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Highest Frequency Words in the CCSS for ELA & Literacy

June 27, 2012 By Dave Stuart Jr. 4 Comments

Inspired by Partner in Education's Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Wordle, I plugged the standards document into Tagxedo to see which words dominate the standards. See the results below:

I did delete the most frequent word — standards — but, otherwise, word size is based on frequency. The more a word appears in the CCSS, the larger it appears in the word cloud.

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    Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ccss, Common Core State Standards, ela, Literacy, tagxedo, word cloud, wordle

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    1. Josh Edwards says

      December 17, 2012 at 5:49 pm

      Hi Dave, I really admire the ingenuity of how this graphic represents the academic language of the CCSS. I’m a teacher in Portland, OR, and I would love to share this graphic with my staff -if that’s OK with you.
      Could I share this graphic with my staff? If so, I will post it on a district-wide-teaching site for our educators.
      Thank Dave,
      Josh

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    2. davestuartjr says

      December 18, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      Josh, have at it! I’d love if you could share the resource with as many folks as will benefit.

      Have a great day,
      Dave

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    3. Jane Krauss says

      February 3, 2014 at 12:14 pm

      Dear Dave,
      Eugenian here! I, too, would like to use your graphic in an ISTE 2014 presentation. I would be certain to credit you as author. May I use?

      Reply
    4. Kathleen Gradel says

      September 9, 2019 at 4:56 pm

      Hi, Dave: Is it OK to include this (and cite, of course) in my college course syllabus (a course for future teachers on lit and tech)? Thanks, if possible.

      Reply

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