The NEW ELA Core Curriculum and its Connection to NYS Grade 3

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The NEW ELA Core Curriculum and its Connection to
NYS Grade 3 8 Testing

• Presented by
• Louisa Kramer-Vida, Ed.D
• District ELA Supervisor
• Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD

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Agenda

• Problem
• Task
• Philosophy
• Premises
• Process
• Product
• Testing Connections
• Appendices

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Problem

• Prepare for NCLB Grade 3 8 testing
• Be proactive regarding potential yearly testing
  on other grade levels
• Federal government requirement for more
  specificity
• especially for funding
• than presented in the ELA Resource Guide with
  Core Curriculum

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Task 1

• Develop Core Performance Indicators across all 4
  ELA Standards for
• PreK K 1
• 2 3 4
• 5 6
• 7 8
• 9 10 11 12

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Task 1 Definition

• Core Performance Indicators are skills and
  strategies that are common to reading, writing,
  speaking and listening across a grade span

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Tasks 2 3

• Develop (or adapt on the PreK 3 level) Literacy
  Competencies per grade level for reading,
  writing, listening and speaking (grades 9 12
  were still under development as of 8/31/05)
• Develop (or adapt on the PreK 3 level) grade
  specific Performance Indicators by Standard

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Tasks 2 3 Definitions

• Literacy competencies are skills and strategies
  that are specific to reading or writing or
  speaking or listening and are grade specific
• Performance Indicators are what students need to
  know and be able to do
• Proficiency is expected at the grade level where
  the performance indicator is first noted
• PIs are reinforced across multiple grades
• PIs represent on-going development that increases
  in complexity

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Philosophy

• Additional specificity within the framework of
  local choice of texts, products, strategies and
  activities all chosen to meet student needs
• SED assistance (guidance) to develop local
  materials and to align local curricula to grade
  by grade Performance Indicators
• Integration with other SED curriculum guidance
  materials

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Philosophy Continued

• Coordination with SCANS (the U.S. Department of
  Labors Secretary's Commission on Achieving
  Necessary Skills) for students to experience
  successful participation in school, at work, with
  their family, and in the community. (This is
  part of the Universal Foundation Skills in the
  Career Development and Occupational Studies
  Standards.)

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Premises

• Read on an on-going basis
• Goal 25 books or equivalent per year
• Write at least 1000 words per month across all
  content areas and Standards
• Experience daily academic listening and speaking

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Additional Premises

• All content area teachers are responsible for
  developing reading, writing, speaking and
  listening competencies
• ELA development is recursive
• Technology should be used

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Further Premises

• All students can become competentif they
  experience skilled instruction, adequate time,
  varied or specialized resources, and as-needed
  additional support
• Teachers need to understand students
  developmental needs
• Student learning should be active

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Process

• Administrators, teachers, professors and SED
  personnel (often leaders of professional
  organizations) were invited to participate
• Then were organized into 4 groups PreK 2, 3
  5, 6 8, 9 12 composed of a team leader and 3
  team members

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Process

• Teaching/administrative experience mirrored the
  diversity of students in New York State
• All attended kick-off and closure meetings at SED
  in Albany
• Other tasks were accomplished via e-mail,
  conference calls and sub-group meetings

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Product

• A core curriculum guide composed of
• The ELA Learning Standards
• Students will read, write, listen and speak for
  information and understanding
• Students will read, write, listen and speak for
  literary response and expression
• Students will read, write, listen and speak for
  critical analysis and evaluation
• Students will read, write, listen and speak for
  social interaction

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Product

• Key ideas for
• Receptive language skills listening and reading
• Expressive language skills writing and speaking

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Product

• Core Performance Indicators
• PreK K 1
• 2 3 4
• 5 6
• 7 8
• 9 10
• 11 12

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Product

• Literacy competencies per grade organized by
  reading, writing, speaking and listening
• Grade Specific Performance Indicators how key
  ideas are defined

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Testing Connections

• Grade 3
• Literary and informational passages
• Literary listening selections
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Practice editing paragraphs
• Standards measured 1, 2, 3

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Testing Connections

• Grade 4
• Literary and informational passages
• Literary listening selections
• Paired reading passages
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Extended response practice
• Standards measured
• 1, 2, 3 - reading
• 2 listening
• 3 reading/writing

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Testing Connections

• Grade 5
• Literary and informational passages
• Informational listening selections
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Practice editing paragraphs
• Standards measured
• 1, 2, 3 reading
• 1, 3 listening/writing

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Testing Connections

• Grade 6
• Literary and informational passages
• Literary listening selections
• Paired reading passages
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Extended response practice
• Standards measured
• 1, 2, 3 reading
• 2 listening
• 3 reading/writing

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Testing Connections

• Grade 7
• Literary and informational passages
• Informational listening selections
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Practice editing paragraphs
• Standards measured
• 1, 2, 3 reading
• 1, 3 listening/writing

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Testing Connections

• Grade 8
• Literary and informational passages
• Informational listening selections
• Paired reading passages
• Multiple choice practice
• Constructed response practice
• Extended response practice
• Standards measured
• 1, 2, 3 reading
• 1 listening
• 3 - reading/writing

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Testing Connections

• Parallel Tests available Fall 2005
• Can be used as practice tests
• Can be used as instructional resources
• Base on Standards and Core Curriculum

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• Questions?

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Appendices

• Basic Source Materials for New Document
• Additional Works Cited
• Related Websites

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Basic Source Materials for New Document

• ELA Resourse Guide with Core Curriculum (1999)
• Early Literary Guidance
• SED personnel
• Participants personal experience in areas of
  expertise (ELA, Literacy, Early Childhood, ESL,
  Bilingual, Special Education)

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Additional Works Cited

• English Language Arts Core Curriculum (5/05)
• Grade 3 8 Testing in English Language Arts and
  Mathematics Long Island Regional Forum (2/05)
• New York State Education Department
  Teleconference New York State Learning Standards
  for Mathematics (Revisted) and English Language
  Arts (ELA) Grades 3 8 ELA and Mathematics
  Testing Program (10/04)

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Additional Works Cited

• New York States Learning Standards and Grade 3
  8 Testing in English Language Arts and
  Mathematics (Fall 2004)
• New York State Testing Program Introduction to
  the Grade 3 8 Testing Program in English
  Language Arts and Mathematics (11/04)

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Related Websites

• www.emsc.nysed.gov links to curricular and
  general education resources
• www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/home.html - grade 3 - 8
  ELA testing
• www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai - click on Shakespeare
  logo for ELA

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Related Websites

• http//vis.nysed.gov/vls - a virtual learning
  system
• Teaching resources
• Standards, key ideas, performance indicators
• Alternate performance indicators for the severely
  disabled