Text Complexity Grade Bands and Lexile® Bands "It isn't often that a society gets a chance to start afresh, and I think that moment is here." —Chester E. Finn, Jr.* The Common Core State Standards Initiative offers the following overlapping Lexile bands (or Lexile ranges**, as defined by Common Core) to place texts in the following text complexity grade bands. We have realigned our Lexile ranges to match the Common Core Standards' text complexity grade bands and adjusted upward its trajectory of reading comprehension development through the grades to indicate that all students should be reading at the college and career readiness level by no later than the end of high school. New research was released on August 15, 2012 concerning text complexity. The Common Core Standards advocate a "staircase" of increasing text complexity, beginning in grade 2, so that students can develop their reading skills and apply them to more difficult texts. Please contact us for more information. *Chester E.
What Students Can Actually DO With An iPad Online, in workshops, and even with friends, I frequently get asked What can the iPad actually do? as a sort of challenge to the worth of the device. I would rather that they ask, What can you actually do with an iPad? So last week, in preparing for the New England Reading Association Conference and the NYSCATE Mobile Learning Summit , I decided to change my approach. Rather than structure my presentations by tool, or by app, or even by project, I organized myself around desired student outcomes – aka. what students can actually do. However, before addressing that question, I asked not only WHY iPads but WHY Technology ? I want my students to communicate in complex and modern ways. What does this tangibly look like in the classroom? I want my students to demonstrate their knowledge of the parts of a story. Learning Objectives: In addition to learning the story elements, students learn… Project: Book Posters – students create a movie-style poster to advertise their book.
Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts English Language Arts Missouri Learning Standards Implementation Plan Over the past year, a number of English language arts curriculum and assessment activities have been occurring in preparation for the implementation of the Missouri Learning Standards and related curriculum and assessment including: Reinstatement of the Writing Prompts on the grades 3 and 7 grade-level assessments and the English II EOC exam Alignment of existing grade-level and EOC item banks and passages to the Missouri Learning Standards. The information provided by this work will aid in maximizing the assessment of items that align to the Missouri Learning Standards on the 2013 – 2014 assessments. In addition, it will provide Missouri educators with results of student performance on items that specifically align with Missouri Learning Standards. Given these developments and changes, there are curricular changes that need to occur within the next two years related to the new Missouri Learning Standards.
CAFE In our classroom, we will use the structure of CAFE to focus on reading comprehension strategies. During Daily Five, two of our whole class mini-lessons will focus on CAFE strategies. I will also meet with small strategy groups and individual students when I finish meeting with guided reading groups. Our CAFE board shows the four strategies we will focus on- Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. As we learn skills for each strategy, we will post them below. This is our CAFE board. Here are the skills we will work on this year: Your TICKET to teaching comprehension! A Photo Tour of my Pensieve Don't try and implement this without reading the book by The Sisters! Common Core State Standards - ELA & Literacy Resources The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy are the foundation of the K-12 Oregon Diploma; the Essential Skills for reading and writing are embedded within the CCSS. Without these skills, students won’t have access to full content in school. That is why the CCSS include reading and writing standards customized for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Contacts
Project-Based Learning: An Overview Student: We would place the dome right here, for instance. Narrator: These sophomore geometry students in Seattle, have a problem. And they're excited about solving it. Eeva: The problem that they have to solve, is how do you design a state of the art high school in the year 2050, on a particular site. Student: Here's the fire eliminator. Narrator: In Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, these fifth graders are designing a tool to put out fires in space. Student: If you turn it on high, it sucks up the fireballs. Narrator: In Newport News, Virginia, these second graders are investigating cystic fibrosis. Student: One of our students has CF, and we're trying to learn about CF, to see what it is, how it works. Narrator: In Hawaii, high school students are building electric cars, and racing them. Student: Yeah, yeah, put something right there. Student: We did a experiment on dead worms. Teacher: See the different type of fish down here? Narrator: Each class picks a topic to study for the semester.
Cheryl's Classroom Tips: ELA Common Core State Standards Checklists Stop by my TPT store to download the common-core checklists. Each file includes one checklist (grade level/content specific), a planning template, and a quick-check form. Simple. Effective. Time-Saving. The common core checklists help you plan and stay on track to ensure you've taught all objectives that might show up on the end-of-the-year assessment. Even though you've taught them, how do you know students have learned them? The NGA Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) hereby grant a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to copy, publish, distribute, and display the Common Core State Standards for purposes that support the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Attribution; Copyright Notice: NGA Center/CCSSO shall be acknowledged as the sole owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards, and no claims to the contrary shall be made.
Project Based Learning and iPads/iPods Introducing an irresistible project at the beginning of a unit of study can give students a clear and meaningful reason for learning. Plus, they end up with a product or result that could possibility make a difference in the world! In project based learning students are driven to learn content and skills for an authentic purpose. PBL involves students in explaining their answers to real-life questions, problems, or challenges. Technology can be helpful throughout a project, whether students use iPads, Chromebooks, Android tablets, laptops, or desktops.
English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core Standards | Elementary Tests In some aspects, the Common Core Standards for English, Language Arts (ELA) are more complex to understand than the standards for Mathematics. They are divided both by grade and by subject. These are the general subjects in ELA for Kindergarten through Grade 5. In 6th Grade (through 12th) the ELA Common Core Standards also have requirements for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects. Pay attention to the acronyms, as on many of the state test results you get back from your school, you will see a score for an abbreviation that is not easily deciphered. Reading: Literature (RL) Reading: Informational Text (RI) Reading: Foundational Skills (RF) Writing (W) Speaking and Listening (SL) Language (L) It is easier, though, to go to your child’s grade level first, then look at the standards. Kindergarten , First Grade , Second Grade , Third Grade , Fourth Grade , Fifth Grade , Sixth Grade As parents, we have all heard “Just get them to read anything!
Best Practices for Deploying iPads in Schools Digital Tools Teaching Strategies Flickr: Lexie Flickinger By Matt Levinson As schools get ready to deploy iPads this year, each one is scrambling to figure out how to develop an efficient and effective system that works. Without professional development and a set plan in place, educators in individual classes might be stumped by how to set up iPads for different uses. To that end, here are some ideas about how to put a system in place for iPad use in classrooms: