School Librarians
Update
AAIM 2011
Shirley Fetherolf
Program Advisor
Library Media Services
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Trend: Will eBooks kill libraries?
Not yet!
Cost of Internet access
Cost of eBook readers
Cost of books (not all are
free!)
Not fair and equitable
Not going to happen quickly
However, some administrators
think so!
Vocaroo!
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Danger in the
Comfort Zone
Don’t be Invisible
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Librarians and libraries can be
invisible to budget makers
Email all staff
What you do/services you provide
Austin, Texas--eliminating all
secondary librarians for next year
Students in schools with strong
school libraries
learn more
 get better grades
 score higher
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than their peers in schools without
such resources.
Improved school library
programs can help turn
around struggling schools.
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Discovery United Streaming
Act 1786 of 2003
(Arkansas Coded Law)
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Defines LMS duties:
•Information specialist
•Instructional consultant
•Teacher of information
•Teacher of technology skills
Collaboration Statement
From Our Frameworks
“Library Media Specialists and
classroom teachers should
work together in order to
meet the stated goals in this
document.”
Collaboration
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Frameworks Still Important
Benchmark and End-of-Course
exams in mathematics, English
language arts, and science will
continue until 2014-2015
Baby Steps and CCSS
New Assessments Coming
PARCC consortium
 Smarter Balanced group
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CCSS Implementation
Timetable
K-2
2011-2012
Grades 3-8
2012-2013
Grades 9-12
2013-2014
Online Common
Assessments
2014-2015
Common Core State Standards
State-led effort
 Coordinated by
 National Governors Association
(NGA)
 Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO)
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What will the CCSS
mean for students?
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Clear expectations
Equal opportunity
More consistent exposure to
materials and learning experiences
College and career ready
What will the CCSS
mean for teachers?
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Help develop and implement
effective strategies
Help colleges and PD programs
prepare teachers
Better assessments
Guide toward deep understanding of
subject and skills
CCSS for Mathematics
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Focused on big ideas in grade bands
Grade level standards in K-8
High school content divided into blocks
of information
Permanent learning of fewer concepts at
each grade level
CCSS for English Language Arts &
Literacy in History/Social Studies,
Science, and Technical Subjects
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Interdisciplinary/cross-curricular
Complex texts, informational and
technical texts
Persuasive/ argumentative writing
Deeper learning
Increased complexity of texts/tasks
Text Complexity
4th -5th
2nd -3rd
K-1st
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf
Don’t Rush to Buy Yet!
Many helpful resources produced
by PARCC and Smarter Balanced
Consortiums will be released in
the next few months.
 Watch the ADE Web site to keep
up with the latest.
 www.arkansased.org
ELA-CCSS Text Issues
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Students expected to read diverse
array of classic and contemporary lit
plus challenging info texts in a range
of subject areas
No CCSS reading list but sample
texts to help guide and inform
Problem: what if not familiar with
exemplar texts?
What Will CCSS Mean
for Librarians?
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More emphasis on nonfiction
More complex texts required
Need to know Lexiles for books
Exemplars include much older titles
Rethink newer copyright = better
Rethink weeding for a few years
Our framework still important
CCSS Resources Coming Soon
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Publisher’s Criteria
Exemplar text passages with
questions
Content/scope & sequence maps
Passages of complex, quality text
for each grade level
Text complexity rubrics
“Teach students to
read text closely and
write about it clearly.”
Lead Writer, ELA CCSS, David Coleman
Exemplar Texts
Examples only--not required
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Limited multicultural examples
No current young adult literature
CCSS Exemplars Grades 4-5
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Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll (1865)
“Casey at the Bat” by
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
(1888)
The Black Stallion by
Walter Farley (1941)
Where the Mountain
Meets the Moon by
Grace Lin (2009)
Discovering Mars: The
Amazing Story of the
Red Planet by Melvin
Berger (1992)
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Hurricanes: Earth’s
Mightiest Storms by
Patricia Lauber (1996)
A History of US by Joy
Hakim (2005)
Horses by Seymour
Simon (2006)
Quest for the Tree
Kangaroo: Expedition to
the Cloud Forest of New
Guinea by Sy
Montgomery (2006)
“Zlateh the Goat” by
Isaac Bashevis Singer
(1984)
Media and Technology
• Integrated throughout CCSS
• Use of technology
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To produce & publish,
To interact and collaborate
• Research to build and present
knowledge
What About Research?
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Short, focused research projects
Sustained projects--synthesize info
Gather relevant information
Variety of sources and digital media
Evidence to support an argument or
position
What Will CCSS Mean
for Librarians?
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Focus on reading strategies and
technology in library instruction
Keyboarding needed at third grade
Research projects start early
Check collection for titles listed as
exemplars in CCSS, Appendix A, B,
and Curriculum Mapping Project
Need library computer lab
Research shows that reading
comprehension strategies can and
should be taught from the primary
grades through high school.
Research also shows that this instruction
is not taking place in many classrooms.
Source:
Reading Instruction that Works: The Case for Balanced Teaching
by Michael Pressley
(Guildford Press, 1998)
By explicitly teaching and co-teaching
reading comprehension strategies, you
can make a positive impact on students’
reading development.
These strategies are easily integrated into
classroom-library lesson plans and storytime
learning objectives.
Source:
Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension:
Maximizing Your Impact by Judi Moreillon
(ALA Editions, 2007)
Text Complexity-then and now
What are Lexiles?
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“Scientific approach to reading and
text measurement”
“Matches reader ability and text
difficulty, allowing individualized
monitoring of progress.”
From MetaMetrics website
Who developed Lexiles?
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Gary L. Williamson, Ph.D.,
educational researcher associated
with the University of North Carolina
Developed in 1984 in with a grant
from National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
(NICHD)
Metametrics = for-profit company
How do Lexiles work?
Measures how difficult a text is to
comprehend:
 Word frequency
 Sentence length
 Score followed by L (850L)
 200L(beginning-reader material)
 To above 1700L (advanced text)
1500L
1400L
1300L
1200L
1100L
1000L
900L
800L
700L
600L
500L
400L
300L
On Ancient Medicine
The Scarlet Letter
Brown vs. Board of Ed.
War and Peace
Pride and Prejudice
Black Beauty
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
A Baby Sister for Frances
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
Frog and Toad are Friends
Clifford’s Manners
Lexile Dangers
Examples of low Lexile books
Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts Gr. 2-3 (620L)
(Steamy Romance!)
The Firm by John Grisham Gr. 2-3 (680L)
Along Came a Spider, James Patterson Gr.3 (600L)
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Gr.4 (770L)
Middle School Range, but not
all age appropriate
Artemis Fowl (Colfer)
600L
Timeline (Crichton) Adult
620L
Cirque du Freak series (Shan)
710L
A Child Called It (Pelzer) YA
850L
The Da Vinci Code (Brown) Adult
850L
Stephen King books Adult
895
More Lexiles
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The Hunger Games 810L (Gr.4-5)
Speak 690L (Gr. 2-3)!!
Tears of a Tiger 700L (Gr. 2-3)!!
Gone with the Wind 1100L (Gr. 9-10)
The Great Gatsby 1070L (Gr. 6-8)
Google title with “Lexile”
What Lexile does NOT measure:
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Quality
Complexity of plot/characters
Books for reluctant readers
Developmental suitability
•Age-appropriateness
•If prior knowledge required
Opportunity
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Create grade-level lists for
students, with titles ranging from
lower to higher Lexiles
Collaborate with public library
“Independent Reading” lists:
Lexiles plus quality, major
authors, and series
popularity
Teachers Need New Lists
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Leveled books aligned units of
study
Annotated bibliographies
Including public domain titles
Current resources may need to
be supplemented, enhanced or
moved to a different grade
Library Crosswalk
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ID gaps in knowledge and skills
ID what students need to
succeed
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For More Information
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.arkansased.org/educators/curric
ulum/common_core.html
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CCSS resources
http://hoorayforbooks.pbworks.com
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Crosswalks:
http://ccssarkansas.pbworks.com
ADE School Library Wikis
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http://arkansaslibrarians.pbworks.com
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Arkansas Digital Sandbox—Arkansas
School Librarians’ Group
http://adesandbox.arkansas.gov
Shirley Fetherolf
shirley.fetherolf@arkansas.gov
501-682-4396