Becoming literate is arguably the most important objective of our current education model. Illiterate is almost synonymous with uneducated, right? This is because the purpose of education is to prepare students to become productive members of society. Language and literacy are often used to judge a person's intelligence and success. The ELA Standards were established to ensure proper learning of all aspects of the English language across the United States. The Standards focus on 5 key components to proper ELA instruction and then proceeds to explain the expectations for each component at every grade level. Reading - The goal in teaching reading is to help students master comprehension skills and apply what they read and learn to their real world. As students advance and acquire more sophisticated comprehension skills, they learn to think critically and use textual evidence for reasoning and comprehension. Writing - Writing can often be a response to reading, as well as an ori...
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