CCSS Toolkit: ELA & Literacy Teachers - Awareness & Transition

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CCSS Toolkit: ELA & Literacy Teachers - Awareness & Transition

CCSS Toolkit - ELA & Literacy Teachers: Transition
Introduction to the CCSS
Shift 1: Informational Text
Shift 2: Text Complexity
Shift 3: Academic Vocabulary
Shift 4: Text-based Answers
Shift 5: Writing from Sources
Shift 6: Content-area Literacy
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The six shifts represent key areas of focus as teachers and administrators work to implement the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. The shifts describe what is required to assure alignment to the CCSS in terms of materials and classroom instruction. Oregon teachers are likely at different stages in practicing these shifts, however, establishing a statewide focus in these areas can help schools and districts develop a common understanding of what is needed in literacy instruction as they move forward with implementation.

Introduction to the CCSS Find out more about the CCSS for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.
Shift 1: Increase Reading of Informational Text In elementary, at least 50% of what students read is informational; in middle school, it is 55%; and by the end of high school, it is 70%.	Shift 2: Text Complexity In order to prepare students for the complexity of college and career-ready texts, each grade level requires growth in text complexity. Students read the central, grade-appropriate text around which instruction is centered.	Shift 3: Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the vocabulary they need to be able to access grade-level complex texts across the content areas.
Shift 4: Text-based Answers Students have rich and rigorous conversations which are dependent on reading a central text and develop habits for making evidentiary arguments based on the text.	Shift 5: Increase Writing from Sources Students K-12 develop college and career-ready skills through written arguments that respond to the ideas, events, facts, and arguments presented in the texts they listen to and read.	Shift 6: Literacy Instruction in Content Areas Content-area teachers emphasize reading and writing in their planning and instruction for teaching the content. Students learn through reading domain-specific texts in content area classes.