EDUC210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Common Core State Standards Initiative, Ramona Quimby, Lexile
5 Sep 2018
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On-time mastery of foundational reading and writing skills. Early and constant exposure to information texts of all types. Emphasis on knowledge building through experience with information texts. Movement from reader response to text-based arguments as evidence of understanding. Numbers don"t tell the whole story qualitative measures: Complex text text that contains new vocabulary, new grammar, and new knowledge. Grade-level text text that meets the complexity demands of the new standards. All teachers need to use reading and writing as tools for content building. We are not simply adding a unit - we are rethinking how children should spend their time in school. Ela teachers will need to use more information text, but all teachers need to engage students in reading, writing. The reason you are learning to teach children to read is so they can read on their own. Written for the general public and could be sold in a store.
