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CCSS Toolkit: ELA & Literacy - Shift 1

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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Shift 1: Increase Reading of Informational Text

Classrooms are places where students access the world – science, social studies, the arts and literature – through informational and literary 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% (CCSS Introduction, p. 5). Increasing the amount of informational text students read K-12 will prepare them to read college and career-ready texts.

Awareness & Understanding

Learn about Informational Text in the CCSS

View Videos

Compare the CCSS to Oregon Standards at Your Grade

Tools

Use the Teacher Navigation Tool
Use the Literature and Informational Text sections of this tool developed by NWRESD to summarize the changes at your grade.

Read Text Selections

Tools

Read samples of text for your grade level and subject area from Appendix A

Informational Text Selections - ELA Informational Text Selections - Content Areas Literature Selections

Transition

Learn About Informational Text in the Classroom

Tools

View PowerPoint: ELA & Literacy Module 1 - Session 2: Informational Text
PowerPoints are specific to three levels and all subjects: K-5, 6-12 ELA, and the 6-12 Content-areas.

Review CCSS Classroom Snapshots on Informational Text
K-5 Foundations (pp.10-14)
K-5 Informational Text (pp.15-16)
6-12 Informational Text (pp. 20-21)

From "K-12 Teachers: Building Comprehension in the Common Core"

Read about informational text and instructional materials
K-2 3-12 ELA 3-12 Content Areas

From "Publisher's Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy"

Study the Standards for Your Grade or Subject

Tools

Read the informational text standards for your grade or subject

Dig Deeper into the Standards

Tools

Study the Standards at Your Grade
Explore the CCSS ELA concept organizers and unpacked content for your grade or subject developed by other Common Core states

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