Systems of Professional Learning
Module 1 Grades K–5:
Focus on Instructional Shifts
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Common Core ELA & Literacy
Vertical Progressions
Activity 1 Shifts
Instructional
Classroom Practice
Rigor
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Increase rigor in core and intervention
instruction
Improve student proficiency on grade level
outcomes
Graduate all students ready for college and
careers
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Grade level standards map backward
from CCR Anchor Standards
Grade level standards are steps
toward CCR
Standards for Disciplinary
Literacy 6-12
Reading Foundational Skills K-5
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10 CCR for Reading
Literature and
Informational Text
10 CCR for Writing
• Key ideas and details
• Craft and structure
• Integration of
knowledge and ideas
• Range of reading and
text complexity
• Text types and purposes
• Production and
distribution of writing
• Research to build and
present knowledge
• Range of writing
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6 CCR for Speaking
and Listening
6 CCR for
Language
• Comprehension and
Collaboration
• Presentation of
Knowledge and
Ideas
• Conventions of
Standard English
• Knowledge of
Language
• Acquisition and Use
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Print Concepts
Phonological
Awareness
Phonics and
Word
Recognition
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Fluency
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Reading Standards
History/Social
Studies (RH)
Reading Standards
Science and
Technical Subjects
(RST)
Writing Standards in
History/Social
Studies, Science, and
Technical Subjects
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Strand: Reading
Cluster: Key Ideas & Details
College & Career Readiness Anchor Standard #1
Read closely to determine what the text says
explicitly and to make logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual evidence when writing or
speaking to support conclusions drawn
from the text.
Source: Corestandards.org
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Grade 5: Quote accurately from a text
when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences
from the text.
Grade 3: Ask and answer questions to
demonstrate understanding of a text,
referring explicitly to the text as the basis
for the answers.
Grade K: With prompting and support, ask
and answer questions about key details in
the text.
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Examining the Vertical Progressions
of the CCS-ELA & Literacy
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Examining the Vertical Progressions of the
CCS-ELA & Literacy
1. Pairs select a standard to explore (from those
provided)
2. Trace the standard from grade-to-grade,
leading to CCR Anchor Standard
3. Share at your table
4. Share with the whole group
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Refer to the CCR Anchor Standard to know the
goal
Attend to what is unique about your grade
level standard
Refer to the grades above and below to
understand your grade level’s unique place in
the progression
Teach the whole standard
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