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Common Core Literalism
Some educators are taking the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in a wooden literal sense: not at all in the ways that the Common Core authors intended…
Knowledge of Language | Anchor Standards for Language
The key word in the Knowledge of Language Standard is apply. The somewhat ambiguous term, language, refers to the other five Standards in the Language Strand which encompass…
How to Teach Writing Skills
Two time-proven solutions to these problems take little time, but do necessitate some instruction and practice: sentence revisions and literary response.
How to Teach the Common Core Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Standards
Read the research and organizational design of the Common Core Language Strand and learn How to Teach the Common Core Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Standards with…
Selective Implementation of the Common Core
Many district curriculum specialists are simply not providing training and budget allocations for the other Language Strand and Speaking and Listening Strand precisely because they don’t…
Cherry Picking the Common Core
Teachers can implement the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects as they are designed--each part…
Progressive Skills Review
The Progressive Skills Review is the addendum to the Common Core Language Strand.
Grammar and the Common Core
1. “I’ve heard that research has proven grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction doesn’t work.” 2. “I teach grammar and they seem to get it.…