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Common Core Standards (2011 SIP)
The document discusses the Common Core State Standards and how they will change education. It notes that the standards will be fewer but more in-depth. States will fully implement the standards by 2014 and be assessed through the PARCC system. The standards aim to develop deeper thinking skills and prepare students for college and careers. Effective vocabulary, writing, and reading instruction is also discussed.
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- 1. COMMON CORE STANDARDSFriday,September 4, 2011 Sip
- 2. Common core faqWhychange to this new set of standards?Simplified & more clear for students, parents & teachersMove towards National Standards & accountabilityDeeper thinking skills prepare students for college & workforceHow are the CCSS different from the Illinois State Standards?
- 3. Fewer standards, butmore in depth.
- 4. When will thischange take place?
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- 6. More content-specific standardsare comingCommon core faqHow will this be assessed?Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College & Careers (PARCC); 25 states will be using PARCCOnline means instant feedback
- 7. 4 times peryear
- 8. What does thismean for me?
- 9. A lot ofus already do this
- 10. Less content tocover
- 11. Preparing now forthe transition
- 12. Greater focus onreading comprehension
- 13. Department collaboration forcommon vocabulary
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- 15. Areas that aren’ttested will still be held accountableEffective vocabulary instruction:Doesn’t rely on definitions.Requires students to represent their knowledge of words linguistically and non-linguistically.Involves multiple exposures to words.Involves teaching word parts. (prefixes, suffixes & roots).Requires different types of instruction.Has students discussing the terms they are learning.Has students playing with words.Focuses on terms that have a high probability of enhancing academic success.
- 16. As a department,what are you currently doing that works well?orwhat could you do differently to improve vocabulary instruction?
- 17. writingCombination of long-term& short-term writing assignments
- 18. Writing on demand;timed
- 19. Use interesting writingtopics
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- 24. Writing makes goodhomeworkAs a department, what are you currently doing that works well?orwhat could you do differently to improve Writing instruction?
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- 26. Textbook Feature Analysis(beginning of the year)
- 27. Organization & SignalWords (transitions)
- 28. Article of theWeek for your content area
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- 30. “What Were YouThinking” (written evidence of thinking/interactions with the text)
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- 32. Somebody-Wanted-But-SoSample article ofthe week:“Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in US”
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- 35. www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/strategies.html (vocab gamesfor LA, math, science & Social Studies)
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- 37. www.fcrr.org (Florida Centerfor Reading Research)
- 38. www.kellygallagher.org (Article ofthe Week)