Common Core in Action: Writing for an Audience. What is new and different in the Common Core? When it comes to the writing standards, a heavy emphasis on audience for one thing, and this is very good news. The "audience" for student writing was once the lone teacher sitting after school with her cup of coffee, a red pen, and a stack of essays or other writing projects. And sadly, she might have been the only one, besides the student writers, that ever read them! Let's take a look at the Common Core Anchor Standard in Writing that highlights audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4: Produces clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. When asked, many kids, and even adults, might tell you the main difference between "school" writing and real-life writing is that the latter has an audience and the other does not. Keeping It Real Back to anchor writing standard 4. So let's consider then some ways to engage students in real-life writing, starting in second grade:
Home. What Is the Common Core Canon? ELA Common Core Resources for Elementary Educators. How will the Common Core shift English-language arts learning in elementary school? Well, the transition to more nonfiction readings has certainly received the most attention, but that's just one subtle way. To help parents understand these shifts, we've compiled some of the best Common Core resources from around the Web. There are also plenty of useful resources for educators here too, from sample lessons and assessments, to classroom practice video series.
With full implementation of the CCSS set for next fall, many nonprofits and publishers are racing to put together useful resources for parents, educators and students. Here are some of the most helpful aligned with Common Core ELA at the elementary level. Get to the Core Webinar Series: ASCD’s Get to the Core features insightful, engaging webinars on all things Common Core. They’re all archived and free, and they’re hosted by education thought-leaders. See more see less. Common Core in Action: Writing for an Audience. The State of the Common Core. Millions of teachers and thousands of districts in 45 states are currently undergoing a sea change in the way that they teach and assess students.
The new Common Core Standards for learning have been phased into states and districts since 2010, and the digitized Common Core Assessments are scheduled to deploy in states that have adopted them as early as the 2014-2015 school year. Map of State Adoption of Common Core Assessments (Oct. 2013) Note: Utah withdrew from Smarter Balanced, but will use the test until further notice. Pennsylvania has signaled it will likely drop out of both consortia. (Click to enlarge.) Credit: Edutopia Comparing Methods Six consortia, funded by the U.S. Total testing time for Smarter Balanced is 55 hours over several multi-day testing sessions in grades 3-8 and grade 11. Source: Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS (2013)1, and ACT, Inc. (2013).
The Road Ahead for Assessment The New York Case Study Learning More About Common Core Implementation. Common Core: N.Y. districts with more Spanish-speaking students struggle on new tests | The Journal News | lohud.com | lohud.com. Common Core.