Literacy and the Common Core - Recipes for Action

Tools and Insights for Meeting and Exceeding the Common Core Standards
 
Literacy and the Common Core offers K-12 teachers clear guidance on how to design units, lessons, and objectives to meet the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts; it's filled with practical strategies that teachers can use immediately to target key standards; and it describes how to analyze the standards to support instructional planning and curriculum development.
 
This book aims to make life a little easier for everyone--teachers, school leaders, parents, and students--as we all strive to prepare students for college and the careers they most desire. The book includes practical tools, templates, and rubrics ready to be downloaded and customized to meet your needs. Additional resources may be found on the companion site, www.literacycookbook.com.
 
Here are just a few of the essential topics addressed:
* Which standards to start with and how to tackle them
* How to bridge the gap when students are not on grade level
* How to engage and support parents
* How to teach students to write effectively
* How to translate the standards for actual use
 
Take the recipes in this book, make them your own, and enjoy your new "Common Core Master Chef" status!
 
PRAISE FOR LITERACY AND THE COMMON CORE
 
"Literacy and the Common Core is an invaluable resource for teachers and school leaders looking for practical guidance on how to use the Common Core Standards to strengthen literacy instruction across all grades and subjects." --Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion and Practice Perfect
 
"Our teachers and administrators hunger for sound guidance on best practices for Common Core implementation. Sarah Tantillo has done the heavy lifting for them; this text should be in the hands of all who yearn to create the most powerful and effective lessons for their students." --Judith A. Wilson, former superintendent of Princeton Public Schools

List of contents

CD Contents ix
 
Acknowledgments xiii
 
About the Author xv
 
Preface:Why I Felt Compelled to Write This Book xvii
 
Introduction: What Problems This Book Attempts to Solve, and How 1
 
PART ONE Basic Ingredients
 
ONE Strategic Planning to Strengthen Curriculum 7
 
Strategic Action Planning: How to Make Things Happen 7
 
How to Keep Track of the Standards 9
 
Curriculum Resources 11
 
Endnotes 13
 
TWO Schoolwide Approaches to Reading 15
 
What to ConsiderWhen Selecting Texts for K-12 15
 
Human Resources:The Varsity Reading Coach 18
 
Strategic Reading andWriting Class 24
 
Strategic Reading andWriting: Curriculum Overview Map 34
 
How to Get TwoThousand Students to Fall in Love with Reading 36
 
Endnotes 41
 
THREE Bridging the Gap When Students Are Not on Grade Level 45
 
What You Need to Know about Text Complexity 46
 
A Strategic Approach 47
 
How to Engage and Support Parents 49
 
Low-Hanging Fruit: Classroom Discourse and Vocabulary Instruction 51
 
Why and How to Maximize Cross-Content Connections 53
 
AWord to School Leaders 54
 
Endnotes 55
 
FOUR Unit Planning 57
 
The Big Picture 57
 
Annotated Curriculum Overview Map 60
 
Sample Curriculum Overview Map 61
 
Annotated Unit Plan Template 62
 
Sample ELA Unit Plan 65
 
From-Units-to-Lessons Logistics 69
 
Endnotes 71
 
FIVE Lesson Planning 73
 
Why Lesson Planning Habits Matter 73
 
Annotated Lesson Plan Template 74
 
How to Avoid Kidnapping Your Students: Rigorous, Purposeful, Measurable (RPM) Objectives 76
 
Objectives and Lesson Planning with the Metaphor of Your Choice 82
 
Designing Effective Do Nows 84
 
Using Do Nows to Strengthen the Four Key Critical Reading Skills 85
 
Some Truths about "I Do,We Do, You Do" 90
 
Exit Tickets 92
 
A Few Thoughts on Homework 93
 
Endnotes 96
 
PART TWO Appetizers
 
SIX First Bites of the Common Core 101
 
Which Standards ShouldWe StartWith? 101
 
Tasty Morsels for Staff Training 102
 
Outlining Your First Unit 104
 
Endnotes 106
 
SEVEN Close Reading Strategies 107
 
Quadrant Analysis as aWay to Boost Comprehension 108
 
Annotation Revisited:Why and HowWe Read 109
 
The Overlooked Skill of Skimming 111
 
What Text Dependent Really Means 114
 
The Most Important Skill You Could Possibly Teach 115
 
More Bites at Inquiry 124
 
Endnotes 126
 
PART THREE Entrées
 
EIGHT Argument versus Evidence: The Big Picture and Six Essential Steps 131
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 1 133
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 2 135
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 3 136
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 4 140
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 5 142
 
Argument versus Evidence: Step 6 143
 
Endnotes 144
 
NINE Quote Sandwiches 147
 
The Recipe for Quote Sandwiches 147
 
Examples and Non-Examples of Quote Sandwiches 148
 
Drawing a Picture of "Context" 150
 
Endnote 151
 
TEN Open-Ended Response Writing 153
 
Common Problems and Solutions 153
 
What Is "RACER"? 154
 
A Handy Open-Ended ResponseWriting Rubric 155
 
Endnotes 157
 
ELEVEN Document-Based Questions for One and All 159
 
Topic-Driven Assignments versus Question-Driven Assignments 159
 
How andWhy to Take the Document-Based Que

About the author

SARAH TANTILLO, author of The Literacy Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction, consults with schools on literacy instruction, curriculum development, data-driven instruction, and school culture-building. She has taught high school English and Humanities in both suburban and urban public schools, including the high-performing North Star Academy Charter School of Newark.

Summary

Offers K12 teachers clear guidance on how to design units, lessons, and objectives to meet the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts. This book is filled with practical strategies that teachers can use immediately to target key standards.

Product details

• Authors: S Tantillo, Sarah Tantillo, Tantillo Sarah
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9781118839058
• ISBN: 978-1-118-83905-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Jossey-Bass Teacher; Jossey-Bass Teacher
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Lernen, Education, Bildungswesen, K-12 / Lehrerbildung, K-12, Teacher Education (K-12), Allg. Lehrpläne, Curriculum Tools - General