Common+Core+Description

===Common Core  - lessons will become interdisciplinary. Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development. ===


 * ===Reading - Literature ===
 * ===Reading - Informational Texts ===
 * ===Writing ===
 * ===Speaking and Listening ===
 * ===Language ===

Technology blended throughout

 * Fewer standards
 * build on previous year's standards
 * prepare for college and career readiness

Teachers are not expected to use every text that is recommended - nor to do every sample activity or assessment

Suggestions are made to provide a range of rich and relevant materials to choose from.