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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I just read through elementary standards in both subjects in preparation for next year. I found myself rewriting them in my own (fewer, simpler) words. Literally rewriting them as I went to make them easier for quick reference. Some of them overlap each other in math. Really confusing!
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This is exactly what you should be doing. Standards are always written in a way that allows for many teaching approaches. The goal is to achieve competency. A good teacher will differentiate the specific approach to competency depending on her specific students. Rewriting them allows you to articulate your approach. That's a feature of a good standard, not a drawback.

As for the PP who seems to think there are too many skills in a standard, I hope you aren't a teacher, but if you are, go back to your curriculum planning class. A single standard is addressed in a series of lessons and mastery is demonstrated in a culminating lesson/project. You don't have to have a single lesson that addresses all aspects of a standard at the same time.

(Although, frankly, if you can't design a single lesson that meets RI5.2-- determine two or more main ideas in a text, explain them with key details, and summarize a text...well, I would argue that you're not a very good teacher or you obviously have planning issues.)[/quote]

The issue is that the skills that being combined are not well aligned [/quote]

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