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This brief video will walk you through where to access the Common Core State Standards and how to read the English-Language Arts standards.

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The Common Core State Standards for English-Language Arts may be found on the California Department of Education website at www.cde.ca.gov,under the Curriculum and Instructions tab.

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Select the Content Standards link in the center column.

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Then select "Common Core State Standards for English-Language Arts,Adopted August 2010."

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In English-Language Arts each grade is presented with standards in four areas: Reading,Writing,Speaking and Listening,and Language.

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Content area teachers in grades 6 through 12 have two content area-specific sets of literacy standards.

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One set of standards is for history/social studies and the other is for science and technical subjects,both of which focus on Reading and Writing. 

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All of these areas contain the specific knowledge the student is expected to learn and the specific actions the student is expected to be able to perform. 

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These areas are also referred to as strands.

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Since many of our interpretive programs strongly support the Speaking and Listening standards,we are going to use these standards as we delve into how the standards are structured.

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In the top left corner of the page you will find the strand and its abbreviation. 

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In this case,the strand is Speaking and Listening,and the abbreviation is "SL."

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The standards are laid out so you can see the progression and increasing complexity of what students need to know for a standard by grade level. 

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Each standard occupies one row.

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The English Language Arts/Literacy individual grade and grade span-specific standards are identified by their strand,grade,and number (or number and letter,where applicable). 

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For example,SL.2.1 stands for Speaking and Listening,Grade 2,Standard 1.

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Now that you have an understanding of how the Common Core State Standards in English-Language Arts are organized and structured,let's continue learning about academic content standards.