ELA common core standards the take aways

Common Core State Standards
For English Language Arts

Jennifer Jones
Staff Development for Lake Myra Elementary
Spring 2012


Math VS. ELA


Reading AND Writing


Content, Technology &
Schedule Integration



Increase
in Text
Types
Literacy
Instruction
in all
Content
Areas

Text
Complexity

Six Shifts
Writing
from
Sources

Academic
Vocabulary

Text-based
Answers


Teaching the
Common Core Way

Goal vs. Path
Literacy Cornerstones


• A Spiral, Cross-Curricular K-5 Writing
Workshop Curriculum (WCPSS & SIP)
•Focus on higher order comprehension
learning, in all formats
(not recycled strategies)

•Increase cross-curricular, analytical
non-fiction reading.
•Actual “eyes on print” time

Standards VS.
Curriculum


Wake County
Pacing Guides
WCPSS Reading & Writing
Curriculum
Genre Integration


References
Calkins, L. (2012). Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating
Achievement. Heinemann, Portsmouth, ME.

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council
of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State
Standards: English Language Arts. National Governors Association
Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School
Officers, Washington D.C.


Thank You!
Jennifer Jones, MAEd.-Reading Education
NC Licensure: K-12 Reading Specialist
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