Singer, Carly

EDUG 506
9/13/16
Common Core Standards
1. In Grades 6-12, the standards are divided into 2 sections. What are the 2 sections and
why are they broken into 2 sections? (Intro p.4)
The 2 sections are: One for ELA and the other for history/social studies, science and technical
subjects. The division reflects the unique, time-honored place of ELA teachers in developing
students literacy skills while at the same time recognizing that teachers in other areas must have
a role in this development as well.

2. Why is there greater attention on: 1) reading informational text and 2) writing to
persuade and to explain in the Common Core ELA Standards? (Intro p. 5)
The standards demand that a significant amount of reading of informational texts take place in
and outside of the ELA classroom. Because an ELA classroom must focus on literature as well as
literary nonfiction, a great deal of informational reading in grades 6-12 must take place in other
classes. There are three mutually reinforcing writing capacities: writing to persuade, to explain,
and to convey real or imaged experience. The NAEP shifted emphases and standards for grades
9-12 describe writing in all three forms, but, consistent with NAEP, the focus of writing
throughout high school should be on arguments and informative/explanatory texts.

3. What should we expect to see in college and career ready students in Reading,
Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language? (Intro p.7)
The student can demonstrate independence, they can build strong content knowledge, they
respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline, they can comprehend
as well as critique, they value evidence, they use technology and digital media strategically and
capably, and they come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

4. What are the 4 Key Features of the Standards? (Intro p.8)

Reading: Text complexity and growth of comprehension
Writing: Text types, responding to reading, and research
Speaking and Listening: Flexible communication and collaboration
Language: Conventions, effective use, and vocabulary

5. a) What are the 3 areas within the Reading Standards? What is the difference between
the 3 areas?
RL: Reading Literature
RI: Reading Informational Text
RF: Reading for Foundational Skills
The difference between the areas is that RL and RI is what the students are reading and RF is
how the students read. Students need to make an increasing number of connections among
ideas and between texts, consider a wider range of textual evidence, and become more
sensitive to inconsistencies, ambiguities, and poor reasoning in texts.

b) What are the 4 College and Career Ready (CCR) Anchor Standards for Reading
(K-5)?
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

6. What are the 4 CCR Anchor Standards for Writing (K-5)?

Text Types and Purposes
Production and Distribution of Writing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Range of Writing

7. What are the 2 CCR Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening (K-5)?
Comprehension and Collaboration
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

8. What are the 3 CCR Anchor Standards for Language(K-5)?

Conventions of Standard English
Knowledge of Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

9. What is the difference between Literature and Informational Text? Give 1 example of
literature and 1 example of informational text for your grade level. Pp. 31-32
Literature is stories, drama and poetry, where as informational text is literacy nonfiction and
historical, scientific, and technical texts. An example of Literature for third grade is Charlottes
Web by E.B. White (1952). An example of Informational Text for third grade is From Seed to

Plant by Gail Gibbons (1991).