- Increase reading of informational text: to prepare students for reading in college and career-ready texts
- Text complexity: growth in text complexity of reading in the classroom through methods such as close reading more challenging material
- Academic vocabulary: helping students to understand the vocabulary knowledge that is required to be able to read and comprehend complex texts
- Text-based answers: teachers will need to expect answers that are supported by evidence in the text instead of solely on experience
- Increase writing from sources: using evidence to inform or make an argument that is a skill necessary for college
- Literacy instruction in all content areas: using domain-specific texts to support the literacy development of students
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
CCSS Shifts
In my last post, I talked about the CCSS Literacy Standards for all subjects. There are six shifts
that the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) in ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects require
of
us if we are to be
truly aligned with
the CCSS in terms of curricular materials
and classroom instruction. They include the following shifts in curriculum and teaching:
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