The Instructional Shifts

Outcomes 21st century skills ELA and Math instructional shifts Implications for instructional

practice Personal commitments

21st Century SkillsAbove and Beyond

21st Century Skills:The 4 C’s

COMMON CORE STATE

STANDARDS

CHAD 2013

Shift your thinking!!!

“We can’t solve problems by

using the same kind of thinking

that created them.”

CA State Standards Common Core Standards

1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.

2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational.

3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.

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in ELA/Literacy

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ELA Shift #1: Building Knowledge

Through Content-Rich Nonfiction

ELA Instructional Shift #1

Content-Rich Nonfiction• 50/50 balance K-5• 55/45 in grades 6-8• 70/30 in grades 9-12

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ELA Shift #2:Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in

Evidence from Text, both Literary and Informational

Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence from Text

ELA Instructional Shift #2

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In “Casey at the Bat,” Casey strikes out. Describe a time when you failed at something.

In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King discusses nonviolent protest. Discuss, in writing, a time when you wanted to fight against something that you felt was unfair.

In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln says the nation is dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Why is equality an important value to promote?

What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous?

What can you infer from King’s letter about the letter that he received?

“The Gettysburg Address” mentions the year 1776. According to Lincoln’s speech, why is this year significant to the events described in the speech?

Not Text-Dependent Text-DependentText-Dependent Questions

From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Have the students identify the different methods of removing warts that Tom and Huckleberry talk about. Discuss the charms

that they say and the items (i.e. dead cats) they use. Ask students to devise their own charm to remove warts. Students

could develop a method that would fit in the time of Tom Sawyer and a method that would incorporate items and words

from current time. Boys played with dead cats and frogs, during Tom’s time. Are there cultural ideas or artifacts from the

current time that could be used in the charm?

Low-Level Text Dependent Question

Depth of Knowledge

Text-Dependent Question: Common Core Standards

From The Adventures of Tom SawyerWhy does Tom hesitate to allow Ben to

paint the fence? How does Twain construct his sentences to reflect that

hesitation? What effect do Tom’s hesitations have on Ben?

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Text Talk Time

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ELA Shift #3: Regular Practice with Complex Text and Its Academic Language

College Talk

Processing the ELA Shifts

Read “Three Core Shifts… in ELA” (Handout 19)

Discuss perceived opportunities and challenges presented by each shift.

Chart opportunities and challenges.Share out.

The Common Core Math Classroom

Common Core Math

1. Focus: Focus strongly where the Standards focus.

2. Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades.

3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.

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Math Shift #1: Focus strongly where the standards

focus

K 12

Number and Operations

Measurement and Geometry

Algebra and Functions

Statistics and Probability

Traditional U.S. Approach

Focusing Attention Within Number and Operations

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Expressions and Equations

Algebra

→ →

Number and Operations—Base Ten →

The Number System

→

Number and Operations—Fractions

→

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School

Math Shift #1: Focus

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Math Shift #2: Coherence Think Across Grades

Link to Major Topics Within Grades

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Coherence: Think Across Grades

Missing piece alert!

Math Shift #3: Rigor

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Requires equal

intensity in Time

Activitiesand

Resources

Conceptual understandingProcedural skill and fluency

Application of skills in problem solving

Rigor

A Classroom Environment Conducive for Teaching Math

Processing the Math Shifts

“Focus, Coherence and Rigor”

Jigsaw the document in small groups of 3.

Read and share out

Coherence

Rigor

Reflecting on the ShiftsOrdered Sharing Process:

Reflect on the questionShare responses to the left,

no comments, active listeningEngage in open discussion

What do these shifts mean for WHAT I teach and HOW I teach in my

classroom?

“Common Core State Standards are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business.

They are a call to take the next step.”

Source: CCSS, 2010