UNDERSTANDING THE READING ELA VOLUNTARY STATE CURRICULUM Kathy Volk kvolkmsde.state.md.us

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UNDERSTANDING THEREADING / ELA VOLUNTARY
STATE CURRICULUMKathy Volkkvolk_at_msde.state.md.us
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Outcome

• Understand both the importance of and the
  process used to align instruction to the
  Reading/English Language Arts Voluntary State
  Curriculum.

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Alignment Model Maryland Voluntary State
CurriculumIntended Curriculum  

•  Maryland School Assessment
  Instructional ProgramAchieved Curriculum Deliv
  ered Curriculum

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The Maryland State Department of Education
(MSDE)has aligned theMaryland School Assessment
(MSA)to the Voluntary State Curriculum (VSC)in
Reading.

• It is the job of the local school systems to
  align the daily instructional program to the VSC
  with the help of MSDE. In order to do this,
  there must be a clear understanding of the VSC.

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The complete VSC for Reading/ELA can be found on
the web at

• http//www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/readi
  ng/index.html

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In reading/ELA we have seven standards for grades
PreK-8

• 1.0  General Reading Processes
• 2.0  Comprehension of Informational Text
• 3.0  Comprehension of Literary Text
• 4.0  Writing
• 5.0  Controlling Language
• 6.0  Listening
• 7.0  Speaking

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How is the VSC labeled?

• 1.0 Standard
• A. Topic
• 1. Indicator
• a. Objective
• gt Assessment Limit

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To read the VSC you need to know

• 1.0 General Reading Processes STANDARD
• A. Phonemic Awareness TOPIC
• a. Tell whether sounds are
• same or different OBJECTIVE

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Label the following

• 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text
• E. General Reading Comprehension
• 4. Determine important ideas and messages in
  informational text
• a. Identify and explain the
  authors/texts purpose and intended audience
• In the text or a portion of the text

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General Reading Processes (1.0) has five topics

• Phonemic Awareness (Not assessed on MSA)
• Phonics (Assessed on MSA Gr. 3 4)
• Fluency (Not assessed on MSA)
• Vocabulary (Assessed on MSA Gr. 3-8)
• Comprehension (Assessed on MSA Gr. 3-8)

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VSC PreK 3 includes  
LEARNING TO READ   Phonemic Awareness Phonics
? CRACKING THE CODE   Fluency accuracy,
rate, expression predicts
comprehension Vocabulary sounds to words
 
  Comprehension before, during, after
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VSC 3 - 8 includes  
READING TO LEARN   Comprehension using the
code to learn (vocabulary)
  before, during, after
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Only standards

• 1.0 General Reading Processes
• -- includes all of the reading skills and
  processes necessary
• for reading any text
• 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text
• -- includes all of the reading skills and
  processes necessary
• for reading any content text
• 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text
• -- includes all of the reading skills and
  processes
• for reading any type of literature

• are assessed on MSA.

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Reading for a Purpose

• Standards 2 and 3 in the VSC give the reading
  process a purpose.
• These standards have only one topic which is
  comprehension and are assessed on MSA.

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Reading for a Purpose

• Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational
  Text Students will read, comprehend, interpret,
  analyze, and evaluate informational texts. This
  standard is for all teachers.
• Programs in any content area could align to this
  standard.

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Reading for a Purpose

• Students are reading content material such as
  textbooks, trade books, reference materials,
  research, historical documents, periodicals,
  journals, biographies, newspapers, letters, and
  articles.
• Students are reading functional documents such as
  sets of directions, science experiments,
  applications, forms and menus.

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Reading for a Purpose

• Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text
  Students will read, comprehend, interpret,
  analyze, and evaluate literary texts. This
  standard is for reading and English teachers.

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Reading for a Purpose

• Students are reading literary text such as
  stories, folk tales, fairy tales, fantasy and
  fables.

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Where to begin???

• Central to the document
• is the Reading Process

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In the VSC it is found in

• Standard 1.0
• General Reading Processes
• Kinds of text all text
• Before
• During Strategic Reading Behaviors
• After

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Strategic Reading Behaviors(VSC-General Reading
ProcessesStandard 1.0)-No assessment limits
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• 1.0 General Reading
• Processes (After)
• Main idea
• Directly stated
• Inferences
• Draw conclusions
• Prediction
• Paraphrase
• Summarize
• Connect to
• personnel experience

2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text
(content text, functional documents, expository
text)
3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text
(narratives, drama, poems)
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Strategic Reading Behaviors(After Reading)
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Only objectives with assessment limits can be
assessed on MSA. Where wont you find
assessment limits in the VSC?
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Use the VSC to teach an after reading specific
skill

• 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text
• 2. Analyze text features to facilitate
  understanding of literary text
• b. Identify and explain how print features
  contribute to meaning
• Illustrations
• Punctuation
• Print features

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To achieve success with this indicator students
must know the following

• Analyze
• Identify
• Explain
• Illustrations
• Punctuation
• Print features
• Contributions to meaning

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Teachers will use the objective in their daily
instruction keeping the assessment limit in mind.
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Levels of Cognitive Demand
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Teachers must use thoughtful planning to move
students through levels of cognitive demand

• Literal-identify the illustrations

• Interpretive-explain how the author uses print
  features

• Critical-analyze the authors use of punctuation
  in helping you understand the text

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Finally, daily instruction must include formative
assessments that

• Tell the teacher if the student understands
• Aligns to the VSC

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A Model for Aligning Instruction

• Identify the standard, indicator, objective, and
  assessment limit
• Develop the lesson objective
• Develop the formative assessment and sample
  exemplary response
• Explicit Instruction
• Identify before, during, and after reading
  strategies

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Outcome

• Understand both the importance of and the
  process used to align instruction to the
  Reading/English Language Arts Voluntary State
  Curriculum.