Public Libraries in a Common Core World

October 15, 2013Lisa Kropp, Children’s Librarian and Fierce Public Library Advocate

What do you already know about the Common Core

Standards?

I know nothing about the CC standards.

I know a little bit about the CC standards.

I know some information, but am not yet comfortable implementing them in a public library setting.

I know a lot about the CC standards and am comfortable implementing them in a public library setting.

And WHY did I get so interested in this Common Core Stuff ?!?

@lisagkropp#CCpubliclibraries

Who am I?

Why do we have Common Core State Standards Anyway?

Teachers Common Core

“Our country is in a slow decline – just slow enough for us to be able to pretend, or believe, that a decline is not taking place”“That Used to be Us – How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented, and What we Can do About It” Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum

Survey by EPIC

COMMON CORE MISCONCEPTIONS

Federal Standards?

No more fiction?

Appendix B?

What have YOU heard?

2+2 = fish3+3 = eight7+7 = triangle

Looking at the old in a new way

Public Libraries and Complex Vocabulary

What do these titles have in common?

What is a Lexile Level Anyway?

A measure of text difficulty

Based on two predictors:word frequencysentence length

The text complexity of K-12 textbooks has become increasingly "easier" over the last 50 years.

The text demands of college and careers have remained consistent or increased over the same time period.

As a result, there is a significant gap between students' reading abilities and the text demands of their postsecondary pursuits. (watch a video about Lexile measures.)

Lexile Levels and Text Complexity

If Public Libraries Were Lizards

Speaking the Language: CC Jargon

Book Selection and Readers’ Advisory with Common Core

Fiction vs. Nonfiction Scholastic pairs fic/nonfic

Shelf Talkers

Book Pairing Ideas

Mixed Media Formats

Opposing Viewpoint Displays

Elevator Speeches and Commercials

Pinterest boards of book display ideas

Weeding the Core

CREW

Awful Library Books

Why We Weed

Informational Texts and Programs

Mock Sibert joint program with school district

Nonfiction story time/ book pairings by theme

Readers Advisory presentation at school faculty meeting

Bagels-n-Books Breakfast at school

Battle of Books – nonfiction style!

Beyond Shelf Talkers: Engaging Teens

Words

Bomb book trailer

How They Croaked book trailer

Content creation classes: book trailers, video production

Random House book talks

Your Library IS the Common Core!

Share online resources and databases with schools

Joint CC newsletter to parents

Collection development assistance

Parent information Summer Reading Lists

Meet and collaborate with school librarians

Create teacher cards at your library

Homework help demos New teacher orientations Social media marketing PTA/School District

newsletters – book write ups

Questions? Thoughts?

Resources Engage NY page How to find a book’s lexile SLJ Op-Ed Piece on Appendix B Booklist Common Core Resources Common Core Booklists from CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) SCLS Youth Services Goodreads page SCLS Youth Services Pinterest Page Appendix B ALSC common core resource page National PTA parent guides by grade to common core

Reading Rockets and Common Core Interesting Nonfiction for Kids shelf talker templates What is the Common Core? American Association of School Librarians http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal

Common Core Blogs Interesting Nonfiction for Kids

The Uncommon Corps

Nonfiction Detectives

Nonfiction Monday

The Classroom Bookshelf

Reading Rockets Common Core Blog

Risking Failure

Great YA Common Core Nonfiction

Publisher Sites

Penguin Candlewick Press Random House Macmillan children's publishing group Scholastic DK Publishing Capstone Holiday House Lee & Low Books

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