Connecting Current Strategies with Common Core State Standards Presented by Terri Verhaegen CLAS Teacher Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
How can I use what I already know to start to implement Common Core Standards in my classroom? Presented by Terri Verhaegen CLAS Teacher Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Today’s Goals • Connect strategies from various district initiatives (SIOP, GATE, Thinking Maps, etc.) with Common Core State Standards • Connect CCSS with needs of EL students • Understand need for specific, research-based vocabulary instruction • Understand the difference between Tier 1, 2, and 3 words. • Understand how vocabulary is best taught to ELLs – Context – Strategies before, during, and after – What to teach and when Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
SAUSD/VHS Initiatives Math WASC Initiative/ Pathways FPM UCI Math Project IAL Content Objectives Thinking Data Maps Chats FMP Data Walls Current UBD Initiatives SIOP Schoolwide GLAD Literacy/Writing LTL Cambridge ECO Language PBIS Objectives Depth and Complexity Data Walls Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
District Wide Focus Areas Common Core High School Implementation PBIS (Environment Reform (Curriculum and & Support) (Organization & Instruction) Resources) SIOP PBIS WASC Language Objectives • FPM Content Objectives • FMP Thinking Maps Data Walls & Depth and Complexity Data Chats UCI/Irvine Math Project PLAS Big Ideas/Essential Questions Cambridge • Schoolwide Literacy/Writing ECO • IAL UBD • Text-Dependent Questions LTL Pathways GLAD Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
District Wide Focus Areas High School PBIS Reform (Environment & (Organization & Support) Resources) Common Core Implementation (Curriculum and Instruction) SIOP Language Objectives • Content Objectives • Thinking Maps Depth and Complexity UCI/Irvine Math Project Big Ideas/Essential Questions Schoolwide Literacy/Writing IAL Text-Dependent Questions Pathways GLAD Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
How do these strategies connect with CCSS? How does Why is this this help an effective students strategy? learn? Strategies for Common Core What are What are some of the some of the characteristics limitations of of this this strategy? strategy? Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Why do we use strategies? Effective teachers develop students' sense of autonomy through the explicit teaching of strategies that enable them to approach academic tasks successfully . The teaching of such metacognitive strategies is a way of scaffolding instruction; the goal is to gradually hand over responsibility to the learners as they acquire skills and knowledge. -- Aida Walqui Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Why focus on Academic Language? …we know that mastery of academic language and vocabulary is one of the most effective determinants of success for both native English speakers and ELLs. (Council of Great City Schools) Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Common Core EL Focus • With the introduction of CCSS and the next generation ELD standards, we are re-conceptualizing the instruction of academic language: – Language and Literacy co-exist – Therefore, academic language is learned within context first – mostly during reading. Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Common Core Reading • Appendix A in CCSS – Pg. 32 – Vocabulary Overview – Pg. 33 – Tier Word Definitions & explanations Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
CCSS Appendix A – pp. 32 After reading, discuss the following: 1. What are some critical aspects to teaching/ learning vocabulary? 2. How does learning vocabulary change as students enter higher grade levels? 3. Name some word knowledge strategies. Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
CCSS Definition of “Tier” words Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Discussion… • What is the purpose of understanding word tiers? How might it help with vocabulary instruction? • How could writing the definition of a word from the dictionary distort a word’s meaning for English Language Learners? • What are some strategies for teaching vocabulary? Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Closing • Discuss some strategies you might use to: – help with vocabulary instruction for ELLs – teach words in context – avoid over scaffolding of vocabulary – create student agency – Students learn to try to figure out words on their own, using strategies taught by the teacher. Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
Let’s Review Today’s Goals • Connect strategies from various district initiatives (SIOP, GATE, Thinking Maps, etc.) with Common Core State Standards • Connect CCSS with needs of EL students • Understand need for specific, research-based vocabulary instruction • Understand the difference between Tier 1, 2, and 3 words. • Understand how vocabulary is best taught to ELLs – Context – Strategies before, during, and after – What to teach and when Successful Students Superior Standards Supportive School Climate
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