After an overall introduction to the an example of Common Core curriculum using the ELA curriculum, participants will understand which modification strategies are appropriate for maintaining CCSS integrity and fidelity, and which are not. Differentiated and cognitive-friendly scaffolding strategies for target skills in the modules will be proposed through examples offered in grades 3, 7 and 10. After being guided through a modification process using a self-selected skill within a module, participants will practice modifying self-selected module lessons using a Modification Template for Reading and Writing. A final comprehensive lesson will culminate all assignments. Instructor feedback will be provided for all practice and final assignments.
Course Outcomes:
- Locate which reading and writing modification strategies are appropriate for maintaining module integrity and fidelity with a focus on the targeted standards, and which are not.
- Manipulate resources and strategies that aid in modifying modules using research-based methods, materials, and strategies.
- Organize proposed changes in assessments and/or strategies with grade level standards to adjust for time and maintain focus on students’ work toward mastery of the same standards.
- Organize proposed changes within challenging text.
- Analyze a replacement text for complexity, content and vocabulary in order to align another complex text to the standard a module is designed to address.
- Devise working familiarity with examples of high quality text-dependent questions for replacement texts in order to incorporate question design into module adaptations.
This course is 20 hours