S.P.S. - HMSMay 19, 2011

New 2011 ELA & Literacy and Math Curriculum Frameworks

comprised primarily of the Common Core State Standards

written explicitly to define the knowledge and skills that students must master to be college and career ready by the end of high school

Think of literacy as a spine; it holds everything together. The branches of learning connect to it, meaning that all core content teachers have a responsibility to teach literacy.

Vicki Phillips and Carina Wong, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

ELA/Literacy Common Core Appendices

• Research on text complexity is in Appendix A.• Exemplars are not intended to be required readings, they provide

examples. • They are intended to demonstrate a pre-K-12 progression in text

complexity.• They include nonfiction (key American documents, history, the arts,

science, math, and technology) and digital texts, as well as poetry, drama, fiction, folk- and fairy-tales, mythology, and traditional literature.

• Sample performance tasks linked to the standards accompany some of the selections in Appendix B.

• Appendix C has examples of student writing that have been annotated to reflect the standards.

ELA Standards – cognitively complex skills

① Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

② Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

③ Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

④ Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

⑤ Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

⑥ Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

MCAS Transition PlanELA & Literacy

Pre-K-12 Standards for Mathematical Practice

“Expertise” for students at all grade levels:1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others4. Model with mathematics5. Use appropriate tools strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for and make use of structure8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

MCAS Transition PlanMath

Looking Ahead• Preschools, districts and educator preparation programs should have

curriculum and instruction fully aligned to the new frameworks by the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year

• 2014-2015 - Pending its successful development, Massachusetts will transition to PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) for ELA and Math.

• MCAS in grades 3-8 will be based exclusively on the new frameworks in spring 2014

• Similar standards development process for science and engineering, with standards expected in mid-2012 and a transition period to follow

• Standards for English Language Learners, Comprehensive Health, History and Social Science, the Arts, and Foreign Languages will be added to the revision cycle

ESE Next Steps….

• ESE is developing mini-units on specific aspects of the new standards:– Text Complexity– Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects for

grades 6-12– Pre-K Standards and the Guidelines for Preschool Learning

Experiences– Pre-K-5 Curriculum: Informational Text– The Standards-Based Classroom– Using the Crosswalks to Align Curriculum– Writing for a Purpose: Argument, Explanation, and Narrative

Seekonk Public SchoolsTentative Plans for Implementation

Spring – Summer, 2011

District Curriculum Council develops implementation plan.Overview of New Frameworks at staffmeetings.Begin to update/revise curriculum guides in ELA and Math (based on volunteer grade level groups).

2011-2012 School Year

More In-Depth Professional development on the 2011 Frameworks Content Professional Development in Literacy and Math Instructional Strategies.Continue/Begin updating/revising curriculum guides in ELA and Math.Continue to prepare students for current MCAS tests. (On focused standards in Math)

Spring – Summer, 2012

Materials and program review for ELA PreK-5 to be purchased in Summer, 2012. Complete revision/updating of guides in ELA and Math.Begin revision of common assessments, standards-based report cards.Begin to update/revise guides in SS and Science (Gr. 6-12).