SmartBlog on Education – Jim Cunningham
“Writing instruction is transitioning. Common Core has set new standards for the writing skills students need to master in order to be college and career ready…With the Common Core, we are asking students to write about what they are learning—literature, science, and current events, for example…They now have to formulate arguments and support those with reasoning and evidence based on what they are reading. It is this type of writing that is new for teachers and students in the elementary and middle grades.”(more)