Speak your mind on Florida's language arts standards

They might not be as controversial as the science standards, but Florida's language arts curriculum standards are now available for public review and comment.

Now's your chance to tell the State Board of Education what you think about eighth-graders' ability to analyze text, second-graders' need to write persuasively, and all those other related matters.

Remember, if you respond, all your comments are public record for everyone to see. So act accordingly.

Interested? Visit the Florida language arts standards web site and have some fun. (Save some time. It's a lot of reading.)

Comments

[let he who is without sin]

depressed,
Your spell-checker let ewe down.
A "marquis" is a titled person, as in "Marquis of Queensbury rules" for boxing or "Marquis de Sade".
"Marquee" is the term ewe wanted.

[depressed]

There is too much overlap in standards from grade to grade for the secondary standards. Students don't move forward in middle school and high school for good reason. They go on to college and their professors are abhorred by their writing abilities, or they take jobs that require they post marquis signs and the errors in these signs become the butt of jokes.
There must be more specific standards for each strand. The nebulousness of past standards is retained in these new ones and reflected in what is produced in our schools.

[Skip]

How are parents supposed to understand these expectations? I just checked out the 2nd Grade level and Eva is right on. Jibberish!!

[Skip]

I'd like for the superintendent, some supervisors and principals to learn how to write a complete sentence.

[Eva]

Huh?

These standards are jibberish!

The child should be taught to use proper English in his speech. He should also be taught to read and to comprehend what he has read. It is important that he can construct a simple sentence.

His teachers in all subjects should be required to demonstrate the same skills.

For learning to take place the student should follow the 4 P's.
Be prompt.
Be polite.
Be prepared.
Be productive.

Forget the jibberish!

[Jason]

OK. I would like for my principal to be able to speak English and to realize that "sussessful" and gradgerashun" are not actual words. From Pinellas County...