The Instructional Shifts
Outcomes 21st century skills ELA and Math instructional shifts Implications for instructional
practice Personal commitments
21st Century SkillsAbove and Beyond
21st Century Skills:The 4 C’s
COMMON CORE STATE
STANDARDS
CHAD 2013
Shift your thinking!!!
“We can’t solve problems by
using the same kind of thinking
that created them.”
CA State Standards Common Core Standards
1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.
2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational.
3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.
3 Instructional Shifts
in ELA/Literacy
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ELA Shift #1: Building Knowledge
Through Content-Rich Nonfiction
ELA Instructional Shift #1
Content-Rich Nonfiction• 50/50 balance K-5• 55/45 in grades 6-8• 70/30 in grades 9-12
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ELA Shift #2:Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in
Evidence from Text, both Literary and Informational
Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence from Text
ELA Instructional Shift #2
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In “Casey at the Bat,” Casey strikes out. Describe a time when you failed at something.
In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King discusses nonviolent protest. Discuss, in writing, a time when you wanted to fight against something that you felt was unfair.
In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln says the nation is dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Why is equality an important value to promote?
What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous?
What can you infer from King’s letter about the letter that he received?
“The Gettysburg Address” mentions the year 1776. According to Lincoln’s speech, why is this year significant to the events described in the speech?
Not Text-Dependent Text-DependentText-Dependent Questions
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Have the students identify the different methods of removing warts that Tom and Huckleberry talk about. Discuss the charms
that they say and the items (i.e. dead cats) they use. Ask students to devise their own charm to remove warts. Students
could develop a method that would fit in the time of Tom Sawyer and a method that would incorporate items and words
from current time. Boys played with dead cats and frogs, during Tom’s time. Are there cultural ideas or artifacts from the
current time that could be used in the charm?
Low-Level Text Dependent Question
Depth of Knowledge
Text-Dependent Question: Common Core Standards
From The Adventures of Tom SawyerWhy does Tom hesitate to allow Ben to
paint the fence? How does Twain construct his sentences to reflect that
hesitation? What effect do Tom’s hesitations have on Ben?
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Text Talk Time
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ELA Shift #3: Regular Practice with Complex Text and Its Academic Language
Processing the ELA Shifts
Read “Three Core Shifts… in ELA” (Handout 19)
Discuss perceived opportunities and challenges presented by each shift.
Chart opportunities and challenges.Share out.
1. Focus: Focus strongly where the Standards focus.
2. Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades.
3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.
3 Instructional Shifts in Math
Math Shift #1: Focus strongly where the standards
focus
K 12
Number and Operations
Measurement and Geometry
Algebra and Functions
Statistics and Probability
Traditional U.S. Approach
Focusing Attention Within Number and Operations
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Expressions and Equations
Algebra
→ →
Number and Operations—Base Ten →
The Number System
→
Number and Operations—Fractions
→
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School
Math Shift #1: Focus
Standards for Mathematical Practice
Math Shift #2: Coherence Think Across Grades
Link to Major Topics Within Grades
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Coherence: Think Across Grades
Missing piece alert!
Math Shift #3: Rigor
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Requires equal
intensity in Time
Activitiesand
Resources
Conceptual understandingProcedural skill and fluency
Application of skills in problem solving
A Classroom Environment Conducive for Teaching Math
Processing the Math Shifts
“Focus, Coherence and Rigor”
Jigsaw the document in small groups of 3.
Read and share out
Coherence
Rigor
Reflecting on the ShiftsOrdered Sharing Process:
Reflect on the questionShare responses to the left,
no comments, active listeningEngage in open discussion
What do these shifts mean for WHAT I teach and HOW I teach in my
classroom?
“Common Core State Standards are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business.
They are a call to take the next step.”
Source: CCSS, 2010
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