Common Core & Lifelong Learning: Are We Pouring Concrete or Building Capacity?

The Common Core andLifelong Learning

Are We Pouring Concrete or Building Capacity?

Sunday, July 29, 2012


Temperature Check...


Characteristics T-P-S


The History of the 3 Rsand their Relevance to the Common Core

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• They demonstrate independence and interdependence• They build strong content knowledge and can apply the ! knowledge to new situations• They respond to the varying demands of the audience, ! the task, the purpose and the discipline• They comprehend as well as critique• They value evidence • They use technology and digital ! media strategically and capably• They come to understand others ! perspectives and cultures

What are the capacities of the literate individual?


Understanding the Common Core

http://creativecommons.org/


http://creativecommons.org

http://creativecommons.org

What are all the key elements in the English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core?

• Provide equity for all students• Reading, writing, speaking, listening• Complexity of text• Claim and Evidence• Speaking and Listening• Conventions• Language• Social Studies and Science Standards• 50/50 and 70/30 reading• Standards are fewer, clearer, higher• Text-based answers• Academic Vocabulary• Writing: Informative and argumentative• Applying what they have learned to a new situation• Common National Assessments


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Overview

ELAK-12

ELA: 6-12Social Science

ScienceTechnical Subjects

K-12 Standardsof Mathematical

Practice

K-12 Standardsof Mathematical

Content






Why Common Core Standards in Math and English:

What’s Next?


Why Common Core Standards in Math and English:

What’s Next?


AP BIOLOGY

Question #1:The creeping horizontal and subterranean stems of ferns are referred to as:


AP BIOLOGY

Question #1:The creeping horizontal and subterranean stems of ferns are referred to as:

Answers: 1. Prothalli 4. Roots 2. Fronds 5. Rhizomes3. Stipes


Question #2: HCO3H2O + C02 The equation above shows a reversible reaction that occurs in blood. An Olympic marathoner training at high altitude in Colorado feels dizzy and begins hyperventilating while taking a run. Her blood pH is elevated, resulting in alkalosis. How will normal blood pH be restored?

AP BIOLOGY


Answers: 1. An increase in 02 concentration in the plasma will lead to a decrease in H+ concentration. 2. An increase in CO2 concentration in the plasma will lead to an increase in H+ concentration. 3. A decrease in sweating will lead to an increase in HCO3 concentration.4. A decrease in respiration will lead to an increase in plasma O2 concentration.

Question #2: HCO3H2O + C02 The equation above shows a reversible reaction that occurs in blood. An Olympic marathoner training at high altitude in Colorado feels dizzy and begins hyperventilating while taking a run. Her blood pH is elevated, resulting in alkalosis. How will normal blood pH be restored?

AP BIOLOGY


What will be different in the (ELA) Standards for teachers, students and parents?

Teachers: Scaffolding ~ The same core standards k-12; Ability for teachers to share powerful lessons across the nationStudents: Building stamina for critical thinking, critical writing and complex readingParents: Reporting may not look the same


ELA Shifts• Balancing Informational &

Literary Texts

• Knowledge in the Disciplines

• Staircase of Complexity

• Text-based Answers

• Writing from Sources

• Academic Vocabulary


Math Shifts• Focus

• Coherence

• Fluency

• Deep Understanding

• Application

• Dual Intensity


Model three different rectangular gardens that

have an area of 36 square units. What

patterns do you notice in how length and width

are related?

What is the area of a rectangular

garden that is 9 feet long and 4 feet

wide?

Used to be targeted for teaching anywhere

grades 3-8and assessed at

grade 5

Now targeted for teaching at grade 3

and assessed at grade 3


Think-Pair-Share

What’s the difference between the set of skills?

How does it relate to a literate person?


Mind Shifts

Who Owns

the Learning?


W: In the 21st century, it is essential that the US compare its educational system to systems around the World

I: Students frequently learn content knowledge and skills in isolation. Students need to be able to Integrate the information and then apply it to a new situation

R: It is essential stakeholders Reflect on what students really need to “know, understand, do and “be”

E: Students must Engage with complex text: they need to learn to read like detectives and write like investigative reporters

D: Students must Discover meaning through text, analyze the text and compare it to other related texts


Future Focused

How do we build on the Standards with a focus on the future?


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Text


Think Pair ShareWhat makes this difference from what we’ve been

doing?What affordance does technology offer?

How might this impact assessment?

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Education

Common Core & Lifelong Learning: Are We Pouring Concrete or Building Capacity?