CCSS Speaking and Listening & NES

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I have looked into some of the Common Core Standards before, but I have never looked specifically into the speaking and listening section of it. I am obviously wanting to teach Secondary Ed, so I specifically looked into the Grade 6, 7, and 8 because that is around the age I want to teach. From reading the standards, It is clear that middle school is the stage where more formal discussions are starting to take place. I feel pretty comfortable with most of them and feel like I could get my students to meet these standards when it comes to speaking and listening. I think it will still be challenging, especially for middle schoolers, to make sure they are participating or feel comfortable speaking in class. For example, in the 7th grade standards under "Comprehension and Collaboration," it states "Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion." I think being motivated and ready to participate in something like a discussion about a topic is more difficult during that age because they don't feel like school is important yet. I think keeping them motivated will be my biggest challenge, as well as making sure everybody participates.

As I read through the NES I was glad to see that it explained strategies for students to listen more effectively. I think one of the biggest challenges as a teacher is going to be making sure everyone is listening and understanding what is being said. I am visual learner, so just hearing a teacher speak without visual aspects made it extremely difficult for me to comprehend the material that was being presented. I love how it stated, "students like to listen to stories, poetry, and radio dramas and theater. Listening to literature can also be a great pleasure...we will often find that students are captivated by the reading aloud of good literature." I thought this was super important because not everybody loves to read, and I know a lot of my classmates in school struggled a lot with understanding a book because the teacher would simply assign pages to read on our own without adding anything else. 

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