common core state standards for jla pta
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Common Core State Standards
for English Language Arts &
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science
& Technical SubjectsRenee Boss
James Lane Allen PTA MeetingOctober 2, 2012
Why are the standards necessary?
The type of instruction we all had when we were in school is no longer good enough for our own children because the work force has changed & will continue to change. The majority of the jobs our children will have in the future don’t even exist yet.
The Common Core State Standards require science, history/social studies and other content knowledge be taught for students to have more academic background knowledge and thereby enhance reading comprehension.
Why do we need content knowledge?
College & career readiness is a concern in Kentucky.
According to 2010 ACT data, Kentucky high school juniors– 49% met college readiness for English– 35% met college ready expectations for
reading– 15% met college readiness for science– 22% met readiness for college-level
algebra– 11% met all four areas (Reading,
English, Science, Math)
Why does this matter for our K-5th graders?
CCSS provide steps from grade Kindergarten-grade 12
What would happen if we skipped a
step on the ladder?
Anchor Standard for Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Informational Standards K-5
5 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technicaltext based on specific information in the text.
4 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specificinformation in the text.
3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
2 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
1 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
K With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Anchor Standard #6 for Writing: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others
5 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to typea minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
4 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to typea minimum of one page in a single sitting.
3 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
2 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
1 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
K With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including collaboration with peers.
What should our children be doing to learn these standards?
3rd grade example
Comparing & synthesizing multiple sources
ReadingWriting
ThinkingExploring
ResearchingSpeaking
(2 kinds)
Creating
Take 60 seconds to talk with another parent about the opportunities your child has had to read, think, research, speak and discuss texts.
Which activity willprepare our children for their future in the
21st century?
A OR B
Recalling facts that were read Finding evidence in what’s read
Common Core Asks Our Children to…
• Read like detectives
• Write like a reporters
A or B
Which type of activity will help our children read like detectives and write like reporters?
Reading is thinking!
• Comprehension is more than recalling or retelling what happened in story or piece of non-fiction.
• Comprehension means you make sense about what you’ve read.
What should our children be reading?
Stories PoemsNovels PlaysMyths Fables Legends Newspapers Magazines Blogs Emails ImagesGraphs Maps
Text Complexity
3 Considerations1. Judged by computer www.lexile.com2. Judged by humans—
quality of text3. Judged by reader—
motivation & background knowledge
Lexile levels have changed.
Lexile = 510
What should our children be writing?
They should write about what they read!Information/research Explanations/essays
Opinions Real & imagined stories
What might homework before & now look like
--Answering basic fact questions over a book that was read
--Writing your spelling words in a random sentence
--Copying a definition from a dictionary
--Answering text dependent questions
--Studying words or doing a word sort to understand language better
--Putting the dictionary definition in your own words (paraphrasing)
BEFORE COMMON CORE NOW
What can we do at home?
• Take a few minutes to look at the National PTA grade-level guide for your child and talk with another parent.
What questions do you have? Any surprises?
