tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939010925972376905.post1196997434000066447..comments2016-08-08T15:53:55.356-05:00Comments on Results in Learning: The Complexity in ELA Common Core StandardsJen Sigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936146833473057339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939010925972376905.post-71335963806967947042012-06-15T10:18:22.887-05:002012-06-15T10:18:22.887-05:00Text complexity lends itself to bigger concepts, b...Text complexity lends itself to bigger concepts, but levels of thinking is still dependent upon how the teacher engages the student with the text. I could give 5th graders War and Peace and ask them to just highlight words they don't know. This next statement will be a shocker: it comes back to the quality and depth of instruction :-) After this training, my thinking immediately went to PD around making text cognitively accessible for all students. I have to support teachers more in explicitly teaching comprehension and literary analysis, not just assigning it. One resource shared at the training that I should have included in my post is on the Close Reading strategy. You can google to find variations of it, but Shanahan referenced Fisher and Frey's work most. (http://www.fisherandfrey.com/?page_id=20)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092919337517143111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939010925972376905.post-71908861939101943132012-06-15T09:23:58.372-05:002012-06-15T09:23:58.372-05:00Very thoughtful post Jen. Standard 10 is a biggie ...Very thoughtful post Jen. Standard 10 is a biggie in ELA. In some ways, it reminds me of the Mathematical Practices standards, only in that you need to consider both when forming and delivering instruction around all of the other standards. Let me ask you this...how do you think the idea of cognitive complexity, like Bloom's or Webb's DOK, fits with the idea of text complexity?Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685080480415201376noreply@blogger.com