English / Language Arts Update Common Core Standards
23
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org English / Language Arts Update Common Core Standards Georgia Council of Teachers of English Brenda Schulz, Ed.D. February 23, 2013
description
English / Language Arts Update Common Core Standards. Georgia Council of Teachers of English Brenda Schulz, Ed.D . February 23, 2013. The BIG Shifts for ELA. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of English / Language Arts Update Common Core Standards
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
English / Language Arts UpdateCommon Core Standards
Georgia Council of Teachers of EnglishBrenda Schulz, Ed.D.February 23, 2013
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
2/22/2013 2
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
The BIG Shifts for ELA
• Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction
• Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational
• Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
2/22/2013 3
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
2/22/2013 4
Three BIG Shifts1. Building knowledge ..… content-rich
nonfiction2. …..evidence from text3. …..complex text…..academic language
Provide Instructional Resources
Provide Quality Professional Learning
Develop Partnerships and
Relationships
How are we addressing these three BIG shifts?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
CCGPS Instructional Resources ELA webcasts,
New ELA webcasts called Common Core Tools– Find all webcasts posted on georgiastandards.org (ELA/professional
learning); – Can be viewed in entirety or in chunks– All documentation is posted
Wealth of resources posted on georgiastandards.org and grade band Wiki pages
New resources for content literacy Revised units (summer 2013) New CCGPS lessons (summer 2013)
2/22/2013 5
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
CCGPS Instructional ResourcesUnit Revision and New Lessons
– Review and revision of units this spring and summer– The Tri-State Rubric will be used to rate each unit
• Based on this review, some revisions will be made• No book titles will be removed, but an alternative title may be
added• A cover sheet showing the unit “at-a-glance” will be added
– This will include an overview of the unit, the standards covered, titles of the extended texts, academic vocabulary that needs to be taught, and assessment.
– Hopefully, this will show that the focus of the unit is on the standards being addressed, not the book.
2/22/2013 6
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
CCGPS ResourcesTri-State Rubric
http://www.achieve.org/files/TriStateELA_LiteracyRubric1pageoverviewv4.1%20071712CC%20BY.pdf
2/22/2013 7
Dimension #1 Alignment to the Rigors of Common Core Standards
Dimension #2Key Areas of Focus in the CCSS
Dimension #3Instructional Supports
Dimension #4Assessment
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
New Lessons
• Coming this spring and summer• CCGPS lessons submitted by teachers, reviewed
using the Tri-State Rubric, and posted on georgiastandards.org
• Honorariums provided for teachers submitting exemplary lessons
• We will send out information through the ELA Reporter, CIA Newsletter, ELA Listserves, and Twitter.
2/22/2013 8
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Where do we find all of these resources as well as information
about upcoming resources?
2/22/2013 9
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Resources and information can be found….
• ELA Reporter – join the listserves• CIA newsletter and webinar• ELA / Math webinars• Georgiastandards.org• Wiki pages
2/22/2013 10
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Common Core GPS ELA/MathGeorgiastandards.org
• Join the list serve
• Visit the Wikis
• Use the Resource Documents
• Watch the Webcasts
2/22/2013 11
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
CCGPS ResourcesGeorgiastandards.org
• Choose a grade band.
• Expand the grade level
• Standards, Teacher guidance, transition standards, planning template, curriculum map
2/22/2013 12
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
CCGPS ResourcesLiteracy in Social Studies, Science & CTAE
• Standards• LDC• Literacy
and Learning Resources and Webinars
2/22/2013 13
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Quality Professional Learning Provide online and face-to-face professional
learning on specific topics such as:– Understanding the intent of the standards– Designing common core lessons– Integrating technology into the classroom– Courses available Summer 2013
2/22/2013 14
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Quality Professional Learning• Content Literacy workshops
– Offered around the state to social studies, science, and CTAE teachers
• Media Specialists workshops – Offered in each of the RESA districts– Have been very successful and well attended
• Summer Academies 2013– Plans are currently being made to offer regional summer
academies – Professional learning will focus on building literacy
partnerships
2/22/2013 15
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Continue our collaboration among our partners to help coach, guide, and
facilitate ELA instruction and assessment
Media specialists RESA reading specialists Advisory council GCTE, GRA, GACIS School improvement department Striving Readers
2/22/2013 16
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Young Georgia Authors
• Thank you for your partnership• Writing entries are due April 5, 2013• Winners will be announced on or before
May 17, 2013
2/22/2013 17
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Top Ten Recommendations1. Check the GeorgiaStandards.org website for the latest resources.2. Increase the volume of reading for students – good mix of literary and informational. 3. Include more informational texts in the school-wide literacy instructional plan. (50%-70%) 4. Learn how to ask / write good questions that are text dependent, are worthwhile for class time, and require the student to “dig deep” for the answers.5. Use close reading appropriately. It isn’t necessary to analyze every text. Use this strategy to develop specific skills.
2/22/2013 18
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Top Ten Recommendations6. Thoughtfully increase the complexity of texts students read.7. Explicitly teach foundational skills in K-2. Don’t forget that these students must learn to read.8. Teach students to write and speak using evidence from the text. 9. Teach academic vocabulary.10. Talk, share, collaborate, read professional books and articles!
2/22/2013 19
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Some Suggested Resources• Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading Nancy Frey, Diane Lapp, Douglas Fisher• Do I Really Have to Teach Reading Cris Tovani• Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement
Lucy Calkins, Mary Ehrenworth, Christopher Lehman• Best Practice: Bringing Standards to Life in America’s Classrooms
Steven Zemelman, Arthur Hyde, Harvey “Smokey” Daniels**Basal Alignment Project – Edmodo.com
Join as teacher – search for BAP group – group code is etuyrm
2/22/2013 20
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
2/22/2013 21
Common Standards Drive New Approaches to Reading
States Target 3rd Grade Reading
New Literacy Research Infuses Common Core
Writing Undergoes Renaissance in Curricula
Scale Tips Toward Nonfiction Under Common Core
Literacy Instruction Expected to Cross Disciplines
Retooled Textbooks Aim to Capture Common Core
N.M. School Builds Bridge to Standards for ELLs
Supplement to Education Week – November 13, 2012
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
ELA TeamTeam:
– Brenda Schulz, Ed.D.English Language Arts Program Coordinator K-12404-463-1933 [email protected]
– Gail Humble, Ed.SEducation Program Specialist [email protected]
– Susan Jacobs, M.Ed., NBCTEnglish Language Arts Program Specialist K-12404-656-0675 [email protected]
– Daniel RockEducation Program Specialist / Literacy [email protected]
2/22/2013 22
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Questions?
2/22/2013 23
