Chapter 3 of How to Teach Elementary School: So That ALL Students Achieve! is all about knowing what to teach for your grade level.
Whether you are NEW to teaching, NEW to a grade level, or simply want to ensure you are teaching EVERYTHING your students are required to know, you need to become familiar with your state’s academic content standards.
There are 17 states that continue to use the Common Core Standards as written in 2010.
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming
There are 17 states that use the Common Core Standards with some adjustments.
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee
There are 16 states that have rewritten Common Core or adopted their own state standards.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
In Chapter 3: How to Know What to Teach, easy-to-print one-pager standards sheets are provided for states that use the Common Core Standards.
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PRIORITIZING ACADEMIC STANDARDS for ELA and MATH
The number of standards that need to be taught in each grade level can be overwhelming. How can a teacher POSSIBLY fit it all in during ONE school year? In second grade, for example, there are 40 English Language Arts standards and 26 Math standards, and that’s only counting the Primary Content Standards. Add in the sub-standards, and those numbers increase to 70 ELA and 28 Math.
To know what standards should be taught in DEPTH and which standards are supporting skills, the standards need to be PRIORITIZED.
CRITERIA for PRIORITIZING STANDARDS
Each standard should be analyzed for READINESS, ENDURANCE, ASSESSED, and LEVERAGE.
READINESS: Does this standard provide a student with the knowledge and skills needed for success in the next grade level?
ENDURANCE: Does this standard provide a student with knowledge and skills that are useful beyond one unit of study?
ASSESSED: Will this standard be assessed on a standardized assessment? If it is a foundational skill, does it support other standards that are assessed?
LEVERAGE: Does this standard provide a student with knowledge and skills that can extend beyond one unit of study into multiple skills and content areas?
Other things to consider…
For English Language Arts, be sure to select standards that support the key elements of a literacy program based on the Science of Reading. PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHONICS, FLUENCY, VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION (Building Background Knowledge).
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