Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The Common Core State Standards for English Language Art Instruction in Grades 6-12


Personally, I found the article “The Common Core State Standards,” to be very helpful and full of rich information. As the article stated that the common core state standard for English is that they all have different approaches for curriculum and instruction, that includes different approaches on reading and writing skills. That knowledge goes with specific literary works, such as genres, or forms, which involve the reading and writing process or strategies. From there the ideas behind common core standard that set general goals for student learning, but don’t specify what or how curriculum that will be taught with the students. However, it is up to the teacher to be knowledgeable and professional engaged with your students, while the important matter is to improve student’s literacy. Yet, it is the teacher’s job to also collaborate with their colleagues and the school district to get an idea on the curriculum that will be taught to the students, as you can formulate your beliefs and own decisions with your curriculum. Yet, with the No Child Left Behind Act it gives future teachers the proper ideas that many high-school students will lack the abilities and skills to be a good college student, as it is our job to help change that idea for the better. Therefore, for English language arts the common core state standard believes that literacy practice will allow your students to meet or exceed the standard to build on their knowledge and draws ideas on the world we live in and connect these ideas with text, language practices, and critical issues. But also, an idea that I continue to think about teaching would be, “Creating these spaces requires that you go beyond simply devising a set of tasks or activities and, instead, envision ways to draw upon and exploit students’ knowledge, experiences, and passions in ways that help them commit to achieving shared goals,” which is a very good idea to think about when your teaching (Pg. 5).

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