Ten Differentiation Strategies for Building Common Core Literacy
Doctoral student Casey Gilewski recommends this book for its focus on Common Core differentiation strategies for reading and writing across ALL content areas.
View ArticleTeaching the Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core: 55 Words
This helpful book offers techniques for teaching 55 key words associated with K12 CC standards so they stick in students' long-term memory.
View ArticleMapping Comprehensive Units to ELA Common Core Standards
Kathy Tuchman Glass has created an intensive, in-depth study that will help teachers in understanding and mapping out the ELA standards, with excellent support and numerous examples, says reviewer and...
View ArticleJim Burke creates the missing Common Core manual
What makes Jim Burke's The Common Core Companion so valuable to teachers? The layout, says reviewer Anne Anderson. The 2-page spread gives teachers a big picture view of standards, "what they say, what...
View ArticleA Common Core Writing Book That Understands Teacher Needs
The Common Core Writing Book: Lessons for a Range of Tasks, Purposes, and Audiences by Gretchen Owocki provides quick, practical strategies closely aligned with each of the standards, says reviewer...
View ArticlePairing Literary and Nonfiction Texts for Deeper Understanding
Common Core Reading Lessons: Pairing Literary and Nonfiction Texts to Promote Deeper Understanding is a winner! Authors O’Reilly and Stooksbury take a positive, practical approach for dealing with the...
View ArticleEnliven the CC Classroom with These Literacy Strategies
Bringing the Common Core to Life in K-8 Classrooms, by Eric Jensen and LeAnn Nickelsen, offers fresh, easy-to-use ideas and resources to captivate, challenge and engage students as they build literacy...
View ArticleHands-On Activities for Math CCSS Learning
The ideas in Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities worked when she gave them a test run in her classroom, says reviewer Linda Biondi. The book is teacher friendly and ready...
View ArticleHow to Avoid CCSS Weak Teaching Advice
Reviewer Tyler McBride says the authors of Uncommon Core draw on research and their classroom experience to help teachers and administrators avoid some "absurd" teaching practices implied in the Common...
View ArticleCooking with the Common Core
Sarah Tantillo has taken her 2012 book, The Literacy Cookbook, to the next level, adding flavor-enhancing Common Core ingredients to the mix. Reviewer Linda Biondi reports Literacy and the Common Core:...
View ArticleListening and Speaking: Essential Skills
Erik Palmer makes a compelling case for the explicit instruction of communication skills in Teaching the Core Skills of Listening and Speaking, relating them to CCSS anchor standards and providing...
View ArticleA Practical & Essential CCSS Companion
Teachers in grades 3-5 will treasure The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded by Leslie Blauman with Jim Burke. The content, the layout and the companion website make clear what the standards...
View ArticleThe Common Core Ready Classroom
Rather than wasting space unpacking the standards (again), PD director Bryan Harris supplies educators with tips on running a classroom, asking questions, and staging conversations for a CCSS friendly...
View ArticleMiddle School Reading with the CCSS
Gretchen Owocki tackles complex literature, informational texts and content-area reading in her new middle grades CCSS book, weaving together instructional elements in a teacher-friendly format....
View ArticleBenjamin’s Helpful Guide to Reading Standards
In Focus on Text, Amy Benjamin provides a detailed description of what should happen at each level of the CCSS reading standards, 4-8. Reviewer Mark Domeier praises the book for its clarity, ideas and...
View ArticleIntegrating Common Core into Self-Regulation
Marie C. White and Maria K. DiBenedetto offer a toolbox of strategies that teachers can use to help students become positive, self-regulated learners and practice self-efficacy. Linda Biondi found...
View ArticleGraphic Organizers For Common Core ELA
With its comprehensive collection of CCSS-ELA graphic organizers, The Visual Edge provides a very visible way for students in grades 6-12 to approach Common Core-related standards. Teacher-reviewer...
View ArticleBuilding a Common Core-Based Curriculum
Susan Udelhofen's discussion of mapping is very useful for identifying the process of curriculum building, with each step outlined in sufficient detail to provide clear and explicit direction. Kathy...
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