Common Core State Standards

The Common Core State Standards tell teachers what they should be teaching their students. Covering a wide range of skills. I mostly focused on reading, writing, and speaking and listening. All of which I feel interlink.  Reading covers Literature, Informational Text, and foundational Skills (for elementary). I feel the Common Core is useful and helps teacher know what to focus on, as well as what will help students pass the state test. Although, Having to pass a test in order to show learning, and graduate in my opinion is stupid, but that is not what we are supposed to be writing on at this point in time. Common Core is also a lot easier to navigate then the GLE's or EALR's, There is also an app, which makes it easier to pull out and to help plan a lesson. It is interesting to see in the writing section, that an argument paper is listed first like they want it taught before an expository. I feel the expository would be easier to teach first. Teach them how to present information on both sides of an argument, without showing their point of view. Then teach them how to argue their side using the same topic for the expository. There is also a narrative in the standards which I imagine can be fun for students to write about themselves, or a story they made up. Each type of writing helps students learn different structures and styles, and allows them to explore their own writing capabilities.