This document provides information about workshops and collaboratives led by Jennifer Jess focused on literacy and the Common Core State Standards. It lists various topics covered including intervention, literacy in science, UDL, and implementing Daily 5, CAFE, and the Common Core. It also provides overviews and links to websites related to the Common Core standards, Smarter Balanced assessments, MAISA curriculum units, tiered vocabulary words, and a K-5 resource book.

1. ~with Char-Em Literacy
Consultant~ Jennifer Jess

2. • Intervention Workshop (K-5)
• Literacy in Science (6-12)
• UDL Collaborative (K-12)
• K-2 Collaborative (K-2)
• 3-5 Collaborative (3-5)
• Middle and High School Collaborative (6-12)
• Implementing the Daily 5, CAFE, and the
Common Core State Standards
• Reading Apprenticeship
• MAISA unit PD in Lansing

3. W ebsite Overview
• www.corestandards.org • This year is meant to be
an “implementation
phase”. By the year
2014-2015, students will
be assessed on these
standards through the
Smarter Balanced
assessment which will
replace the MEAP test.

4. W ebsite Overview
www.smarterbalanced.org • Will be tested in the
Spring of 2014-2015.
• Assessments will be
online.
• The assessments are
written around 4 claims
that the CCSS fit under.

5. • http://gomaisa- • Reading and Writing
public.rubiconatlas.org Curriculum aligned to
the Common Core
State Standards. Both
follow the workshop
model for classroom
instruction.
Assessments are
being written and
added to the units that
resemble Smarter
Balanced format for
assessment.

6. Website Overview
• http://comprehensivelitera • The Common Core State
cy.weebly.com/uploads/8/ Standards are expecting
1/4/6/814611/smarter_bal students to know grade-
anced_tier_2_words.pdf level words from 3
categories.
• Tier 1- Sight words
• Tier 2 words- academic
vocabulary
• Tier 3 words- Disciplinary
vocabulary

7. • K-5 resource book for implementing the
Common Core State Standards.
• Focuses on the anchor standards for
Reading Literature, Reading
Informational Text, and the Foundational
Skills.
• Each lesson is designed around the
gradual release of responsibility with 3
parts: demonstration, collaborative
engagement, and independent
application.