Podcasts target multiple Common Core State Standards across all grade levels, addressing literature, math, science, history, writing, technical subjects, and more. Just by pressing play, any podcast effectively and simply targets many Speaking & Listening and College & Career Readiness standards.
All lesson plans target the standards below, and often times additional standards as well!
Kindergarten
- Speaking and Listening ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
1st Grade
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.3
Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
2nd Grade
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.3
Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
3rd Grade
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.3
Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
4th Grade
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.3
Comprehension and Collaboration: Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
5th Grade
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.2
Comprehension and Collaboration: Summarize written a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- Speaking and Listening: ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.3
Comprehension and Collaboration: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
College and Career Readiness K-12
- Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. - Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.