Karen Chase Helen Comba Heather Rocco
Agenda PARCC, Common Core Standards, Overview of Shifts in English Language Arts - Karen Chase Literacy Initiatives K-4 - Helen Comba Literacy Initiatives 5-12 - Heather Rocco
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) The PARCC Assessments will measure understanding of the Common Core Standards. Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) Grades 3-8 March 2, 2015 through March 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 through May 22, 2015 High School March 2, 2015 through March 27, 2015 April 20, 2015 through May 15, 2015
Performance-Based Assessment and End-of-Year Assessment English Language Arts Mathematics ❏ ❏ PBA three tasks: research simulation, a literary includes both short and extended response analysis, and a narrative task questions focused on conceptual knowledge ❏ students will be asked read one or more texts, and skills, and the mathematical practices answer several short comprehension and of reasoning and modeling vocabulary questions, and write an essay that requires them to draw evidence from text(s) ❏ ❏ EOY will include 4-5 texts, both literary and will be comprised mostly of short answer informational (including social questions focused on conceptual science/historical, scientific, and technical knowledge, skills, and understanding texts at grades 6-11) ❏ students will be asked short answer comprehension and vocabulary questions associated with each text
PARCC Session Times PBA Unit 1 PBA Unit 2 PBA Unit 3 EOY Unit 1 EOY Unit 2 Grade 3 ELA 75 75 60 75 - Grade 3 Math 75 75 - 75 75 Grade 4-5 ELA 75 90 60 75 - Grade 4-5 Math 80 70 - 75 75 Grade 6-8 ELA 75 90 60 60 60 Grade 6-8 Math 80 70 - 80 75 Grade 9-11 ELA 75 90 60 60 60 Algebra I, Geometry, Integrated 90 75 - 80 75 Math I, II Algebra II, Integrated Math II 90 75 - 90 75
Graduation Requirements For the classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018, students will be able to satisfy the requirements for demonstrating proficiency in English Language Arts and mathematics in any of the following ways: English Language Arts Mathematics Achieve a passing score on a PARCC English language Achieve a passing score on a PARCC Algebra I or arts assessment in grades 9, or 10 or 11 Geometry, or Algebra II assessment Achieve a passing score on a substitute competency test Achieve a passing score on a substitute competency test SAT - Critical Reading - passing score: 400 SAT - Math- passing score: 400 ACT - Reading - passing score: 16 ACT - Math- passing score: 16 Accuplacer - Write Placer - passing score: 8 Accuplacer Math- Elementary Algebra- passing score: 76 ASVAB - AFQT Score - passing score: 31 ASVAB - AFQT Score - passing score: 31 Meet the criteria of the NJ DOE portfolio appeal Meet the criteria of the NJ DOE portfolio appeal
Standards vs. Curriculum Standards describe the knowledge and skills a student needs to acquire by the end of each school year. Standards are developed at the state or national level. Curriculum is the district’s plan for daily teaching of the concepts contained in the standards. A curriculum is developed at the district level.
Common Core Standards 1990s – New Jersey adopted state standards for teaching and learning. These standards are known as the Core Curriculum Content Standards. 2010 – New Jersey State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards to replace the English Language Arts and mathematics standards.
Common Core Standards Shifts in English Language Arts 1. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. 2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from the text, both literary and informational. 3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.
Addressing the Shifts Highlights of Grades K-4 Initiatives
ELA Initiatives K-4 Writing: Reading: ● Units of Study ● Independent Reading K-4 Narrative ● Reading Workshop Informational Grades 2-3 Opinion
Why Independent Reading? CCSS for ELA explicitly call for Independent Reading in Reading Anchor 10 … “Students will read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.”
ELA Initiative: READING WORKSHOP Components include: ● Mini-lessons ● Independent Reading ● Conferring ● Sharing
Grades 2 & 3: Reading Workshop A “good fit” for the School District of the Chathams... ● It is grounded in reading research. ● Incorporates qualities for engagement. ● Provides time for students to build stamina. ● Includes quality instruction for the whole class and also at the individual level.
Independent Reading Means Book Clubs Read to Self
Professional Resources
NEW Resources Grade 4: Key Shift: All students build knowledge through reading content-rich nonfiction.
Implementing CLOSE Reading Strategies Read with a pencil Re-reading Using Text-Dependent Questions
What is a Text-Dependent Question? Text-Dependent Not Text-Dependent In “Casey at the Bat,” Casey strikes out. What makes Casey’s experiences at Describe a time when you failed at bat humorous? something. “The Gettysburg Address” mentions In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln says the year 1776. According to Lincoln’s the nation is dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Why is speech, why is this year significant to equality an important value to promote? the events described in the speech?
Close Reading Moves during Interactive Read Alouds Using Mentor Texts Making Thinking Visible
ELA Initiative:Writer’s Workshop
Writing Workshop Upgrade: Common Core Edition Writing Text Types: ● Opinion ● Informative/Explanatory ● Narratives
Opinion Writing at EVERY Grade Level Students Write about their Opinions or Preferences Writing Restaurant Reviews ● What is your favorite restaurant? ● What is your opinion of the restaurants in Chatham? ● Which restaurant do you prefer? Writing about Reading: ● Writing letters to parents or friends about books you are reading ● Writing letters to your favorite author ● What is your opinion of the style of writing of this author? ● Which genre do you prefer?
Parents Make a Difference! ● Read non-fiction books to or with your child ● Find books that explain how things work & why ● Read challenging books with your child & show that they are worth reading ● Talk to your child about the books they read ● Ask: “What is your opinion and why?”
Addressing the CCSS Shifts Grades 5 - 12
Common Core Standards Shifts in English Language Arts ● Complex Text ● Informational Texts ● Text Based Evidence ● Writing
Complex Texts Objective: Appropriately challenge all students by providing them engaging, rigorous and relevant texts.
Complex Texts Reviewed current texts Researched new texts ○ Are they rigorous? ○ Provide text options ○ Are they relevant? ○ Design literature circles ○ Increase study of non- fiction
Informational Texts Objective: Increase students’ proficiency to comprehend, use, and analyze non-fiction text.
Informational Texts Course Revisions ● Memoirs ● Periodicals ● Research Projects ● Supplementary Materials
Informational Texts New Courses ● Argument & Debate (6) ● Sports Journalism (7) ● News Production (8) ● Contemporary Non- Fiction (12)
Text Based Evidence Objective: Teach students to use what is on the page to support their claims or their suppositions by closely reading and contemplating the text.
Text Based Evidence
Poster Activity
Independent Reading Objective: Allow students to read at their independent reading levels to improve their stamina, their fluency as well as to expand their knowledge base. Nurture the habit of a life-long reading.
Independent Reading ● Student choice ● Daily reading ● Reading conferences ● Book blogs/reviews
Writing Narrative: Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories Explanatory/Informative: Articles, Analysis, Responses Argumentative: Essays, Speeches
Professional Development ● The Common Core Companion ● Notice & Note ● Book Love ● Falling in Love with Close Reading ● Annotating Text workshops ● NJ Literacy Consortium at Kean
Professional Development
Building Lifelong Literacy Habits
Contact Information Karen Chase kchase@chatham-nj.org Heather Rocco hrocco@chatham-nj.org Helen Comba hcomba@chatham-nj.org
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