Globalizing the CCSS - Amy
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Global Literacy and
the Common
Core StandardsUsing meaningful
texts in a 5th grade Language Arts
ClassroomAmy Gaddes, M.Ed.
Choose your texts carefully, with your student’s needs and experiences in mind.
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
Consider the ‘staircase of
text complexity’…
…but don’t lose sight of
your student’s accessibility to the target text.
Align with district’s emphasis:
“close reading…with text-based answers.
(Shift 4)
Ask yourself: “What standards are at
work?”W.5.3.b.
Use narrative techniques such as
dialogue…to develop experiences, events
or characters.
Reading Standards for Literature
RL.5.10Read and
comprehend literature…in the
grade text complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed…
Written Conversations
Ernie: “Há, can you tell me how you felt while you
were on the ship?”Há: “ Sure…when I was
on the ship I felt like everyone was looking at me and sad because my home was destroyed.”
Ernie: I’m so sorry you had to lose your home. I was in the airport[coming to
America] and I also felt that everyone was looking at me and I felt sad that I
was leaving my home.”
We uncovered the
universality of humanistic
themes that can be explored
globally or locally.
“…I can relate to Há being
sad because I had to leave
a lot of stuff behind to go
someplace better…”
Reader’s theatre
Students were invited to
reenact any scene from the
book. Their rationale for scene
selection was powerful!
One chosen poem…
Speaking and Listening
Standard:
SL.5.2.a. Interpret
information presented…and
explain how it contributes to
a topic, text, or issue under
study.
Use their
experience….culture…. to
think analytically…
Cultural validation occurred as one
student understood the setting’s proximity to his home country, the
Philippines.
We gave voice and social credibility to
our English Language Learners.
This reinforced my rationale for choosing this text as I worked
through my own learning curve
regarding the CCLS.