While teachers need to be thinking about assigning more complex texts to students under the common standards, they don't have to choose more complex reading for every single text, or assign tougher readings for kindergartners and 1st graders, according to new guidance from the International Reading Association.
That advice, and more, is contained in the new guidance issued by the IRA issued today. The organization hopes the four-page document will clear up confusion about key areas of the Common Core State Standards and help teachers incorporate them into practice, according to Brenda Overturf and Timothy Shanahan, the co-chairs of the committee that wrote it.
