Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core?

Signature Practice SessionACSA 2013 Leadership Summit

Marty Martinez, Elk Grove USDAnne Zeman, Ed.D., Twin Rivers

USD

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Session Agenda• What do we expect to observe when

we visit a CCSS classroom? Introduction

• General Expectations for Common Core

• CCSS ELA• CCSS Math• Common Core: What support do our

teachers need?• Resources

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Session ObjectivesBy the end of today’s session, participants will …1. Report being more confident in

identifying the degree to which a lesson is Common Core-aligned

2. Report being more confident in assisting teachers in developing and providing Common Core instruction

3. Be able to identify resources to support Common Core implementation.

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Where Are We with Common Core?

• How comfortable are your teachers in implementing Common Core?

• How confident are you that you could recognize lessons that are truly CCSS?

• How confident are you that you can help your teachers to understand the expectations of, and to teach, CCSS?

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Common Core Classroom Visit

Let’s walk into a classroom of a teacher who has been working on

teaching Common Core State Standards.

What do we expect to see?

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Common Core Classroom Visit

As you view this video, you use the handout provided to note visual and auditory artifacts that exemplify Common Core. Also, note evidence of practices that do not exemplify Common Core.

http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/standard-3

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Common Core Classroom Visit

[Discussion about findings]

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Common Core Classroom Visit

What are the

that typify Common Core?BIG IDEAS

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Common Core BIG IDEAS• GRAPPLING with challenges,

whether ELA or math or other subject areas

• Collaboration with peers, defending & critiquing ideas

• Providing evidence from text or providing reasoning/rationale

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Common Core BIG IDEAS, ELA

• Balance of Informational Text and Narrative Text

• More complex text with higher lexile levels• Text-based evidence (text dependency)• Demands for a strong vocabulary

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Common Core BIG IDEAS, Lexiles

Text Complexity Grade Band in the Standards

Old Lexile Ranges

Lexile Ranges Aligned to CCR Expectations

K-1 N/A N/A

2-3 450-725 450-790

4-5 645-845 770-980

6-8 860-1010 955-1155

9-10 960-1115 1080-1305

11-CCR 1070-1220 1215-1355

Facsimile of table in CCSS-ELA Appendix A, page 8

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Common Core BIG IDEAS, Math• Deep understanding of concepts• Ability to apply conceptual

understanding• Fluency• Dual intensity of practicing &

understanding

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Common Core Classroom Visit

Table Talk:

At your table, please find the salmon- and green-colored mats. Working with elbow partners, sort the classroom practices listed into categories of “Possibly CCSS-aligned” or “Not likely CCSS-aligned.”

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Common Core Classroom Visit

Let’s view another video:http://vimeo.com/54007714

Table Talk:

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Common Core Classroom Visit

As we visit classrooms, how do we recall the standards?

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Common Core: Help for Our Teachers

What progression of topics helps our teachers to understand the Common

Core?

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Common Core: Help for Our Teachers

Resources for you:Packet walk

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Common Core: Help for Our Teachers

Resources for you:

•www.engageny.org•www.achievethecore.org•www.tcoe.org•www.doe.k12.de.us•www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc• CCCSS - Appendices A, B, & C

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Common Core: Help for Our Teachers

Resources for you:–www.acsa.org• Current Issues “Leadership”• 2013 Archives• January/February 2013OR

– http://www.acsa.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/Media/LeadershipMagazine/2013-Archives.aspx

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Common Core Classroom Visit

Return to objectives:1. Did this session help you to feel more

confident in identifying the degree to which a lesson is Common Core-aligned?

2. Did this session help you to feel more confident in assisting teachers in developing and providing Common Core instruction?

3. Do you now have more resources to support Common Core implementation?

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Common Core Classroom Visit

Evaluation and Thank you

Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core?

Presenter Contact Information:• Marty Martinez, Elk Grove USD, (916) 688-

8484; maemarti@egusd.net• Anne Zeman, Ed.D., Twin Rivers USD, (916)

566-1600 ext. 50024; anne.zeman@twinriversusd.org