Week 3: Assignment 2 - Reaching the Common Core

Teachers can assess a students learning outcomes through formative assessments in class. Educators can use literature circles and reflections on text in order to educate students and to scaffold them into important routines that will benefit their skills and ability to recognize complex texts. These assignments can be given through independent practice and even through group work, in order to allow students to work on various skills (the teachers should deliberately plan accordingly to his plan for every student).

Teachers can address and meet common core standards with students of various levels by implementing curriculum based work in an individualized manner. What this means is that teachers can (and should) assess a student’s skills and abilities in order to properly identify their levels of skills. Then, use the information gathered through assessments in order to teach students with information at their level, and in order to exposed them to text that are appropriate to their levels or skills.