Putting It All Together• Clustering Standards

Define our role

What is the most important aspect of our roles to you?

What’s New in Your School?How have the MD College and

Career Readiness Standards affected collaboration in your school?

How have you changed your teaching to meet the rigorous demands of the MD College and Career Readiness Standards?

Putting it All Together: Nov. 2012

Clustering:• Resources to

support Common Core

• The art of exploring a topic with a number of related sources, and arranging in attractive, student-friendly displays.

Putting It All Together: Resources(ES) Display three books same topic:

(penguins)◦“This title has a great table of contents!”◦“Here’s a book that cites five sources!”

(HS) Topic: Boxing◦YA Novel – The Contender (heroism, racism,

coming of age)◦Sports Biography – The Good Son: The Life of

Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini (personal growth)◦Sports Biography – The Greatest: Muhammad

Ali

Clustering StandardsThe art of exploring a topic with a

number of related standards, and arranging in a rigorous lesson plan format.

The art of collaborating without physically collaborating.

Clustered for YouNext Generation Science

Standards and RELA Crosswalk◦Lime Packet – High School◦Blue Packet – Middle School◦Yellow Packet – Elementary School

Why are these standards clustered?

What lesson could you imagine that might meet both standards?

Cluster Your Own StandardsRELA Crosswalk is Content Area 1Your Choice: Content Area 2

◦Next Generation Science Standards◦C3 Social Studies Standards

Begin with a standard in the Crosswalk.

Choose a second content area.

Explore the topicsNouns (concepts)Verbs (skills)Find commonalities, think about

how to integrate into one lesson that meets all chosen standards.

Create lesson seed.Send your seed to OLMS.

Create a Seed