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CCSS Toolkit: Content Area Literacy - Shift 1

CCSS Toolkit - Content Area Teachers: Awareness & 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
Implementation
Evaluate & Refine
Resources
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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

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Explore the CCSS for Literacy

Take a look at the CCSS for Literacy in your subject area.

Become familiar with the Speaking and Listening Standards

CCSS Speaking and Listening Standards Grades 6-12

07/25/2012 (352.13 KB)

Read Text Selections

Tools

Read samples of text for your subject from Appendix B.

Grades 6-8 Grades 9/10 Grades 11/12

Transition

Learn About Informational Text in the Classroom

Tools

View 6-12 Content Teacher PowerPoint Session 2: Informational Text
This is the second of six sessions in Module 1: Common Core Instruction for ELA & Literacy. Module 1 explains the unique Common Core emphasis—teaching students literacy skills in English Language Arts (ELA) and to apply them in every other subject.
Review CCSS Classroom Snapshot on Informational Text 06/21/2012 (30.92 KB)
From "K-12 Teachers: Building Comprehension in the Common Core"