Basal Alignment Project (BAP)

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• Grades K-2: The 3 Shifts plus Common Core ELA standards using McGraw Hill Treasures , Sci, HSS• Grades 3 – 6: The 3 Shifts, and RUSD

Transition Plan Entry Points plus 1997 standards using Houghton Mifflin and Basal Alignment Project, Sci, HSS

English Language Artsin the 2013-2014 School Year

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What is the Basal Alignment Project?

• A library of 300+ revised lessons • Based on common Basal reading series (3rd-

6th grades)• New practices aligned to the 3 shifts• Carefully aligned to the CCSS• Includes text-dependent questions, improved

tasks, and a focus on academic vocabulary.

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Who Creates Basal Alignment materials?• Hundreds of teachers worked collaboratively

• Following deep training on the Common Core by Student Achievement Partners.

• Each lesson has been authored by teachers

• Each lesson is then edited, and reviewed by a team of teachers before posting

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Current Basals are NOT aligned to Common Core State Standards

• Many questions are not text-dependent

• Do not focus as strongly on academic (Tier two) vocabulary

• Most texts not at grade level complexity

• Many focus on comprehension strategies first

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Key Features of the Standards

Text types, responding to reading, and

research.

Flexible communication

and collaboration.

Text complexity and the

growth of comprehension.

Academic language,

vocabulary, and effective

use. All must be present for literacy learning.

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6th Grade Example

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CA 1997 ELA STANDARDS COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

RC 2.7

Do you think the author did a good job of describing the events that led to the downfall of the Aztecs?

RL 6.4

Read the textbox on page 376. List two of the reasons that led to the fall of the Aztec empire.

What to do• Use Basal Alignment Units with other readings on

the same topic.

• Use text-dependent questions during close reading activities.

• Use BAP big ideas which are critical for creating an appropriate culminating assignment.

• Integrate vocabulary (Tier 2 )into classroom talk, questions, daily lessons.

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What NOT to do:

• Do not use Basal Alignment as the end-all.

• Do not treat BAP as a worksheet.

• Do not settle for students’ personal opinions as an answer.

• Do not alter sections on phonics, spelling, grammar, word study, science and social studies connections AFB

Text-dependent Questions

• Answered through close reading

• Evidence comes from text, not information from outside sources

• Understanding beyond basic facts

• Not recall!https://vimeo.com/54007714

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Student’s annotation of connotative meanings in

Charlotte’s Web

It’s not enough to have complex text in the room. They need to

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QUESTIONS

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