tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post4879763104355497392..comments2023-04-24T23:09:57.655-04:00Comments on All Things Education: When the Common Core is old wine in new bottlesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post-44338015094283511952013-06-08T19:18:35.239-04:002013-06-08T19:18:35.239-04:00@EC: I think I thought that because fellow content...@EC: I think I thought that because fellow content-rich curriculum advocates who I respect hold them up as not teaching reading strategies. Anyway, thanks for reading & commenting. It's always nice to know there's someone else out there with a similar POV on this topic. It can be very lonely sometimes . . .Rachel Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844728669493681943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post-87326299014389771662013-06-08T19:15:45.016-04:002013-06-08T19:15:45.016-04:00@Tom Hoffamn: Thanks for reading & commenting....@Tom Hoffamn: Thanks for reading & commenting. I always feel like I've written a semi-decent post when it gets a comment from you. But yes, I don't understand why they didn't compare standards before adopting them. And I see form your post that you share my frustrations with the approach to reading and English instruction depicted in the article.Rachel Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844728669493681943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post-82764753464795806922013-06-08T07:41:49.100-04:002013-06-08T07:41:49.100-04:00Yes, yes, yes. Although I'm not sure why you ...Yes, yes, yes. Although I'm not sure why you thought the CCSS was supposed to deliver anybody from direct instruction of reading strategies. Almost any lists of "skills" or "performance-based standards" will lead to direct instruction of those very skills, and the Common Core effort has never said anything about reading volume. So inevitably what we get are short passages and teachers asking "close-reading" questions about those passages to which the teachers already know the answers. In other words, we get lessons that are very close in form and spirit to standardized tests. This is no way to teach reading. As you say, reading can't be taught. As the Singaporeans say, "Teach less, learn more." As I say, "Natural teaching may not be natural learning."<br /><br />http://literacyinleafstrewn.blogspot.com/2012/07/what-seems-natural-and-to-whom-and-why.htmlEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14853888915441711738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post-68234672104245249212013-06-06T10:18:08.611-04:002013-06-06T10:18:08.611-04:00Indeed, in this whole stunted debate over the Comm...Indeed, in this whole stunted debate over the Common Core ELA, how often have you seen straightforward apples to apples comparisons to the standards they replace? They just aren't that different, and the most prominent differences are things that have been omitted from Common Core.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.com