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RESOURCES FOR District Determined Measures and Writing to Text

The required Common Core cognitive shifts, a social study example using the Gettysburg address in a brief video: Daggett, Hess, Depth of Knowledge: []

District Determined Measures Comprehensive Handout to accompany PowerPoint.

Agenda for full day. Includes Planning Guides. and DDM PowerPoint--Most Recent A Graphic Organizer that describes the mid-year PARCC exams in literacy based either on Literary or Informational Texts as well as a description of the curriculum needed to support the PARCC exam or to surpass it in its complexity. For a comprehensive description and example assignments on "Preparing Students for the PARCC Assessments: Or What Is good ELA/Literacy Curriculum by Vivian Mihalakis and Anthony Petrosky

[] Resources (DDMs) • Protocols to support local assessments • Curriculum Standards Massachusetts Model Curriculum Units and their Rubrics • Research Resources:
 * Massachusetts Model Curriculum Units (MCU) []
 * Quality Tracking Tool: [][|/]
 * Dropbox.com (You will need to set up an account with your Marshfield address. Once you sign in, the Marshfield folder will be in your account.)

PARCC on line has assessment prototypes for ELA and math for some grade levels at [|http] [| __aligned to state standards along with accompanying scoring rubrics and exemplars.]

For articles on assessment quality and using assessments to measure growth, go to the link below (recommended by MA DESE) http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/resources/teaching_tips/assessment_grading.asp

Also for research for specific kinds of assessment, consider these sites recommended by DESE.

1) **Connecticut Student Performance Task Database** [] Connecticut has developed a tool, located at [|www.CTcurriculum.org], that allows users to search a database of student performance tasks by grade level and content area. Teachers create and upload student performance tasks that are aligned to state standards along with accompanying scoring rubrics and exemplars. 1) **Kansas Performance Teaching Student Portfolio: Biology Grade 9** [] 2) **Minneapolis (MN): Literacy and numeracy assessments Grades K-1** [] 3) **Illinois: Student growth portion of principal evaluation all grades** [] (pp. 5, 26) 4) Finally, districts may want to look at the performance assessment work underway in several Massachusetts districts through the [|Quality Performance Assessment Initiative].

[] http://www.achieve.org/ccss-cte-classroom-tasks [] [] http://commoncoretasks.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
 * MATH RESOURCES**
 * Assessment Tasks for grades 6 - 12**
 * Achieve.Org math tasks for gr 6 - 12**
 * Resource for understanding Math Practice Standards:**
 * Illustrative Mathematics PK - 12**
 * North Carolina Department of Education Math Tasks and other resources**
 * http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Elementary**

[] [] [] [|**http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/TasksUnitsStudentWork/**] [] [] [] []
 * PARCC Documents: Model Content Frameworks by Grade Level **
 * New York State Resources: Engage New York**
 * PARENTS: Resources for Explaining Common Core to Parents:**
 * New York City Common Core Performance Tasks all content areas:**
 * Teaching Channel - Great source of videos of lessons aligned with Common Core**
 * Georgia Department of Education: Math Common Core units**
 * Science: Interactive version of Next Generation Science Standards:**
 * Tri State Rubric for Quality Curriculum Units and Materials**

WRITING TO TEXT RESOURCES In order to duplicate the complexity of the PARCC literacy assessment, multiple texts need to be used and matched.

The CSSCO site has the most comprehensive resources that include many models at all grade levels as well as a template to use to assess the quality and rigor of the texts. [|http://www.ccsso.org/Navigating_Text_Complexity/Check_the_Specs.htm]l CSSCO provides a SHOWROOM OF MODELS of many excellent UNITS THAT INCLUDE MATCHED TEXTS AND writing to text models for k-12. [] From CSSCO,a helpful model and explanatory video that uses a short Kate Chopin text, "Ripe Figs." []

Also, Achieve provides MODELS of CC aligned units with text sets. It also provides tools for assessing text complexity. The list of documents is below under Achieve. http://www.achievethecore.org/ela-literacy-common-core/sample-lessons/close-reading-exemplars/ See list of documents below.

Also Odell Education has curriculum units that support literacy development called "The Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum," an integrated set of English Language Arts/Literacy units spanning grades 6-12. Funded by the USNY Regents Research Fund, the free curriculum is comprised of a series of four 3-4 week units at each grade level that provide direct instruction on a set of literacy proficiencies at the heart of the Common Core State Standards. Each unit highlights a core literacy proficiency and provides approaches, instructional sequences, handouts, tools and texts for developing independent mastery and creative critical thinking in students.

CURRICULUM UNITS
[|Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Details] [|Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims] [|Unit 3: Researching to Deepen Understanding] Unit 4: Building Evidence-Based Arguments (under development) [|LEARN ABOUT] []

For the Odell Unit 1 Reading Closely text lists and links (once teachers click on these a TOC will appear with all texts. When they scroll down, there will be links embedded they can click on to access the videos and pictures. If any link does not work, they should email Odell Education directly so it can be fixed. If they copy me into that email, I will do my best to locate the broken link and email it to them in case Odell doesn’t fix in time for their lesson.): Grade 9: Brain Gain @http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RC-Unit-Texts-G9-10_Brain-Gain.pdf Grade 10: Modern Battlefield: @http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RC-Unit-Texts-G9-10_Modern-battlefield.pdf Grade 11: Promised Land: @http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RC-Unit-Texts-G11-12_Promised-land.pdf Grade 11: Lay Down All My Joys: @http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RC-Unit-Texts-G11-12_Lay-down-all-my-joys.pdf Grade 12: Life Steps Almost Straight: @http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RC-Unit-Texts-G12_Life-steps-almost-straight.pdf PARCC on line provides prototypes of assessment items for ELA and math, though not all grades are populated. Introductory PowerPoint for Writing to Text

Criteria for Text Selection for PARCC including number of words for passages. PARCC Writing Evidence

PARCC sample test items for some grade levels for both ELA and math: []

Scaffolding Resources

Interactive notebook links: Dana Huff's Blog gives examples and a good overview: www.huffenglish.com/?=933

Interactive notebooks wiki has examples of IN for each discipline and a PowerPoint that might serve as a good introduction for your class at: interactive-notebook.wikispaces.com

Greece NY web site address plus Parallel Notetaking for Informational Text Three Rubrics: International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement and MCAS Looking at Student Work Analogies (creative activity) For vocabulary

Curriculum Units aligned to the CC developed through ASCD: ELA, History, Science, Math http://educore.ascd.org/channels/c8920746-9ae8-49bf-bae3-f8b6cac46173

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Documents from the Achieve Site

Massachusetts Model Curriculum Units (MCU) at []. Each unit provides a UbD template, a CEPA (Curriculum Embedded Performance Assessment) and at least 50 pages of day-by-day materials and activities.

This rubric can be used to determine how complex the text is for informational text.

Rubric that uses 6-traits for Argument, Narrative, and Informational Text

TEXT SETS MATERIALS:

Book: K-8, but may be worth looking at for HS. Teaching with Text Sets [] by Mary Ann Cappiello from Lesley University. The book describes how they built their "multimodal, multigenre text sets." They recommend a model of teaching and selecting texts for all K-8 teachers of all fields.

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND RUBRIC EXAMPLES FROM HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS BELOW: For high school teachers, I've added some projects from a grade 9 interdisciplinary course (World Studies which is team-taught by a history and English teacher). They are listed below this paragraph and include a child labor, a genocide, and other projects that you might find interesting. This rubric was used with a "Things Fall Apart" argument. Rubric for the Child Labor Project (below) This is the Struggle for Power project. The rubric is below. The Final Project was a study of 4 genocides with a final "museum" presentation. The Struggle for Power Rubric. the Project is above. The Child Labor Project. The rubric is above.

THE HUNGER GAMES: Below is another comprehensive project 5-day project on the Hunger Games from Educurious.

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A sample from Smarter Balanced assessment for grade 11 on public art matched texts http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Grade11ELAPT.pdf

In this Journal of Staff Development  article, Vicki Phillips and Lynn Olson of the Gates Foundation recommend free websites that can serve as resources for teachers and administrators designing curriculum units and lessons aligned to the Common Core: - America Achieves:  [|http://commoncore.ame] __ricaachieves.org__ - Better Lesson:  [|http://betterlesson.com] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">EduCore: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://educore.ascd.org] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">LearnZillion: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://learnzillion.com] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Literacy Design Collaborative: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Mathematics Design Collaborative: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Student Achievement Partners: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://www.achievethecore.org] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The Teaching Channel (videos of teachers): <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://www.teachingchannel.org] <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">- <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">TNCore (Tennessee’s website): <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|http://tncore.org] <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">“Teachers Connect with Technology: Online Tools Build New Pathways to Collaboration” by Vicki Phillips and Lynn Olson in <span class="s15" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Journal of Staff Development <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">, August 2013 (Vol. 34, #4, p. 34-37), <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> [|www.learningforward.org] <span class="s7" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">.

Other resources that may be helpful during the year for close reading and writing to text. When giving feedback, when is praise ineffective?

A very short dialogue to focus on point of view.

An exemplar that explains the form of the argument.

How to calibrate teacher assessments of student work.

Picture books that work with HS students to scaffold learning.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address with Annotations. How to read a poem: Protocol, project, graphic organizer.

A teacher blog about deeper reading in her classroom. A professionally written narrative. Student analysis of "Shame." Mango Street rewritten by a computer. What is good feedback (the research)? 6 examples of texts that can work together. From Frey's text, a subversive reading of "The Road Not Taken."



[] Rubrics for social studies, the arts (DOK), and Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix fro Science are at the link above.