I agree that the actual teaching of reading and writing appropriate to content areas is called for by the core. However, I think they have been very clear that the text we use is 50% literature and 50% informational, it is not suggested that we abandon fiction.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2013, at 9:51 AM, "Renee Goularte" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > > "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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
