Curriculum Mapping for the Common Core Standards
O. Nesi – I.S. 281Library Spring Conference
May 18, 2011
This Sounds Oddly Familiar…(Finding the Overlap Between CCS and IFC)
Please complete the Do Now:
• CCS Handout
• IFC Phases & Indicators
What Common Core Standards?
At First … Mostly Fear & Denial
• 2009-2010 – 7th and 8th Grade ELA curriculum mapping for uniformity
• Summer 2010 CCS workshops
• Straw grab materials reaction
• “We’ve got until 2014…”
Then … The Realizations:
• Ordering and “dumping” of materials would not be enough
• The extent of the paradigm shift
• The amount of work involved
Followed by Panic
… and Then More Common Core Workshops and Denial
The Fall Saturday Workshop
• Consider the “tasks”
• We’ve known this all along
• Fixing the task is not enough
• “Fixed” tasks should inform instruction
The 6th Grade ELA Work Begins(With CCS still off in the distance, we work hard
to make some missteps)
• Lead teacher meetings to verbalize and plan to address dissatisfaction
• Development of ELA Survey
• Development of Resources Used survey
The Epiphany
• Uniformity of curriculum will not necessarily equal CCS implementation
• Goal Merging: As long as we want both uniformity and CCS, why not address both issues at once?
The Sites• Common Core
• A curriculum mapping site: http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/grades/
• We may not have to completely re-invent the wheel after all
Think, Turn and Talk Directions
• Check all that apply on the Think Turn & Talk
handout
• Be sure to provide brief explanations where
necessary
• Turn to a neighbor and talk it out
Site Format
• Essential Question and Overview
• Focus Standards
• Student Objectives
• Suggested Works
• Sample Activities and Assessments
• Additional Resources
A Plan …
• Structured Explorations
• Resource lists for the units/FAMIS
• Folders of printable resources
• Two meetings per week to hammer it out
In the Future
• Continue work on 6th Grade unit plans
• Re-do 6th Grade book room
• Same general plan for 7th Grade next year
• 8th Grade the year after that
Please take a few moments to evaluate this workshop.