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This new version of The Common Core Companion provides indexes for all states implementing state-specific ELA standards, allowing you to tap into the potency of standards-based teaching ideas.

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Author:   Leslie A. Blauman ,  Jim Burke
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   Corwin Press Inc
Weight:   0.940kg
ISBN:  

9781506387000

ISBN 10:   1506387004
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   22 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Spiral bound
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Turning Standards Into Daily Teaching Key Principles and Additional Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners 3–5 Quick Reference: Common Core State Standards, K–12 English Language Arts Indexes Cross-Referencing Your State Standards The Complete Common Core State Standards: Decoded Part 1. Reading Key Ideas and Details 1. Read closely for explicit meaning . . . make logical inferences . . . cite textual evidence 2. Determine central ideas . . . analyze their development . . . summarize key details 3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact Craft and Structure 4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used . . . and shape meaning or tone 5. Analyze the structure of texts, including specific elements and sections 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims, including the validity 9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts Part 2. Writing Text Types and Purposes 1. Write arguments to support claims . . . using valid reasoning and . . . evidence 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events Production and Distribution of Writing 4. Produce clear and coherent writing 5. Develop and strengthen writing . . . by planning, revising, editing, rewriting 6. Use technology . . . to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate . . . Research to Build and Present Knowledge 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects 8. Gather relevant information from multiple . . . sources . . . avoiding plagiarism 9. Draw evidence from . . . texts to support analysis, reflection, and research Range of Writing 10. Write routinely . . . for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences Part 3. Speaking and Listening Comprehension and Collaboration 1. Prepare for and participate in . . . conversations and collaborations 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats 3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data 6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts . . . demonstrating command of formal English Part 4. Language Conventions of Standard English 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage 2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English . . . capitalization, punctuation, and spelling Knowledge of Language 3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown . . . words and phrases 5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships . . . nuances 6. Acquire and use . . . general academic and domain-specific words and phrases Part 5. Reading Standards: Foundational Skills Phonics and Word Recognition 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words Fluency 4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension Resources Resource A. Common Core Recommended Reading Lists Resource B. Text Complexity Tool Resource C. Planning Calendar Templates

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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.  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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