Spotlight on English/Language Arts and the Common Core

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English/Language Arts and
the Common Core


The Education Week Spotlight on English/Language Arts and the Common Core is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on:

  • Incorporating language arts across the subject areas to meet the expectations of the common standards
  • Adapting to the increased focus on nonfiction
  • Understanding how the common core could impact popular reading instruction techniques, like prereading exercises
  • Efforts to build a free, online repository of text-dependent questions and tasks aligned to popular basal-readers.
  • Preparing English-language learners for the complex challenges of the common core

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Reading on Science, Social Studies Teachers' Agendas
To meet expectations of the common standards, Kentucky’s social studies and science teachers are teaching reading strategies.
April 23, 2012 - Education Week

FOCUS ON: Reading
Districts Gear Up for Shift to Informational Texts
Because of its emphasis in the common-core standards, millions of teachers are faced with increasing their use of nonfiction.
March 13, 2012 - Education Week

Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Prereading
Many educators have inferred that the common core bans the practice of providing students with context and content before they read text.
April 24, 2012 - Education Week

Teachers Embedding Standards in Basal-Reader Questions
"Text dependent" questions that require students to dig deeper into their readings will be housed in an online repository.
April 26, 2012 - Education Week

Language Demands to Grow for ELLs Under New Standards
English-learners will have to go beyond the fundamentals and master "academic language," experts say.
April 23, 2012 - Education Week

Four Myths About the ELA Common-Core Standards
Two teachers attempt to set the record straight on the instructional shifts required by the common standards.
July 10, 2012 - Teacher

Commentary
A Flawed Approach to Reading in the Common-Core Standards
Joanne Yatvin writes that demands of the reading standards exceed what young children are capable of delivering intellectually, physiologically, and emotionally.
February 27, 2012 - Education Week

Commentary
Can Readers Really Stay Within the Standards Lines?
The new reading standards would impose limits that are too restrictive, Maja Wilson and Thomas Newkirk write.
December 13, 2011 - Education Week

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