Full Description
Nearly every state has independently adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), making this practical guide an indispensable resource for PreK-2 teachers and teachers-in-training. Leading authorities explain each of the English language arts (ELA) standards and vividly show how to implement them. The book is filled with grade-specific classroom vignettes, instructional strategies and activities, sample lesson plans, and discussion questions. Chapters cover the major ELA strands: reading (literature, informational texts, and foundational skills); writing; speaking and listening; and language. Issues of assessment and technology integration are also explored. An appendix includes thematic units for each grade level demonstrating ways to embed CCSS/ELA standards into content-area instruction.
See also Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, Grades 3-5.
Contents
Foreword, Susan B. Neuman
Introduction, Jennifer Renner Del Nero
1. Understanding the Common Core State Standards, P. David Pearson and Elfrieda H. Hiebert
2. Reading Standards for Literature: Developing Comprehension, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Diane H. Tracey, and Kellyanne M. Healey
3. Reading Standards for Informational Text, Nell K. Duke, Juliet L. Halladay, and Kathryn L. Roberts
4. Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, Kristin M. Gehsmann and Shane Templeton
5. Writing Standards, Jane Hansen
6. Speaking and Listening Standards, Sandra L. Gillam and D. Ray Reutzel
7. Language Standards, Susan Watts-Taffe and Allison Breit-Smith
8. Technology and the Common Core Standards, Michael C. McKenna, Kristin Conradi, Craig A. Young, and Bong Gee Jang
9. Assessment and the Common Core Standards, Peter Afflerbach
10. In Conclusion: On Implementing the Common Core Standards Successfully in Grades K-2, Timothy Shanahan
Appendix A. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Grades K-2
Appendix B. Thematic Units for Grades K-2, with Common Core State Standards Embedded
