Common Core Essential Elements Mathematics

Students must have extensive vocabularies, built 
through reading and explicit instruction embedded 
in the context of content learning. This enables 
them to comprehend complex texts, engage in 
purposeful writing and communicate effectively 
within a discipline.

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COMMON CORE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS for MATHEMATICS 
 
 
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Skills in determining or clarifying the meaning of words and phrases 
encountered, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies, and seeing an 
individual word as part of a network of other words that, for example, 
have similar denotations but different connotations allow students to 
access information and support their own learning.