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The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 3-5: What They Say, What They Mean, How to Teach Them
Contributor(s): Blauman, Leslie A. (Author), Burke, Jim (Author)

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 ISBN: 1483349853     ISBN-13: 9781483349855
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE: $37.95  

Binding Type: Spiral - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Elementary
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
- Education | Evaluation & Assessment
Dewey: 372.6
LCCN: 2014002420
Series: Corwin Literacy
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.25" W x 10.9" L (1.80 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Glossary, Ikids
 
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Publisher Description:
It's the teaching around the standards that counts!

If you're an upper-elementary teacher, we have a Common Core Companion for you, too! What makes this book that version of the standards you wish you had? It's the way Leslie Blauman translates each and every standard for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and foundational skills into the day-to-day what you do.

It's all here:
  • The standards for literature and informational texts put side by side for easier planning
  • More than a dozen teaching ideas for each standard
  • Recommendations on how to cultivate critical habits of mind
  • A glossary of academic language for each standard
  • An online bank of graphic organizers, reproducibles, charts, and more
What makes The Common Core Companion, Grades K-2, that version of the standards you wish you had? The way it translates each and every standard into the day-to-day what you do.

Contributor Bio(s): Burke, James (Jim) R. (Robert): - A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning--the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.

Blauman, Leslie A.: - Leslie Blauman has been teaching reading and literacy in the Colorado public schools for over 30 years. Leslie's classroom is a working model for child/staff development in reading, writing, and critical thinking. Partnering with the Denver-based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), her classroom is frequently the subject of professional workshops, classroom reading enhancement films, and education journals. While she works with teachers and students in a majority of the states and internationally as a consultant, her heart is in the classroom and she brings this to both her writing and her consulting. She speaks regularly at teacher/literacy conferences and workshops.
Burke, James R.: - A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning--the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.

Burke, Jim: - A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning--the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.


 
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