Reading and Writing Through Common Core Standards

This course is designed to give teachers the opportunity to review, analyze and integrate the Common Core Standards into their teaching practices. It shows how Common Core Standards can be impetus for whole-school reform, moving all students in every classroom to become better readers and writers. Candidates will become familiar with the Common Core in both reading and writing, view how Common Core is different from the current state standards, and how to adapt to reach Common Core. Candidates will learn how to create both lessons and authentic assessments that can be formative. This class will help develop teachers with a greater understanding of how Reading and Writing go hand in hand to reach high level thinking in students.