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Ideally, she said, teachers are working in cross-disciplinary teams to decide how to balance those shared responsibilities in a solid curriculum.
And Ms. Highfill has not found the guidance on shared, cross-curricular responsibility to be translating into classroom reality. In her district, she said, "there still seems to be more of a focus on English teachers' using nonfiction in classrooms than the other content areas stepping up to the plate."
such titles are meant for classes other than English, and seeing them as texts that displace works like The Catcher in the Rye takes titles out of context and ignores the messages of the standards document as a whole.
teachers and local administrators are the ones who must decide how to share responsibility for the increased emphasis on nonfiction. "If a lot of good, close reading of high-quality, challenging texts is going on in science and history classes," she said, "then English/language arts teachers need to carry less of that responsibility."
It is English/language arts teachers who will be held accountable for the results, which will drive what happens in their classrooms week to week, he said.
The Common Core State Standards highlight five shifts that should be happening in every classroom. Teachers should:
* Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions
* Focus on Process, Not Just Content
* Create Assignments for Real Audiences and with Real Purpose * Teach Argument, Not Persuasion
* Increase Text Complexity
A critical component of a student's success in school is dependent on what and how they learn at home. This practical guide provides steps that parents can take to improve their child's learning of the Common Core.
Newsela automatically gives each student the version of an article that's just right for his or her reading ability. And an easier or harder version of each article is just a click away.
"Progressions Documents", the documents which outline specific mathematical learning progressions upon which the Common Core State Standards were based. If you're in a state that teaches these you should definitely find some time to read through them. If you are a teacher elsewhere, it can't hurt to understand these progressions.