School Librarians Update

AAIM 2011

Shirley FetherolfProgram Advisor

Library Media Services

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Trend: Will eBooks kill libraries? Not yet!

Cost of Internet accessCost of eBook readersCost of books (not all are free!)Not fair and equitableNot going to happen quicklyHowever, some administrators think so!

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Danger in the Comfort Zone

Don’t be Invisible 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

than their peers in schools without such resources.

Improved school library programs can help turn

around struggling schools.

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Act 1786 of 2003(Arkansas Coded Law)

Defines LMS duties:• Information specialist• Instructional consultant• Teacher of information • Teacher of technology skills

“Library Media Specialists and classroom teachers should work together in order to

meet the stated goals in this document.”

Collaboration Statement From Our Frameworks

Collaboration

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Benchmark and End-of-Course exams in mathematics, English language arts, and science will

continue until 2014-2015

Frameworks Still Important

Baby Steps and CCSS

New Assessments Coming

PARCC consortium Smarter Balanced group 2014-2015

AR State Board of

Education adopted on

July 12, 2010

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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)

What will the CCSS mean for students?

Clear expectations Equal opportunity More consistent exposure to

materials and learning experiences College and career ready

What will the CCSS mean for teachers?

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

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

Interdisciplinary/cross-curricular Complex texts, informational and

technical texts Persuasive/ argumentative writing Deeper learning Increased complexity of texts/tasks

Text Complexity

K-1st

2nd -3rd

4th -5th

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

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?

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

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 andwrite about it clearly.”

Lead Writer, ELA CCSS, David Coleman

Exemplar Texts

Examples only--not required

Limited multicultural examples No current young adult literature

CCSS Exemplars Grades 4-5 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)

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

To produce & publish, To interact and collaborate

• Research to build and present knowledge

What About Research?

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?

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?

“Scientific approach to reading and text measurement”

“Matches reader ability and text difficulty, allowing individualized monitoring of progress.”

From MetaMetrics website

Who developed Lexiles?

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 On Ancient Medicine1400L The Scarlet Letter1300L Brown vs. Board of Ed.1200L War and Peace1100L Pride and Prejudice1000L Black Beauty 900L Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders 800L The Adventures of Pinocchio 700L Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 600L A Baby Sister for Frances 500L Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 400L Frog and Toad are Friends 300L Clifford’s Manners

Lexile DangersExamples 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

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:

Quality Complexity of plot/characters Books for reluctant readers Developmental suitability

• Age-appropriateness• If prior knowledge required

Opportunity 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

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

ID gaps in knowledge and skills

ID what students need to succeed

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For More Information

Frequently Asked Questionshttp://www.arkansased.org/educators/curriculum/common_core.html

See Recent Webinar--Britannica Online CCSS resources

http://hoorayforbooks.pbworks.com

Crosswalks: http://ccssarkansas.pbworks.com

ADE School Library Wikis

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Shirley Fetherolf

shirley.fetherolf@arkansas.gov