Introduction. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language. The K-12 standards on the following pages define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of each grade.
They correspond to the College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards below by number. The CCR and grade-specific standards are necessary complements—the former providing broad standards, the latter providing additional specificity—that together define the skills and understandings that all students must demonstrate. Standards in this strand: Conventions of Standard English: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Knowledge of Language: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. Common Core English/Language Arts. Common Core Strand Learning Pathways Select a strand or grade level below to begin exploring our collection of standards-based resources.
Overview The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to fulfill the charge issued by the states to create the next generation of K–12 standards in order to help ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school. The Standards set requirements not only for English Language Arts but also for literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects. Just as students must learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language effectively in a variety of content areas, so too must the Standards specify the literacy skills and understandings required for college and career readiness in multiple disciplines.
Strands are larger groups of related standards. Tennessee English/Language Arts Curriculum Center. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) establish learning goals for English Language Arts students and the literacy proficiencies for students in history/social studies, science, and technical subject areas.
The CCSS for grade 6 and above are predicated on having teachers from different content areas combine their area content knowledge expertise to help students develop the literacy skills and understandings required for college and career readiness across multiple disciplines. The 6–12 literacy standards in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects do not replace content standards in these content areas, but rather, are intended to supplement them. In terms of their organization, the Common Core State Standards for ELA are grouped into: Strands: larger groups of related standards. 24 Multimedia Tools That Support The Common Core.
How Students Benefit From Using Social Media 12.68K Views 0 Likes A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it's not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. 10 African-American History Month Teaching Resources 1.25K Views 0 Likes. The Hobbit In Five Minutes. Mapping Media to the Common Core » What do you want to CREATE today? Common Core Curriculum Maps.
These digital resources and tools for creating, collaborating, researching, and sharing can be found in the Common Core Curriculum Maps.
This is not intended to be a comprehensive list, as the technologies are constantly evolving. Consider it a beginning! Free Online Resources Bookmarking These programs allow teachers to store bookmarks in one place, and allow others to access them. Edmodo Edmodo is an easy and engaging way to manage assignments, provide a way for students to communicate and create an online classroom. Edmodo Glogster Students can easily create and share interactive posters. Glogster Google Docs Google Docs is “storage in the clouds” — a place that allows many students to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. Google Docs Google Earth Google Earth lets students view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, canyons of the ocean, and other features and physical locations from their computers. Google Earth.
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If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic. Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluency for the Digital Age by Ian Jukes. These are my notes from Ian Jukes‘ METC 2010 presentation, “Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluency for the Digital Age” at the METC 2010 conference.
MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I haven’t heard Ian present in quite a few years. He was the first person at an educational technology conference (TCEA) to really make my head spin and inspire me to get on the digital learning mardi gras float. Quoting Don Tapscott, “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World” consumers vs prosumers.
Media Literacy/Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes. Media Literacy/Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes How Can Media Literacy Be Integrated into K-12 Learning?
This snapshot provides resources that describe how Medial Literacy skills can be integrated into a multidisciplinary K-12 curriculum. It includes the following: Definition of Media LiteracyOverview of Media Literacy’s Role in K-12 CurriculaExamplesProfessional Development Resource (MediaLit Kit)How Teachers Are Incorporating Media Literacy into Their Curricula (video clip)Using the Language of Film to Develop Visual Critical Thinking Skills (video clip)Additional Resources Definition Media Literacy:Analyzing, accessing, managing, integrating, evaluating and creating information in a variety of forms and media. Students Evolve from Consumers to Critics and Creators. Critical-thinking skills -- and fluency in multimedia production -- are integral to media literacy.
Running Time: 8 min. For many students, what happens in the traditional American classroom is boring. Small wonder, when you compare such relatively inanimate stuff as pencil-and-paper-bound reading, writing, and math drills to the media mix of mind-bending imagery and hair-raising sound that consumes most of their waking hours outside school. What is Media Literacy? iGeneration 08 - The Water Cube. Project Exegesis This video is aimed at talking about participatory culture, community and communication through featuring the Water Cube, which is used as a venue for the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Participatory culture can be seen in three ways: through the planning phase, construction phase and lastly, during the Olympics itself. Participatory culture can be seen from paper work, manual labour, to competitions amongst athletes. This shows that the Water Cube has had large amount of participatory culture since its birth and perhaps, will continue to do so even after the Beijing Olympics is over. The Water Cube also exemplifies elements of communities since its birth. The water cube explores the notion of participatory culture from its planning phase to delivery phase and finally, its usage during the Beijing Olympics 2008.
However, these five key characteristics of participatory culture are not confined to just the planning phase as they are also relevant in the construction stage. Digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF.
Using Film to Teach Common Core Skills.