To begin to implement the standards, teachers should first meet to study the standards and then determine:
What is what we are already doing well
100
The Common Core Reading Standards are efficiently organized in the form of
What is a grid
100
What do the authors recommend that teachers do to begin to meet the text complexity component of the standards
What is assess the levels of text students are reading
200
This reading skill is emphasized much more that in the past
What is higher level comprehension?
200
In Chapter One, the authors recommend that the structure for teaching this subject be examined and improved by school communities in order to meet Common Core Standards
What is our structure or system for daily writing
200
The Common Core Reading Standards create a unified progression of reading by
What is identifying nine reading skills that students can carry across the grade levels -
200
To analyze the structure, themes, symbolism and craft of text, what will need to be utilized rather than excerpts of texts
What is complete texts (core literature, etc)
300
The CCSS recognize that this occurs over time
What is intellectual growth
300
Name something else that the authors recommend that teachers examine and improve in order to meet reading standards
What is how students move up levels of text, or text complexity
300
The Common Core Reading Standards de-emphasize this in reading text
What is personal response
300
These students will need specific strategies to move up levels of text complexities
What are struggling readers
400
The set of Common Core Standards IS NOT
What is a curriculum
400
Besides instruction, this is necessary and a critical part of implementing the Common Core
What is assessment
400
By the 4th grade students over half of the text students are reading should be
What is informational text
400
To internalize and apply skills of synthesis and critical thinking, students will need
What is great amounts of practice on "just right" (leveled) text
500
The CCSS EXPLICITLY define WHAT students should
be able to do, not
What is HOW teachers should teach
500
The Common Core Standards call for proficiency, complexity, and _____________________ in all standards.
What is independence
500
Beginning in Kindergarten, this is emphasized in the Common Core Reading Standards
What is reading for meaning or high level comprehension
500
Name a component of teaching high-level comprehension
What is breaking skills into steps, practicing, giving feedback, repetition on various types of text