The CORE Six: Strategies for Achieving Excellence in the

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© ASCD 2012 | Common Core State Standards

The CORE Six: Strategies for Achieving Excellence in the Common Core

Presented by

R. Thomas Dewing, EdD


Today’s Learning Goals…

1. Explore the challenges of the Common Core and learn how The Core Six respond to these challenges.

2. Learn two Core Six strategies and how they work in classrooms.

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What year are we talking about?

• “Massive bank failures”

• “Economy overextended”

• “A large banking house declares bankruptcy”

• “A declining market and deflation”

• “Investors in Europe anxious”

• “Increasing numbers of unemployed”


1873

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Also…

• 1819• 1832• 1836• 1837• 1857• 1893• 1901• 1929• 1987• 2008


Olympic Winners of the 100-200 Dash

Year Athlete Country 100 2002012 Bolt Jamaica 9.63 19.32

2008 Bolt Jamaica 9.69 19.30

1984 Lewis US 9.99 19.80

1972 Borzov USSR 10.14 20.00

1956 Morrow US 10.62 20.75

1936 Owens US 10.3 20.7

1932 Tolan US 10.3 21.2

1928 Williams Canada 10.8 21.8

1912 Craig US 10.8 21.7

1904 Hahn US 11.0 21.6

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Rules for Lady Teachers in 19151. You will not marry during the term of your contract.

2. You are not to keep company with men.

3. You must be home between the hours of 8pm and 6am unless attending a school function.

4. You may not loiter downtown in ice-cream parlors.

5. You may not travel beyond the city limits without the permission of the chairman of the board.

6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your father or brother.

7. You may not smoke cigarettes.

8. You may not dress in bright colors.

9. You may under no circumstances dye your hair.

10.You must wear at least two petticoats and your dresses must not be shorter than two inches above the ankle.

11.To keep the school clean you must:a. Sweep the floor a least once daily.b. Scrub the floor with hot soapy water at least once weekly.c. Clean the blackboard at least once a day.d. Start the fire at 7:00am so that the room will be warm by 8:00am.


What’s consistent

about change?

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The Purpose of Schooling

To prepare the youth of today for their lives of tomorrow

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In the News Today

• Educational Leadership• ASCD NewsBrief• Education Weekly• USA Today• Chicago Tribune• New York Times• Binghamton Press• Educational blogs• Educational websites

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In the News Today

Common Core Drives Interest in Open Education Resources

Common Core Guidelines Released

for English Language Learners

Scores Drop on KY’s Common Core-Aligned Tests

Adaptive Testing Evolves to Assess Common-Core Skills

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The Challenge: New and Rigorous Standards


Seeing the Common Core as a Tapestry

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Common Threads in the Common Core

• Evaluating evidence and using it to support positions

• Reading and understanding rigorous texts• Understanding and contributing to meaningful

discussions about content• Finding important patterns and structures built

into content• Mastering academic vocabulary and integrating

it into speech and writing


Common Threads in the Common Core

• Using writing to advance learning and clarify thinking

• Writing comfortably in the Common Core text types: argument, informative, and narrative

• Conducting comparative analysis

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Introducing The Core Six

The Core Six is a collection of research-based strategies selected in light of these “common threads.” Core Six strategies will help teachers and students meet the demands of the Common Core.


The Core Six

• Reading for Meaning

• Compare and Contrast

• Inductive Learning

• Circle of Knowledge

• Write to Learn

• Vocabulary’s CODE

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Today’s Learning Goals…

1. Explore the challenges of the Common Core and learn how The Core Six respond to these challenges.

2. Learn two Core Six strategies and how they work in classrooms.


Is it reading words and understanding them?

Are Between Consists

Continuously Corresponding Curve

Draws Variation Graph

If Isolated With

Making Only Often

One Points Relation

Set Table Values

Variables Known

What is Reading for Meaning?

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Draw a picture explaining your understanding of the text below.

If the known relation between the variables consists of a table of corresponding values, the graph consists only of the corresponding set of isolated points. If the variables are known to vary continuously, one often draws a curve to show the variation.

-Basic Math, 1945.




It is very important that you learn about traxoline. Traxoline is a new form of zionter. It is montilled in Ceristanna. The Ceristannians gristeriate large amounts of fevon and then bracter it to quasel traxoline. Traxoline may well be one of our most lukized snezlaus in the future because of our zionter lescelidge.

The Montillation of Traxoline

Is it answering comprehension questions?

Why is it important to know about traxoline?What is traxoline?Where is traxoline montilled?How is traxoline quaselled?

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Reading for Meaning

What is it?

A reading strategy that uses simple statements to help students find and evaluate evidence and build thoughtful interpretations.

The strategy develops in all readers the skills that proficient readers use to make sense of challenging texts.


What is it?

A reading strategy that uses simple statements to help students find and evaluate evidence and build thoughtful interpretations.

The strategy develops in all readers the skills that proficient readers use to make sense of challenging texts.


Good Readers, Great Strategy

Before Reading• The author’s main point is that film noir is a style, not a technique.

• Relocation is an inhumane policy.

• Francis Bacon would approve of Batman’s notion of private justice.

• A colony is a lot like a child.

• Countee Cullen was deeply hurt by the incident in the poem.

• Emerson’s feelings about personal responsibility are much like my own.

• Life would be much more difficult without plants.

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During Reading

Middle School History

The Gettysburg Address


A middle school science teacher helps students collect evidence during a lab.

During Reading


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1st Grade

Language Arts/Nutrition

Gregory the Terrible Eater

During Reading




After Reading

Gregory is a healthy eater.

Relocation is an inhumane process.

Relocation can be humane if people’s needs are first considered.

Gregory is a very good eater.

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Synthesis Activity

“Although people shouldn’t eat tin cans and cardboard boxes like the goats in Gregory the Terrible Eater, it is a good idea to try new foods like Gregory does.”

• Cut out or draw pictures of different foods to create a balanced meal that you would enjoy.

• Your meal must include a new food that you are willing to try.

• You must explain how your meal is balanced and healthy.



Synthesis Activity

Which graph best depicts Galileo’s discovery about the behavior of pendulums?

Use the text to justify your choice.

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Reading for Meaning…Beyond Reading

In science

An elementary school student analyzes an imaginary creature called a “Woggle” using Reading for Meaning statements.


Reading for Meaning…Beyond ReadingIn math

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Going on a field tripThe zoo is a great place for animals.

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Going to an assemblyMr. Andre’s performance was a very accurate portrayal of Mark Twain.

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Supporting the rules for a schoolDooley School is a safe place for all.

As a means to explore conceptual understanding in all subjects.


How Does Reading for Meaning Address the Common Core?

• Managing text complexity (Reading Anchor 10)

• Evaluating and using evidence (Reading Anchors 1 and 8, Writing Anchors 1 and 9)

• Developing the core skills of reading

Determining main ideas (Reading Anchor 2)

Analyzing characters and ideas (Reading Anchor 3)

Interpreting meanings (Reading Anchor 4)

Assessing point of view (Reading Anchor 6)

• Interpreting visual and quantitative information (Reading Anchor 7)

• Reading, interpreting, and solving complex mathematical problems (Mathematical Practices 1, 2, 3, and 7)

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The importance of discussion in the Common Core


Agree or Disagree?

• Classroom discussion is one of the most powerful techniques teachers have at their disposal.

• The Common Core makes rich classroom discussion more important than ever before.

• Classroom discussion is one of the most fragile of all classroom strategies.

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Common Core Skill:Oral Communication

“To become college and career ready, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner—built around important content.”

(CCSS for ELA, 2010, p. 48)


Common Core Skills: Speaking and Listening

Students need to be able to “build on others’ ideas” (SL.CCR.1), “integrate and evaluate information” (SL.CCR.2), and “evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence” (SL. CCR.3).

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Common Core Skills: Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills

“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” (p. 7).


The Research Behind Circle of Knowledge

Research shows that students in discussion-rich classrooms experience real academic and social benefits: deeper comprehension, greater empathy and respect for their peers, and an increased ability to handle rigorous content.

Polite & Adams, 1997 Tanner & Cascados, 1998

Tredway, 1995

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What gets in the way?


Circle of Knowledge

The strategy builds these Common Core skills:

• Speaking, listening, and presenting

• Integrating and evaluating information

• Collaborating with peers

What is it?

A strategic framework for planning and conducting classroom discussions that engage all students in deeper thinking and thoughtful communication.

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Good Discussion Includes…

• A clear structure– Purpose

– Content/Input

– Sparking question(s)

– Focusing question(s)

– Synthesis activity

• A set of moves to bring the discussion to life– Ensure high levels of participation

– Create a strong focus on critical content

– Promote deep thinking


A Clear StructurePurpose: Second graders have finished reading The Drinking

Gourd, about a family of abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. In this discussion, students will develop their own perspective on a controversial question: When is it acceptable to break the law?

Content: Students refer to their text throughout the discussion.

Sparking questions: Why do we have laws? What do laws do for us?

Focusing question: Were the Fullers right to break the law?

Synthesis activity: Students write a simple “I think” essay.

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Criteria for SuccessfulClassroom Discussions

• High levels of participation

• Strong content focus

• High levels of thinking


Circle of Knowledge Moves for…

Increasing Participation

• Allow students to test and share ideas in small groups.

• Use a variety of recognition techniques.

• Get students personally and actively involved.

• Court controversy.

For example: Can science go too far?

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Keeping Focus

• Record responses and summarize frequently.

• Integrate note making into discussions.

• Encourage students to create both linguistic and nonlinguistic representations of their emerging understanding.

For example: Etch-A-Sketch


Etch-A-Sketch

A student’s Etch-A-Sketch notes for a Circle of Knowledge discussion on the topic of tackling and brain injury in youth football.

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Encouraging High Levels of Thinking

• Encourage students to stop and think about the question.

• Use question and response techniques to shape discussions.

For example: Q-SPACE

• Ask students to reflect on the quality of their contributions.


QuestionSilence and Wait TimeProbeAcceptClarify and CorrectElaborate and Extend

Q‐SPACE

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Developing the Common Core Culture

The Power of Culture

Culture: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns characteristic of a people.

(American Heritage Dictionary)


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