FAQ's

Please visit the Reading Rockets website, where you will find an article by literacy expert, Timothy Shanahan, who shares ways you can help your child develop their reading skills at home.  At this site you will find articles, videos and other resources to help you support your child’s literacy development. 

DoDEA has developed a parent learning module that contains excellent tips for you to use as you navigate your child’s journey through the years.  Please ask your school’s administrator for the Parent Module related to the implementation of CCRSL.

In English language arts, the standards require certain critical content for all students, including Classic myths and stories from around the world, founding documents for America, American literature, and Shakespeare.  

The Standards require certain content for all students. In addition to content, the standards demand that students acquire knowledge in literature and other disciplines through reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. English teachers will still teach literature and literary nonfiction texts that they choose.  The standards focuses on complex texts outside of literature, therefore the standards also ensure students are being prepared to read, write, and research across the curriculum, including in history and science.