What Are the COMMON CORE Standards?

Along with 40 other states and territories, California's Department of Education has adopted the Common Core standards.

How are these different from our present state standards? 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- more COMPLEX TEXT and their academic language
- using EVIDENCE FROM TEXT in reading, writing, and speaking activities
- BUILDING KNOWLEDGE through content-rich non-fiction.
...In other words, LOTS OF NON-FICTION.

MATH
- placing a greater FOCUS on fewer standards
- linking topics and thinking across the grade levels creating COHERENCE
- developing RIGOROUS curricula around understanding, developing fluency and skills, and applying math concepts.

Here are the standards for 4th grade Math:

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Number and Operations - Fractions
• Measurement and Data
• Geometry
• Mathematical Practices

*LINK to all 4th grade MATH standards: 
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/introduction


Here are the standards for 4th grade English Language Arts:

• Anchor Standards for College and Career Readiness
• Reading: Literature
• Reading: Informational Text
• Reading: Foundational Skills
• Writing
• Language
• Speaking and Listening
• Standard 10: Range, Quality and Complexity

*LINK to all ELA standards:
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy