By flipping the traditional "reading first, writing second" sequence, this innovative book lets teachers make the most of the writing-to-reading connection via 30 carefully matched lesson pairs.
By flipping the traditional "reading first, writing second" sequence, this innovative book lets teachers make the most of the writing-to-reading conne...
The ideal? Newly minted high school graduates all across the nation, each one a complex text genius, a writer and analytic thinker beyond compare. All on to glorious colleges and careers, thanks to the Common Core. The reality? The 1.3 million students who fail to graduate from high school each year and the hundreds of thousands more who either gave up or lost interest long ago . . . The reality is why Common Core CPR is needed. Urgently. Because if we continue to insist that all students meet expectations that are well beyond their abilities and mindsets, these kids will only decline faster....
The ideal? Newly minted high school graduates all across the nation, each one a complex text genius, a writer and analytic thinker beyond compare. All...
This book has to power to change the way teachers approach teaching content from textbooks. It shows them how to use textbooks in an engaging and meaningful way so that students no longer feel daunted by the sheer volume of information. Graphics and examples are inluded to help busy teachers implement suggestions quickly and engage their students. The book will help educators focus sharply on their students' comprehension and ensure students rise to the level expected.
This book has to power to change the way teachers approach teaching content from textbooks. It shows them how to use textbooks in an engaging and mean...
Leave instruction to the experts! Uncommon Core puts us on high-alert about some outright dangerous misunderstandings looming around so-called "standards-aligned" instruction, then shows us how to steer past them--all in service of meeting the real intent of the Common Core. It counters with teaching suggestions that are true to the research and true to our students, including how: * Reader-based approaches can complement text-based ones * Prereading activities can help students meet the strategic and conceptual demands of texts * Strategy instruction can result in a careful and critical...
Leave instruction to the experts! Uncommon Core puts us on high-alert about some outright dangerous misunderstandings looming around so-called "stand...
With the click of a mouse, anyone has access to the standards. So aligning our instruction should be a snap. If only it were that simple . . . Jim Burke anticipated the challenges and developed the Common Core Companion series for K-12. In his next smart move, he deferred to the talents of Sharon Taberski to be author of the K-2 volume. What makes Sharon Taberski's Common Core Companion "that version of the standards you wish you had"? It's the way Sharon translates each and every standard for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and foundational skills into the day-to-day...
With the click of a mouse, anyone has access to the standards. So aligning our instruction should be a snap. If only it were that simple . . . Jim Bur...
Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading No doubt since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, humans have asked questions to make sense of the message. So what could possibly be new about posing questions about text? Plenty ...and with TDQ, Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey reveal it all. After one quick read, you will have learned all the very best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading ...and the big understandings they can yield, especially when executed the Fisher and Frey way. But that's just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative...
Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading No doubt since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, humans have asked questions to make sense...
Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading No doubt since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, humans have asked questions to make sense of the message. So what could possibly be new about posing questions about text? Plenty ...and with TDQ, Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey reveal it all. After one quick read, you will have learned all the very best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading ...and the big understandings they can yield, especially when executed the Fisher and Frey way. But that's just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative...
Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading No doubt since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, humans have asked questions to make sense...
"How many times have you heard 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' . . . In this text, Lapp, Wolsey, Wood, and Johnson make a vital connection between reading words and the role of graphics. They demonstrate how teachers and students can blend the two such that great learning occurs in every classroom, every day."
--DOUGLAS FISHER Coauthor of Rigorous Reading
Imagine you are a fourth grader, reading about our solar system for the first time. Or you're a high school student, asked to compare survival in Suzanne Collin's The Hunger...
"How many times have you heard 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' . . . In this text, Lapp, Wolsey, Wood, and Johnson make a vital connecti...
Can a mere fifteen words turn today's youth into the innovative, ambitious thinkers we need? Yes, contend Jim Burke and Barry Gilmore, coauthors of Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, because these are the moves that make the mind work and students must learn if they're to achieve academically. It's that simple.
Students and teachers need accessible ways to talk about and use grammar. In Gretchen's trademark style, she gets these ever-important conversations started and keeps them going. This book is a keeper." -Jeff Anderson, Author of Revision Decisions and Everyday Editing
Almost everyone could benefit from a grammar check every once in a while--even we teachers. But our students desperately need something much more systematic, and they need it right way.
No matter what state you teach in, you can be certain that grammar is being tested . . ....
Students and teachers need accessible ways to talk about and use grammar. In Gretchen's trademark style, she gets these ever-important conv...
