Cracking the common core : choosing and using texts in grades 6-12 /
"This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Guilford Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | "This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design challenging text sets, and help students get the most out of what they read. Provided are practical instructional ideas for building background knowledge, promoting engagement, incorporating discussion and text-based writing, and teaching research skills. Appendices offer sample unit plans for English language arts, history/social studies, and science classrooms. More than 20 reproducible coaching templates and other tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781462513192 1462513190 1306141885 9781306141888 1462513204 9781462513208 |
