Understanding ELA Instruction

It is my understanding that the ELA standards/instruction have four major components: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. While each component stands “alone,” all standards work together to build the students ability to become college ready.

Reading: Students need to be able to understand what it is they are being asked to read. If they don’t understand the context, they will never learn the material, relate it to a real life scenario, or continue to fine-tune their skills.

Writing:  Our goal is insure that students have the ability to properly implement their writing by being able to plan, revise, and publish their research. Students have many outlets at their disposal to share their properly implemented writing skills, allowing schools to integrate technology.

Speaking & Listening: Expression, we need students to be able to express themselves in various forms. We need to know if they are having a bad or good day or how we can assist them with a project. This expressionism needs to follow-through into their own work, technology and social media has helped to aid the next generation in displaying their understanding and feels in so many different forms and we need to use this help them tell their stories, share their ideas, and present their work.

Language: Students need to know how to follow the rules of English language, how to associate these rules into their work, and develop relationships.