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-These standards value comprehension and deep-thinking skills
-Some words stated are not specifically measurable
-Seems that there is more importance and emphasis on reading comprehension than other skills/subjects
-Students are underprepared for the tests that correspond with common core

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-Students need explicit instruction in order to meet the higher order thinking standards
-Assessment must always be occurring by teachers
-Common core can be seen as setting students up for failure because they are not provided with measurable terms and the tools to succeed in their education

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After reading these articles, I definitely got a different point of view about common core and the issues of it. Especially the second article made me feel that not everything stated in common core is thinking of the students and what would be best for their success, as well as not giving teachers the assistance and materials they require to meet students needs and teach appropriate content.

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The use of common core is meant to drive instruction through the standards. I think the common core assumed that students already have previous knowledge that was not prevalent, already setting them up for failure. While maybe there are good intentions, I have never been in favor of the common core. With that being said, I don't ever think anything is all bad. I do like that going from state to state, students would be learning the same things and not fall behind depending where they are.

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Ciara
-Common core standards have a strong emphasis on high-level comprehension skills. They want students to read for meaning.
-Some teachers have never had training or practice with the skills the common core standards want students to have.
-Teachers need to give explicit instruction and need to break down the skills into smaller steps.
-Teachers who are improving outcomes will need to share their skills and become leaders for others in the school buildings so that their students can become successful readers.

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Ciara
-There are subtle differences in skills across grade standards.
-When using CCSS, if a student reads a poem and starts discussing their own experiences... you will have to nudge them back to thinking about the text itself.
-Reading informational texts and literature is the same when using CCSS.
-CCSS focuses more on high level comprehension vs decoding  and low level literacy skills.

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Danielle
-We can see what the standards value based on what they repeatedly pay attention to and leave out.
-The Common Core deemphasizes reading as a personal act but emphasizes textual analysis
-CC emphasizes reading for meaning, shifting away from a focus on decoding and low-level literacy skills
-CC is part of a political project to reform public education that prepares students for college and career
-CC emerged from NCLB and became part of a deal including new teacher evaluations, higher stakes testing, and austerity measures
-Must fight against this because it is shaped by commercial and political interests

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Danielle
-made in an effort to better education system but still has many areas of improvement
-plays a role in larger dynamics of school reform and education politics
-must be integrated into curriculum, materials, and assessments to have reasonable impact
-provide time and resources to collaborate and evaluate

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Ciara
I also have never been in favor of the Common Core Standards.
The bad: After reading the second article it made me frustrated because of the people who reviewed the standards. Not one single person on the board was a K-3 classroom teacher or early childhood professional. How could the others possibly choose what would be the standards for K-3?
The good: All around keeps students at the same pace so that if a student were to switch schools they wouldn't fall behind or be too far ahead.
Define: I would define the use of common core as standards that students need to meet at a specific time and standards that are created to get students ready for college and careers.

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Danielle
-I should utilize the CC in a way that pushes students' thinking in a meaningful way and assesses their learning in a purposeful manner
-Coordinate and work together with other teachers and administrators to ensure CC is being integrated into school curriculum and instructional lessons appropriately
-In terms of applying this information to student teaching, I can make sure lesson plans are aligned to the standards but do my best to teach important skills and content and give valued assessments

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Ciara-
-Teachers need to have professional development and training to use the common core standards
-CCSS is being rushed into classrooms and not being used correctly.
-If teachers with taught appropriately how to use these standards maybe it would be better.
-CCSS needs to be implemented into all aspects of the classroom (assessments, plans, materials, etc.)
-After reading these articles, I would just do as much research as I could about CCSS before implementing it into the classroom. It needs to be stretched out and training would take time, but it would have a better outcome.

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How would you define the use of the common core? Do you think the common core is ALL bad? Are there "Good" aspects of the common core?
-The Common Core is used to measure students' abilities in different areas across the subject areas.
-There are definitely aspects of the CC that are good, such as that it focuses on 1) developing critical learning skills, 2) student-centered learning that is collaborative and reflective, and 3) raising expectations for all students.
-Although the CC can be limiting in what and how it assesses, it is conveniently organized and if implemented properly, teachers can be more open-ended and creative in the way they teach and how they assess their students.

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- The Common Core reading standards distills reading to a single set of nine reading skills that carry throughout various texts and grade levels.
- Each of the nine skills require deep comprehension and high-level thinking which reverses NCLB's focus on decoding and low-level literacy skills.
- Many teachers haven't had much experience with CCSS in their own education or training/practice with these skills.
- Teachers need to provide explicit instruction when teaching CCSS by breaking down skills into manageable steps and assessing students to inform instruction.
- School leaders and teachers need to share strategies across classrooms for students to practice reading skills through any text they encounter.
- CCSS is a part of a larger political project to make sure students are "college and career ready."
- CCSS emerged from the wreckage of NCLB and was created by academics and assessment "experts"; none of them were actual teachers.

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- Common Core reading standards are exactly the same throughout grade levels with subtle differences.
- The creation of the CCSS had 135 people on the review panel and only one of them was a classroom teacher.
- CCSS includes many different parts such as training, explicit instruction, assessments, communication throughout every teacher, etc.
- Common Core focuses on meaning compared to decoding and low-level skills.

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- Common Core is setting students up for failure as it was created by workers of testing corporations instead of classroom teachers. Teachers of CCSS also don't have enough professional training to implement standards in the classroom let alone have personal experiences of Common Core throughout their education. CCSS also has to be implemented into multiple parts of the school such as training, explicit instruction, assessments, etc.; it's not a simple overnight task.
- Using this information in the field, I would work together with other teachers to ensure the best education for my students, such as communicating how to support their reading skills throughout different subjects. As for student-teaching, I can use CCSS to guide my lesson plans, but to continue making the lesson my own to meet the individualistic needs of my students.

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- The CCSS should be a foundation for teachers to help guide instruction rather than have it take over with insufficient training and experience. The Common Core is limited in instruction as the article mentioned there are only nine skills in the reading standards that are the same throughout each grade level.
- I don't think the Common Core is all bad as many schools have implemented them into everyday instruction, but I do not favor the idea that the creation of CCSS didn't include any K-3 classroom teacher as that is the starting point for students' education.
- Some "good" aspects of the Common Core includes the same standards throughout each state so students won't be left behind if families are moving and students are transferring in and out of schools. The Common Core also claims to develop critical learning skills, provide student-centered teaching with elements of collaborative and reflective learning, and provide an equal playing field.

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-Common Core Standards focus on set of skills that carry across different types of texts and across grade levels.

-The goal is for students to engage in deep comprehension and high-level thinking as they read.

-The standards aim to have students attend to and make meaning in what they read.

-Common Core Standards emphasize using textual evidence and deemphasize reading as a personal act.

-CCSS were created by test makers and publishers without input from admin, teachers, or parents..

-The standards were created in a topdown approach in order to prepare students to be college and career ready by the end of their K-12 schooling.

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-The CCSS build upon one another in each grade level and connect across different types of texts. The standards unify skills so students can apply them over a variety of texts.

-Explicit instruction is needed to support students in learning comprehension strategies.

-Assessment is key to see if students are meeting the set standards.

-Emphasis is on high-level thinking and skills rather than decoding and low-level skills.

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-The readings made me consider how effective the standards really are since they were created by test makers and not educators. I think teachers should be given professional development to learn how the standards can be used successfully in the classroom.

-In the field I can still have students engage in high-level thinking associated with the standards but provide explicit instruction and modeling first to support them in using the skill. I also think it’s important to meet students where they are and address foundational and lower-level skills first. My goal is to ensure students individual needs are being met and challenged appropriately.

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-I do think the CC standards can be useful to support high-level thinking in students. The standards can be used as a guide to support teachers in designing their instruction.

-I don’t think CC is all bad. I think teachers and other educators should have been involved in the creation of the standards.

-A good aspect is that the skills taught are meant to support students in becoming critical thinkers. They hold students accountable to a high level of learning. They are also widely used in many states, so students around the country are all learning the same things so students can pick up quickly when transferring schools or moving to a new state.

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- Standards value reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
- There are certain patterns that the standards follow that purposely leave things out
-college and career prep are in mind when the standards are being created
-Reading as a personal is not prioritized
-Strategies should be shared across the school to improve outcomes for all students

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- Assessment needs to be happening constantly, across all curriculums. Assessments drive the instruction and allow teachers to know if their students are meeting the standards expectations
-Explicit instruction is needed to give students access to the goals of the standards and allows them to apply critical thinking skills
-The standards are always building upon each other

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Common core is not fully good or bad. Like anything, there are pros and cons to its use and how it is implemented. The intent behind common core is good, and I think that trying to standardize what students learn so all students are at the same pace/level is good, but it is not really realistic. I think that not having those in charge of creating/reviewing the common core standards not being in the classroom/having teaching background is not right because they are missing key information of the reality of teaching. I do think that the idea of making sure students are at the same pace is good, but in implementation it does not fully consider students coming into the classroom with different knowledge/abilities. If students move between schools in states, in theory, they will be able to come into that classroom right where they leftt off.

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-although common core was created to think about improving education, they are not really made in the best way. Some students do not come into the classroom at the same level, and standardizing everything can put some students at a disadvantage. When teaching, it is important to think about how you are using the standards and making sure to provide support for students. Working with other teachers and staff can help you to be successful, and then in turn help students be successful.

-Teachers need more support in implementing standards into the classroom and curriculum. Having a lack of teacher preparation can make teaching them not as successful.

-Using only common core standards sets students and teachers up for failure despite being designed to improve things.

-You need to meet students where they are in order to be successful

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-the common core standards gradually build on one another to help students get proficient in the content areas

-the common core was created to help make education more cohesive and improve things, but there are still a lot of critiques about how it is implemented in the classrooms

-the standards were not created by classroom teachers, and having more classroom teachers provide input on them may make things better/make more sense realistically in the classroom

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-some of the things in standards are hard to evaluate/cannot really be measured or seen by teachers

-teachers do not necessarily have training in all areas that are in the standards that students are needing to work on

-explicit instruction is so important in teaching/helping students get through the tasks and make then into smaller, manageable steps

-when the standards/tests for common core were made, it was not with teacher input

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- When the standards are created they do not always have the students best interest in mind
- Teachers need to have professional development about the standards in order to use them properly. Without proper training, the standards may not be implemented correctly.
-Teaching is not all about the standards. Teachers need to meet their students where they are in order for them to be successful

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I do not think that all of common core is bad. There are definitely some aspects of it that could be revised in order to best meet the needs of students and teachers. The assumption that all students should be following the same pacing. Since the creators of the common core are business people and not k-4 teachers, there are a few fundamental design flaws. I would like to see teachers be more valued in the creation of these kinds of things. Their input is valuable and should be considered in the decision-making process.

A positive of common core is that it can help students develop critical thinking skills. When implemented correctly and with proper training, i think teachers and students can be successful with common core.

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- The common core reading standards have a particular way that they organize the skills into a grid
-The grid offers a set of skills no matter what grade level or age
-As the we increase in grades the students expectations for skills grow
-Common core reading creates a unified statement about whats important in reading
- All of the nine skills require deep comprehension and high-level thinking
- The common core works as one to that readers bring the dame skills to various texts
- The common core does not give more weight to fiction than nonfiction
- However the reading experiences require different comprehension skills and interpretive skills
-Common core pushes for reading to be meaningful even for the youngest reading
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- The common core standards have differences as they go up in grades
- There will forever be assessments that students need to take so the educators know where the students stand
- Assessments drive instruction
- Everybody is always going to have their own opinions on the common core standard- some love them and some hate them
- The common core are never going to be perfect in any level
- Common core is put in place to help set students up for success
- The Common core usually tries to works as one to support student in the best way possible
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- The readings really made me put in perspective about how the common core standards are made by test makers and not educators
-This is not okay at all, test makers are not in the classroom like educators are
- Teachers need to be given professional development to understand how to use them effective in the way to help their students succeed
-When teaching is isn't all about standards is about meeting the students where they are
- Especially in the world we are today with covid and the virtual learning of students, there are going to be students who are at much lower levels than the other students
-Meeting the students where they are will set them up for success b ut not just in the moment but down the road too
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Common core standards are organized in a grid that features sets of skills for different kinds of texts. The standards highlight the most important parts of reading and goals that should be met for each grade.

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The Common Core standards are specific. They build upon skills learned in previous grades and introduce new concepts as the grade level progresses. Some standards stay the same or very similar as you move between grades, but for the most part, the expectations of each standard are increased as the students get older.

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The Common Core was designed by test makers and not teachers, so sometimes they miss the mark when trying to decide what is best for students. The basis of some standards are effective, while others may be too specific or general to work on. Pennsylvania doesn't use the Common Core, so I'm not too familiar with it, but some of the standards are similar to the Pennsylvania standards we use. I think that while focusing on standards is important to provide a comprehensive learning experience for students, it is important to consider students' needs and meeting them where they're at.

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Common core standards
- organize student skills
-for all grade levels
-there are different options on how effective common core standards are
-people in schools implement the standards by using a variety of strategies

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-reinforce information and help build new skills
-assessments are essential in effectively meeting learning objectives made from standards
-students need to engage in high-level thinking, being pushed to think outside their ZPD

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- Standards are important because they tell us what to teach but they are not going to tell us how to teach it
-every class is different and will have different needs in teaching the standard
we need to make sure we are meeting the needs of the whole child, not just forcing them to learn academic content
- by teaching the whole child learning standards will come come easier

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-I think the CC standards can be useful if used in an effective way
- teachers need to be mindful the there is no "one sized fits all" teaching approach when using the CCS