This is the first presentation for SJSD Professional Development on August 13 on Text Complexity. This presentation gives an overview of the expectations for reading outlined in the Common Core State Standards.

1. Common Core Overview
SJSD

2. Opening Activity

3. What’s the Buzz?

4. About the Initiative
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is
a voluntary, state-led effort
48 states, 2 territories, and D.C. committed to
developing a common core of state standards for
proficiency in English language arts and mathematics
for grades K-12
Governor Nixon Signed Missouri on in August 2009

5. Why did Missouri Sign On?
The Standards will raise the bar for Missouri students
and ensure they are prepared to succeed in the 21st
century.
Having Common Core Standards with other states is
cost effective in the long term in that multiple states can
share common assessments.

6. Why do we have the
Common Core?
http://youtu.be/jxefsLG2eps

7. Why Common Core State
Standards?
Collaboration: The standards create a foundation to
work collaboratively across states and districts, pooling
resources and expertise, to create curricular tools,
professional development, common assessments, and
other materials.

8. Why Common Core State
Standards?
Equity: Expectations are consistent for all and not
dependent on a student’s zip code.
Clarity: the standards are focused, coherent, and clear.
Clearer standards help students (and parents and
teachers) understand what is expected of them.

9. Why Common Core State
Standards?
Preparation: The standards are college and career
ready. They will help prepare students with the
knowledge and skills they need to succeed in
education and training after high school.
Competition: The standards are internationally
benchmarked. Common standards will help ensure our
students are globally competitive.

11. College and Career Readiness
Anchor Standards (ELA)
10 Reading Standards
10 Writing Standards
6 Speaking and Listening Standards
6 Language Standards
(In addition, K-5 have 4 Reading Foundational Skills)

12. ELA CCSS
1. Strand first!
W.CCR.7
RF.5.3 2. Grade level or
RL.7.1 CCR second!
SL.CCR.4
WHST.6-8.2 3. Standard last!

13. Appendices A, B, and C
• Appendix A • Supplementary
material and
glossary of terms
• Text exemplars and
• Appendix B
sample performance
tasks
• Appendix C • Writing exemplars
and annotated notes

14. What’s the buzz???

15. Sample College and Career Readiness
(CCR) Standard for Reading
Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text
and analyze their development; summarize the key
supporting details and ideas.
Kindergarten: With prompting and support, identify
characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Third grade: Describe characters in a story (their traits,
motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions
contribute to the sequence of events.

16. Increasing Complexity
Across Grade Levels
Sixth grade: Describe how a particular story’s plot unfolds in a
series of episodes as well as how the characters respond to
or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Ninth/Tenth: Analyze how complex characters (those with
multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course
of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot
or develop the theme.
Eleventh/Twelfth: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices
regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or
drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered,
how the characters are introduced and developed).

17. Common Core Wrap-up

18. What’s the buzz?

19. ELA Closing Activity: Four
Square Reflection

20. Information provided by...
49th Annual Cooperative Conference for School
Administrators
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education
www.dese.mo.gov
August 2010