Tag Archive: Language

Common Core L.CCR.6 Explained

L.CCR.6–that’s the 6th (and last!College and Career Readiness anchor standard within the Language strand of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA / Literacy–says:

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

Wow — can anyone say “longest anchor standard of all time?”

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Common Core L.CCR.5 Explained

L.CCR.5–that’s the 5th (and penultimate!) College and Career Readiness anchor standard within the Language strand of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA / Literacy–says:

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Ray Bradbury was dominating this standard since the day he was born. In fact, before he passed away Ray wrote L.CCR.5.

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Common Core L.CCR.4 Explained

L.CCR.4–that’s the 4th College and Career Readiness anchor standard within the Language strand of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA / Literacy–says:

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

Here’s the short version: college and career ready (CCR) people are good word figure-outers.

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