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=Welcome to the Cumberland County Schools ELA - K5 Wiki!=

How this wiki is organized:

 * This Wiki will serve as a temporary posting area for curriculum documents.
 * A page has been designated for each grade level - the materials posted are still in development

Common Core:
Common Core Standards [] Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards

Glossary of Key Terms []

Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks []

Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing []

DPI Resources
Support Tools [|http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/common-core-tools/#exemplar]

=Text Exemplars:= Text exemplars are sample texts intended to guide educators as they thoughtfully select texts to use as vehicles for teaching the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS). While the texts serve as models for each grade span, they should not be considered required grade level reading lists. Students must read a wide variety of texts in order to progress in their reading development. Teachers should select texts of various genres and range of complexity for use with their students allowing students to both read at ease and stretch to higher levels of complexity. Students must be challenged and supported with appropriate texts, and teachers should guide students through close readings of short pieces of quality text.
 * What are text exemplars? **