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Deeper Investigation of Iowa Core Standards: K-5 English/Language Arts

Iowa Department of Education

In Partnership with

AEA School Improvement

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Two Days of Training Designed for:Teams of teachers:

Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade

Principals to choose one grade level and attend 2 days

Question to Consider:Are the students THINKING, reading and writing, and

“mathing” at high levels to match the College and Career Ready Standards?

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Goal

Our goal as professional educators is to engage in deep and on-going conversations that build our collective understanding of the Iowa Core.

In order to…make instructional decisions.

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Outcomes

Leadership:System

Capacity

Schools:ContinuousImprovement

Community:Support

Implementation

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Outcomes

Professional Development

Instruction

Alignment

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What are the Iowa Core Standards?

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“The vision for the Iowa Core is to ensure the success of each and every student by providing a world-class curriculum. The Iowa Core is designed to improve achievement of all students, preparing them for the world of work and lifelong learning. It identifies the essential content and instruction of critical content areas that all students must experience.”

(Iowa Department of Education Website, 2011)

What’s the Big Deal?The Iowa Core Standards mandate the student learning

outcomes for every grade level/grade band.The Iowa Core Standards force a common language. Our staff

will begin using this language.Students will be tested and instructional effectiveness will be

measured based on Iowa Core Standards.Federal funding is tied to Common Core State Standards

adoption, implementation, and accountability. The Iowa Core Standards are the Common Core State Standards.

English Language Arts and Mathematics Iowa Core Standards are just the beginning. . .more subject area standards are being developed.

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Overall ELA StructureK-56-12 ELA6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science & Technical SubjectsAppendix AAppendix BAppendix C

ELA

Reading

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

ELA CCR Standards

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Focus of ELA with teachersI can confidently navigate the Iowa Core English /

Language Arts Standards document.I can explain the structure of the English / Language Arts

section to a colleague.I can explain how my grade level standards contribute to

the College and Career Readiness Standards for students.I can describe at least one change needed in my

classroom in order to implement the Iowa Core with fidelity.

I can make connections between the Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language Standards.

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Investigating the Standards: Iowa Core Mathematics

Grades K-5Iowa Department of Education

In Partnership withAEA School Improvement

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Learning Goals:Understand that Iowa Core Mathematics

includes both Standards for Mathematical Practice and Content.

Understand that the implementation of Iowa Core Mathematics standards will bring change to instruction and learning.

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Success Criteria:1. I can explain at least two of the

standards for mathematical practice. 2. I can describe the critical areas for my

grade level.3. I can describe at least one change that

will need to take place in my classroom in order to implement the Iowa Core with fidelity.

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Shift ActivityFocusCoherenceBalanced Emphasis – conceptual

understanding, procedural fluency and application

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1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments & critique the reasoning

of others.4. Model with mathematics.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of structure.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Refer to pages 8-10

in IC

Mathematics

Standards for Mathematical Practice

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Grade Level Narratives

IC Mathematics

page 11 for Grade Kpage 15 for Grade 1page 19 for Grade 2page 23 for Grade 3page 29 for Grade 4page 35 for Grade 5

Grade Level Critical Areas

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Interim Work

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Counting &

Cardinality

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base 10

Measurement & Data

Number & Operations –

Fractions

Geometry

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Statistics & Probability

Functions

K-8 Domains

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Investigations – 2 days total4 locations – Albia, Ottumwa, Mt. Pleasant, Burlington1 / 2 day ELA; 1/ 2 day MathVery focusedInformation will be available on a supporting google site

that is being built now http://bit.ly/CoreInvest for continued conversations/tasks between sessions!Role for principals – attend one grade level training to

support Iowa Core implementation EVERYONE attending must register on My Learning Plan (

www.gpaea.org - Course Catalog) by grade level

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