Realizing opportunities for English learners in the Common Core English Language Arts and Disciplinary Literacy Standards

This paper addresses literacy instruction of ELs as a shared responsibility among teachers across disciplines, as well as curriculum developers, textbook writers, assessment specialists, teacher educators, administrators, researchers, policy makers, and others. The authors focus on four areas emphasized by the CCSSreading, writing, speaking, and listening, and overall language acquisitionand within each offer a new approach in language and literacy instruction.