On Common Ground:
 ELA Standards Re-
     Examined
    Lakes County Cooperative
         January 18, 2013
  Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.
Check and Connect #1


       Visitors to _____insert home town here____
       need to know. . . .




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Our Targets
          We can reflect on the new ELA (Common
          Core) standards

          We can explore why the CCS call for a shift
          in our paradigm to ELA education.

          We can explore challenges in our
          implementation of the MN ELA standards.


Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Why a new approach?

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges
the way we're educating our children. He
champions a radical rethink of our school
systems, to cultivate creativity and
acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
(TED, 2010)
Pair Share
  O What are the implications of this changing
     paradigm for our current practice?

  In other words,

  O What does this mean for our students? Our
     teaching?

Jen McCarty, Ed.D. ISD 196
Driving Forces—International,
National, and State
     PISA
     Common   Core Standards—Literacy All Day
      Long
     RtI
     Assessment-Teaching-Learning loop
     NCLB Waiver
Satellite View
The Equation of Education

         Change the variable
Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning
The Equation of Education

                   Change the variable




      Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning

      Targeted Instruction + Time = Learning

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way
they learn.                                     ~Ignacio Estrada
Eternal Questions of Education

What do we expect students to learn?

How will we know they are learning it?

How will we respond when they don‟t learn?

How will we respond when they have learned?
Buffum, Mattos, and Weber, 2011
                                                                      Birds Eye           View

                                              Select and unwrap
                                               essential student      What do we expect kids to learn?
                                              learning outcomes
                                              and develop a unit
                                               assessment plan.




            Analyze summative                                                      Introduce learning
            assessment results,                                                   targets to students.
            identify students in                                                       Begin Core
                  need of                                                              Instruction.
               supplemental
               interventions.
                                             Repeat for
                                             additional
                                             learning targets
               GIVE END OF                   as needed                          GIVE
               UNIT                                                             FORMATIVE
                                                 Analyze formative
               ASSESSMENT                       assessment results,             ASSESSMENTS
                                                  provide mid unit
                                                   interventions,
                                                  continue and/or
                                                   complete core
How will we respond when they have learned           instruction.
                                                                      How do we know they are learning it?
it? How will we respond when they haven’t?
The Call for Change
O A Continuum of Learning—recursive teaching
O Rigor
O Text Complexity
O The College and Career Ready Student
O More. . .much more. . .Informational Text
O A “new” definition of literacy
Continuum of Learning


With ONE anchor standard, highlight the
change in language that indicates a growing
level of sophistication with each benchmark.
Check and Connect #2


       Visitors to Duluth need to know. . .




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Rigor




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Assessing Texts




O Quantitative measures
O Qualitative values
O Task and Reader considerations
Text Complexity
Quantitative
•Density and                                           •Genre
 Complexity                                            •Organization
•Figurative                  Qualitative               •Narration
 Language                                              •Text
•Purpose                     Levels of                  Features
                                          Structure
                             Meaning                   •Graphics


                             Language
                                          Knowledge
                            Convention    Demands
•Standard                   and Clarity               •Background
 English                                              •Prior
•Variations                                           •Cultural
•Register                                             •Vocabulary
    Fisher and Frey, 2011
Reader
       Motivation

                     Knowledge



                                 Experience



Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Task
       O Teacher Led


                O Peer/Group



                     O Individual



Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Teaching with
Complex Texts




              Nancy Frey
         www.fisherandfrey.com
Grades 6-12 Reading Standards
“Read like a detective, write
     like a reporter.”
Expository

             Persuasive

                          Narrative
Close
Reading


          Argumentation
              and
           Discussion
                          Extended
                           Writing
Close Reading
“Every book has
a skeleton hidden
   between its
 covers. Your job
  as an analytic
 reader is to find
       it.”

Adler and Van Doren, 1940/1972
Use a short passage
“Read with a pencil”

Note what’s confusing
Pay attention to patterns

Give your students the chance to struggle a bit




        Creating a Close Reading
Productive Struggle
Check and Connect #2


       A book I consider a MUST READ is. . . .




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
College and Career Ready
O They demonstrate independence.
O They build strong content knowledge.
O They respond to the varying demands of
    audience, task, purpose, and discipline.
O   They comprehend as well as critique.
O   They value evidence.
O   They use technology and digital media
    strategically and capably.
O   They come to understand other perspectives
    and cultures.
Informational Text
Literacy Redefined
What is our focus?
                     Teaching?

                        Or

                     Learning?

Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Coverage vs. Inquiry


                     Self Reflection
                      Pair/Share




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
The Australian Library Journal
                     August 1995



To be literate an individual must recognize
when information is needed and have the
ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively
the information needed

Ultimately literate people are those who
have learned how to learn....
Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Our response. . .


        “Think of literacy as a spine; it
        holds everything together. The
        branches of learning connect to
        it.”
                        ~Phillips and Wong, 2010 cited in Focus by Schmoker

Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
In other words. . .
      For centuries,
     O Close reading/underlining and annotation of text
     O Discussion of the text
     O And writing about the text informed by close
        reading, discussion, and/or annotation
      have been the heart of both what we learn and
      how we learn, the key to acquiring both the
      knowledge and intellectual acumen that
      transform lives and overcome poverty like no
      other factor.
                                     ~Schmoker, 2011

Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Reading
       Value reading texts (all kinds)

       Give time to read (IN SCHOOL) --Finland

       Establish purpose for reading

       Expect students to show their thinking
       (annotations/close reading)

       Reduce conditions that deter reading
Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Talking/Discussion/Conferencing
       “Literacy is profoundly complex and
       fundamentally social”

       “Best assessment device? „Say more about
       that‟”
                                 ~Johnston, 2012




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
There is a lot of sitting and
      listening and not a lot of
      talking.
               ~Robert Pianta (on his observations of
                     more than 1,000 classrooms)


Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Teach, use, and expect the language of your
 discipline.

 “There is a growing body of work showing the
 importance of academic language proficiency for
 accessing the content of academic texts and
 academic talk, learning to think and learn like a
 scientist, historian, mathematician, or writer, and
 overall academic achievement,”

 ~Nagy and Townsend, 2012
Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
Writing to Learn means Learning to Think




Jen McCarty, Ed.D.

On Common Ground with CCSS

  • 1.
    On Common Ground: ELA Standards Re- Examined Lakes County Cooperative January 18, 2013 Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.
  • 2.
    Check and Connect#1 Visitors to _____insert home town here____ need to know. . . . Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 3.
    Our Targets We can reflect on the new ELA (Common Core) standards We can explore why the CCS call for a shift in our paradigm to ELA education. We can explore challenges in our implementation of the MN ELA standards. Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 4.
    Why a newapproach? Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. (TED, 2010)
  • 5.
    Pair Share O What are the implications of this changing paradigm for our current practice? In other words, O What does this mean for our students? Our teaching? Jen McCarty, Ed.D. ISD 196
  • 6.
    Driving Forces—International, National, andState  PISA  Common Core Standards—Literacy All Day Long  RtI  Assessment-Teaching-Learning loop  NCLB Waiver
  • 7.
  • 8.
    The Equation ofEducation Change the variable Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning
  • 9.
    The Equation ofEducation Change the variable Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning Targeted Instruction + Time = Learning If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. ~Ignacio Estrada
  • 10.
    Eternal Questions ofEducation What do we expect students to learn? How will we know they are learning it? How will we respond when they don‟t learn? How will we respond when they have learned?
  • 11.
    Buffum, Mattos, andWeber, 2011 Birds Eye View Select and unwrap essential student What do we expect kids to learn? learning outcomes and develop a unit assessment plan. Analyze summative Introduce learning assessment results, targets to students. identify students in Begin Core need of Instruction. supplemental interventions. Repeat for additional learning targets GIVE END OF as needed GIVE UNIT FORMATIVE Analyze formative ASSESSMENT assessment results, ASSESSMENTS provide mid unit interventions, continue and/or complete core How will we respond when they have learned instruction. How do we know they are learning it? it? How will we respond when they haven’t?
  • 12.
    The Call forChange O A Continuum of Learning—recursive teaching O Rigor O Text Complexity O The College and Career Ready Student O More. . .much more. . .Informational Text O A “new” definition of literacy
  • 13.
    Continuum of Learning WithONE anchor standard, highlight the change in language that indicates a growing level of sophistication with each benchmark.
  • 14.
    Check and Connect#2 Visitors to Duluth need to know. . . Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 15.
  • 16.
    Assessing Texts O Quantitativemeasures O Qualitative values O Task and Reader considerations
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19.
    •Density and •Genre Complexity •Organization •Figurative Qualitative •Narration Language •Text •Purpose Levels of Features Structure Meaning •Graphics Language Knowledge Convention Demands •Standard and Clarity •Background English •Prior •Variations •Cultural •Register •Vocabulary Fisher and Frey, 2011
  • 20.
    Reader Motivation Knowledge Experience Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 21.
    Task O Teacher Led O Peer/Group O Individual Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 22.
    Teaching with Complex Texts Nancy Frey www.fisherandfrey.com
  • 23.
  • 24.
    “Read like adetective, write like a reporter.”
  • 25.
    Expository Persuasive Narrative
  • 26.
    Close Reading Argumentation and Discussion Extended Writing
  • 27.
  • 28.
    “Every book has askeleton hidden between its covers. Your job as an analytic reader is to find it.” Adler and Van Doren, 1940/1972
  • 29.
    Use a shortpassage “Read with a pencil” Note what’s confusing Pay attention to patterns Give your students the chance to struggle a bit Creating a Close Reading
  • 30.
  • 31.
    Check and Connect#2 A book I consider a MUST READ is. . . . Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 32.
    College and CareerReady O They demonstrate independence. O They build strong content knowledge. O They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. O They comprehend as well as critique. O They value evidence. O They use technology and digital media strategically and capably. O They come to understand other perspectives and cultures.
  • 33.
  • 34.
  • 35.
    What is ourfocus? Teaching? Or Learning? Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 36.
    Coverage vs. Inquiry Self Reflection Pair/Share Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 37.
    The Australian LibraryJournal August 1995 To be literate an individual must recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the information needed Ultimately literate people are those who have learned how to learn.... Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 38.
    Our response. .. “Think of literacy as a spine; it holds everything together. The branches of learning connect to it.” ~Phillips and Wong, 2010 cited in Focus by Schmoker Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 39.
    In other words.. . For centuries, O Close reading/underlining and annotation of text O Discussion of the text O And writing about the text informed by close reading, discussion, and/or annotation have been the heart of both what we learn and how we learn, the key to acquiring both the knowledge and intellectual acumen that transform lives and overcome poverty like no other factor. ~Schmoker, 2011 Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 40.
    Reading Value reading texts (all kinds) Give time to read (IN SCHOOL) --Finland Establish purpose for reading Expect students to show their thinking (annotations/close reading) Reduce conditions that deter reading Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 41.
    Talking/Discussion/Conferencing “Literacy is profoundly complex and fundamentally social” “Best assessment device? „Say more about that‟” ~Johnston, 2012 Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 42.
    There is alot of sitting and listening and not a lot of talking. ~Robert Pianta (on his observations of more than 1,000 classrooms) Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 43.
    Teach, use, andexpect the language of your discipline. “There is a growing body of work showing the importance of academic language proficiency for accessing the content of academic texts and academic talk, learning to think and learn like a scientist, historian, mathematician, or writer, and overall academic achievement,” ~Nagy and Townsend, 2012 Jen McCarty, Ed.D.
  • 44.
    Writing to Learnmeans Learning to Think Jen McCarty, Ed.D.

Editor's Notes

  • #10 Takes time to shift this paradigm.
  • #11 These four questions drive the collaboration. . .Formative assessmentFour ThemesBuffum GoalLearning equationMonitor—teach, teach, teach. . .test to Test, teach, monitor for enrichment and intervention, Definition of college and career ready—quotes? Arrows—great things going on—now time to tighten and alignLink to strategic plan, rti, rw3rd grade, alternative sources of funding, NCLB,
  • #13 Notes: A new paradigm—why a new approach is needed? Changing Paradigms RtI Equation of EducationContinuum—grids from BethDefinition of Rigor—Definition of Text Complexity—Fisher and Fry articleCollege and Career Ready Student—p. 9 of ELA standardsInformational Text—PISA and ACTLiteracy and Language Arts at the Secondary Level—Literacy All day (From redefined and rebooted)
  • #18 Google image for CCS triangle
  • #22 p. 76
  • #33 Students Who are College andCareer Ready in Reading, Writing,Speaking, Viewing, Listening, and Media Literacy and LanguageThe descriptions that follow are not standards themselves but instead offer a portrait of students who meet the standards set out in this document. As students advance through the grades and master the standards in reading, writing, speaking, viewing, listening, and media literacy and language, they are able to exhibit with increasing fullness and regularity these capacities of the literate individual.They demonstrate independence.Students can, without significant scaffolding, comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines, and they can construct effective arguments and convey intricate or multifaceted information. Likewise, students are able independently to discern a speaker’s key points, request clarification, and ask relevant questions. They build on others’ ideas, articulate their own ideas, and confirm they have been understood. Without prompting, they demonstrate command of standard English and acquire and use a wide-ranging vocabulary. More broadly, they become self-directed learners, effectively seeking out and using resources to assist them, including teachers, peers, and print and digital reference materials.They build strong content knowledge.Students establish a base of knowledge across a wide range of subject matter by engaging with works of quality and substance. They become proficient in new areas through research and study. They read purposefully and listen attentively to gain both general knowledge and discipline-specific expertise. They refine and share their knowledge through writing and speaking.They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.Students adapt their communication in relation to audience, task, purpose, and discipline. They set and adjust purpose for reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use as warranted by the task. They appreciate nuances, such as how the composition of an audience should affect tone when speaking and how the connotations of words affect meaning. They also know that different disciplines call for different types of evidence (e.g., documentary evidence in history, experimental evidence in science).   They comprehend as well as critique.Students are engaged and open-minded—but discerning—readers, listeners and viewers. They work diligently to understand precisely what an author or speaker is saying, but they also question an author’s or speaker’s assumptions and premises and assess the veracity of claims and the soundness of reasoning.They value evidence.Students cite specific evidence when offering an oral or written interpretation of a text. They use relevant evidence when supporting their own points in writing and speaking, making their reasoning clear to the reader or listener, and they constructively evaluate others’ use of evidence.They use technology and digital media strategically and capably.Students employ technology thoughtfully to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, viewing, listening, and media literacy and language use. They tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline. They are familiar with the strengths and limitations of various technological tools and mediums and can select and use those best suited to their communication goals.They come to understand other perspectives and cultures.Students appreciate that the twenty-first-century classroom and workplace are settings in which people from often widely divergent cultures and who represent diverse experiences and perspectives must learn and work together. Students actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading and listening, and they are able to communicate effectively with people of varied backgrounds. They evaluate other points of view critically and constructively. Through reading great classic and contemporary works of literature representative of a variety of periods, cultures, and worldviews, students can vicariously inhabit worlds and have experiences much different than their own.