I have read in more than one place that rather than bringing more
social studies and science content into language arts instruction AT
THE EXPENSE OF FICTION, what the common core standards are *meant* to
do is bring more language arts instruction into social studies and
science.
Of course, that's not how they wrote them, so I personally think that
is a bit of CYA after the backlash about replacing fiction with non-
fiction.
I have a lot of problems with the common core standards myself, mostly
centered around the developmentally-inappropriate suggested texts for
upper elementary grades and beyond, but also in what they leave out,
mostly in math. No patterning in Kindergarten, for example, when ALL
math is essentially patterning. huh?
But that's a different conversation. :-)
Renee
On Jul 4, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote:
All at once...I believe that refers to the major instructional
shifts required by Common Core. You can't take on too many changes
at once.
Many of the teachers in my buildings are integrating social studies
and science content into language arts instruction, organizing
thematic units around essential questions. The idea behind common
core--going deeper--and creating connections across texts--happens
more easily in thematic units.
Anchor standards--- they are k-12--- and the grade specific
standards are drawn from those.
It's so interesting to see how different people read and interpret
these standards differently. Some feel long texts are discouraged--
others short text. I think it's all texts-- but more reading across
several types of texts on the same topic--and requiring student to
read and integrate ideas from all of them. Texts now include visual
texts like video clips--audio clips like podcasts---so you perhaps
read a novel that has the Holocaust as subject matter, see video
clips related to survivor stories, read an article... And then
students integrate content from all---
Much nonfiction written for younger readers is literary---think
Magic School Bus-- etc
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"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to
come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."
--Winnie the Pooh
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