or phenomenon

• Written in present tense language

• Not in chronological order

• Focuses on generic participants

• Allows writer to “show” rather than “tell” about something.

Recount Mode of Science Writing• Most commonly used form of

writing for beginning scientists

• Students retell investigation events sequentially – first, then, next…

• Events are described using action verbs and words to link events in time.

• Written in past tense

Explanatory Science Writing• How it works or Why it happens

• Based on evidence gathered during investigation

• Event sequence supports cause and effect relationship - determined by students

• Focus on Quality versus Quantity

• Explanation provides an objective - with balanced factual responses to questions

Procedural Science Writing

• A “plan” to carry out an investigation

• List materials

• Sequential order of actions or steps to be followed

• Written in present tense

Persuasive Mode of Science Writing

• Claims supported by evidence and are reasonable.

• Students use observations as evidence to develop a logical argument that justifies the claim.

• Factual evidence used to convince reader to think in a certain way.

• A claim/inference based on evidence or observations.

“The focus on the use of evidence is something that happens naturally in arts education…” ~Sarah Reynolds Zuckerman~

What do you notice? What do you think? What do you wonder?

“We do not teach writing effectively if we try to make all students and all writing the same.

We must seek, nurture, develop and reward difference. The rich diversity of our students is to our advantage.

There is no single kind of person to teach, no one reason to write, no one message to deliver, no one way to write, no single standard of good writing.”

- Donald M. MurrayA Writer Teaches Writing, 2004, p.5

Using Technology Tools for Writing

Voices from the Field…Kevin Biles – Pleasant Union ElementaryChas Miller – Powell Elementary

Student used Persuasion Map from Re

adWriteThink.org …

…to create a blog post comparing UNC with

Duke. Student used kidblog.org to create

this blog post.

Writing is Thinking…

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

~Winston Churchill~

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