COMMON CORE ELA STANDARDS REVIEW

Write a short reflection on your understanding of the ELA instruction and post it on your blog.

Common core is a college readiness program preparing students from K-12^th for college. Common core focuses on developing the critical –thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills students will need to be successful in college. Common core is measure by how prepared a student is entering their career.  The program is a state-wide program that has been adapted in over 40 states. States have come together to create a more rigorous academic curriculum to have students be well equip after graduating college. Additionally, common core goal is to reduce the num

ber of students entering college taking remedial courses. Lastly, common core creates a state wide measure that teachers can use to compare state by state academic success and it shows what each state still needs to work on.

The common core components are divided into two parts K-5 and 6-12^th.  Kindergarten through fifth grade students’ focuses heavily on reading, writing, speaking and language in the program. In grades 6-12^th students’ focuses on aligning the subject into more detailed categories such as history/social studies, writing, science, and technical subjects.  The program sets the foundation in k-5 to build on the remedial skills to apply the rigor component in 6-12^th.  For example:

·         Students learn in k-5 how to use critical thinking skills to apply to non-fiction pieces.  As a result, when students enter 6^th  grade they are prepared to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

 ·         Students in k-5 are able to respond to literature by making text to connect relationships to real life events. As a result, when students are in high school they are able to make connections with a NY times article about war and relate it to their government system in the U.S.

·      Students  in k-5 range of reading and text complexity is increased over time so when they enter middle school students are able to respond to literature pieces of more complex writing.

·         Students in K-5 also able to analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

·As a result, in high school students are prepared to have a debate on a topic that requires to be well knowledgeable of multiple sources.