Common Core Learning Standards

Examples of the shift on digital tools and new literacies in the Common Core.

 

 

Production and Distribution of Writing

Kindergarten

With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

Grade 1

With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

Grade 2

With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

 

 Writing Standards K-5

Grade 3

With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Grade 4

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

Grade 5

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Grade 3

Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Grade 4

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.

Grade 5

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

 

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Kindergarten

Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

Grade 1

Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Grade 2

Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

 

Speaking and Listening Standards

Grade 3

Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Grade 4

Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Grade 5

Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.