Presenter: Osnat Zur, WestEd TK Monthly Call February 21, 2012 This presentation is drawn from a project of the California Department of Education, Child

Presenter: Osnat Zur, WestEd

TK Monthly Call February 21, 2012

This presentation is drawn from a project of the California Department of Education, Child Development Division

Making Connections: An Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Education Resources

A Comprehensive Look at Alignment with California’s Infant

Toddler Learning and Development Foundations, Kindergarten Content Standards, Kindergarten Common Core Standards, and Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework

Making Connections: An Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Education Resources

Overview of the Content in the Alignment Document:

A. Introduction• Context for Developing Foundations and Standards• Organization of the Different Resources• Key Characteristics of Early Learning and

Development• Alignment across Domains

Overview of the Content in the Alignment Document (Cont.)B. An alignment of the Preschool Foundations with the

Infant/Toddler Foundations and with the Kindergarten Content Standards in each of the following domains:

• Social-Emotional Development• Language and Literacy• English Language Development• Mathematics• Visual and Performing Arts• Physical Development• Health• History-Social Science• Science

Overview of the Content in the Alignment Document (Cont.)

C. An alignment of the Preschool Foundations in the domains of Language and Literacy and Mathematics with the Corresponding Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten (Embedded within Section B)

D. An alignment of the Preschool Foundations with the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework

Overview of the Format for Presenting the Alignment

The Format for Presenting the Alignment Across Age (Infant/Toddlers – Preschool - Kindergarten) within each domain includes:

• A visual illustrating the general alignment • A table presenting the alignment of specific foundations

with specific K standards• A narrative describing the alignment

Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with the Common Core State Standards

The Preschool Learning Foundations

Goal: To strengthen preschool education and children’s school readiness

• Developed by researchers, early childhood educators, and other stakeholders.

• Age Range: Describe key knowledge and skills that children acquire with appropriate support– At around 48 months of age– At around 60 months of age

• Cover nine developmental domains

Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1

Social-Emotional Development

Language and Literacy

English-Language Development

Mathematics


Social-Emotional Development


English-Language Development

Mathematics


Visual and Performing Arts

Physical Development

Health


Visual and Performing Arts

Physical Development

Health


History-Social Science

Science


History-Social Science

Science

Preschool Learning Foundations

The Common Core State Standards

Goal: Clear and consistent goals for learning, to prepare America’s children for success in college and work

• Led by the National Governors Association (NGA), and the Council of Chief State School Offices (CCSSO), and developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders

• Age Range: Standards for every grade level (K-12th grade)• Domains:– English-Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social

Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.– Mathematics

The Alignment

• Draws the connection between the preschool learning foundations in the domains:– Language and Literacy–Mathematicsand the corresponding common core state standards.

• Illustrates the developmental progression of key foundations in these domains, as they relate to specific common core state standards

Aspects to Consider in Reviewing the Alignment:

• Organization of the two resources:– Each of the documents groups standards or

foundations into domains– The standards/foundations in a domain are

organized in key content areas (referred to as strands in the preschool foundations)

– Specific foundations within the strands are organized in subgroups (referred to as substrands in the preschool foundations).

Aspects to Consider in Reviewing the Alignment:

• Key Characteristics of Early Learning and Development:

Differences among different age periods: The preschool foundations and the kindergarten common core state standards were written for children at different age periods. The foundations/standards reflect these developmental differences.

Key Characteristics of Early Learning and Development:

• Differentiation of Competencies as Children Learn and Develop– Some developments reflect continuous growth, with

quantitative change over time (e.g, vocabulary growth) – Other developments result in qualitative changes and

the emergence of new competencies (e.g., the ability to write).

– Many of the competencies described at the preschool level become more differentiated and lead to more specific competencies at the kindergarten level.

Alignment with Common Core Standards:Language and Literacy

Preschool FoundationsDomain:

Language & Literacy

Common Core Standards-KGDomain:

English-Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.

The Common Core State Standards present a broad picture of literacy across different academic subjects.

Language and Literacy Alignment at Strand Level:

• The preschool learning foundations and the common core state standards are organized according to the same basic categories (strands): listening and speaking, reading and writing.

• The common core state standards also include a strand identified as language standards. It includes standards for grammar and vocabulary, covered under listening and speaking in the preschool foundations.

Language and LiteracyAlignment at Strand Level:

Preschool Foundations• Listening and Speaking

• Reading

• Writing

Common Core Standards-KG

• Speaking and Listening• Language Standards

• Reading Standards for Literature

• Reading Standards for Informational Texts

• Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

• Writing Standards

Language and Literacy Alignment at Substrand Level:• Specific preschool foundations in each strand

are grouped in substrands • Specific common core state standards are

organized according to key areas, overarching College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards

• The alignment draws the connection between substrands in the preschool foundations and common core anchor standards.

Preschool Foundations: Listening and Speaking

Preschool FoundationsSubstrands:

1.0 Language use and Conventions

2.0 Vocabulary

3.0 Grammar

Common Core Standards- KAnchor Standards

Speaking & Listening• Comprehension and Collaboration• Presentation of Knowledge and

Ideas

Language Standards• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Language Standards• Conventions of Standard English

Preschool Foundations: Reading

Preschool FoundationsSubstrands

1.0 Concepts about Print

2.0 Phonological Awareness

3.0 Alphabetics and word/print recognition

4.0 Comprehension and analysis of age-appropriate text

5.0 Literacy interest and response

Common Core Standards- KGAnchor Standards

• Print Concepts• Craft and Structure

• Phonological Awareness

• Print Concepts• Phonics and Word Recognition

• Key Ideas and Details• Integration of knowledge and

ideas

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WritingPreschool FoundationsSubstrand

1.0 Writing Strategies

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Common Core Standards- KAnchor Standards

• Text Types and Purposes

• Production and Distribution of Writing

• Research to Build and Present Knowledge


Alignment Analysis:• Substantial correspondence in content between the preschool

foundations and the common core state standards in all areas

• Certain common core standards focus on skills that emerge in kindergarten, and therefore have no corresponding content in the preschool foundations: Reading– Fluency (Read text with purpose and understanding)– Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityWriting– Production and Distribution of Writing– Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Developmental Progression Across Age-LevelsExample: Concepts about Print

Preschool FoundationsAt around 60 months

Concepts about Print1.1 Display appropriate book-

handling behaviors and knowledge of print conventions.

1.2 Understand that print is something that is read and has specific meaning

Common Core Standards-K

Print Concepts1. Demonstrate understanding of

the organization and basic features of print.– Follow words from left to right,

top to bottom, and page by page.– Recognize that spoken words are

represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

– Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

Developmental Progression Across Age-LevelsExample: Writing


Writing Strategies1.1 Adjust grasp and body position for

increased control in drawing and writing.

1.2 Writes letter or letter-like shapes to represent words or ideas.

1.3 Writes first name nearly correctly.

Common Core Standards-K

Text Types and Purposes1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and

writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).

2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and

writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and

writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

Domain: Mathematics

Alignment of the Preschool Learning Foundations and the Kindergarten Common Core State Standards

Strands in the Preschool Learning Foundations in Mathematics Domain

MathematicalReasoning

Geometry

Number Sense

Measurement

Classification & Patterning

Organization of the Common Core State Standards- Mathematics Domain

• Standards for Mathematical Content– Counting and Cardinality– Operations and Algebraic Thinking– Number and Operations in Base Ten– Measurement and Data– Geometry

• Standards for Mathematical Practice– Eight key processes and proficiencies that apply to

all content areas in all grade-levels

MathematicsAlignment at Strand Level:

Preschool Foundations• Number Sense

• Algebra and Functions (Classification and Patterning)

• Measurement

• Geometry

• Mathematical Reasoning

Common Core Standards-K• Counting and Cardinality• Operations and Algebraic Thinking• Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Measurement and Data

• Measurement and Data

• Geometry

• Mathematical Practices

MathematicsAlignment at Strand Level:

• Even though the preschool foundations and the common core standards are organized somewhat differently, overall, both cover the same key areas in mathematics.

• Differences in organization:– Content related to number sense in the preschool learning

foundations is represented in two key area in the common core state standards: counting and cardinality, and operations and algebraic thinking.

– Content in number and operations in base ten of the Common Core State Standards is too advanced for it to have corresponding content in the preschool foundations.

– Content related to Classification appears under algebra and function in the preschool foundations, and under measurement and data in the Common Core State Standards.

Preschool Foundations: Number Sense

Preschool FoundationsSubstrands:

1.0 Children understand numbers and quantities in the their everyday environment

2.0 Children understand number relationships and operations in their everyday environment

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Common Core Standards- K

Counting and Cardinality• Know number names and the count

sequence• Count to tell the number of objects• Compare numbers

Operations and Algebraic Thinking• Understand addition as putting

together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.

Number and Operations in Base Ten• Work with numbers 11-19 to gain

foundations for place vale.

Preschool Foundations: Algebra and Functions (Classification and Patterning)


1.0 Children sort and classify objects in their everyday environment

2.0 Children recognize/expand understanding of simple repeating patterns.


Measurement and Data• Classify objects and count

the number of objects in categories.

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Preschool Foundations: Measurement

Preschool FoundationsSubstrand

1.0 Children compare, order, and measure objects


Measurement and Data• Describe and compare

measurable attributes.

Preschool Foundations: Geometry


1.0 Children identify and use shapes

2.0 Children understand positions in space


Geometry• Identify and describe

shapes• Analyze, compare, create,

and compose shapes

• Identify and describe shapes

Preschool Foundations: Mathematical Reasoning

Preschool FoundationsSubstrand

1.0 Children use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment

Common Core Standards- KStandards for Mathematical Practices

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others

• Model with mathematics • Use appropriate tools strategically.

• Attend to precision. • Look for and make use of structure • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

MathematicsAlignment at Substrand Level:• For almost every substrand of the preschool learning

foundations, there is a category in the common core state standards with corresponding content.

• The Common Core State Standards – Include differentiated standards in mathematical reasoning– Do not include standards related to patterning, subitizing

(number sense), and measuring length (measurement).

• Developmental progression across age-levels in every substrand

Developmental Progression Across Age-LevelsExample: Number Sense (Counting)


• 1.1 Recites numbers in order to twenty with increasing accuracy.

Common Core Standards- KKnow number names and the

count sequence.• Count to 100 by ones and

by tens. • Count forward beginning

from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

Developmental Progression Across Age-LevelsExample: Geometry (Shapes)

Preschool FoundationsAt around 60 months• 1.1 Identify, describe, and

construct a variety of different shapes, including variations of circle, triangle, rectangle, square, and other shapes.

Common Core Standards- KIdentify and describe shapes (squares,

circles, triangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).

• Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

• Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”).

Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.

• Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/”corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

In Summary,

• The alignment indicates substantial correspondence in content between the preschool learning foundations and the common core state standards.

• The two documents cover the same key areas in language & literacy and in mathematics, even when the content is organized somewhat differently in the preschool foundations and in the common core standards.

• The alignment illustrates a developmental progression across

age-levels, and the differentiation of competencies as children learn and develop.

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Presenter: Osnat Zur, WestEd TK Monthly Call February 21, 2012 This presentation is drawn from a project of the California Department of Education, Child