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Category Archives: Text Selection
RECOMMENDED READING: Engaging Students in U.S. History and Science
If you are a U.S. history teacher looking for a textbook series that provides engaging narratives about key historical figures and events, check out A HISTORY OF US, a 10-book series by Joy Hakim. There are also accompanying resources and … Continue reading
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Essential Curriculum Resource: SUCCESS ACADEMY ED INSTITUTE
As we enter summer—or as I like to call it, Curriculum Development Season—teachers will want to check out these two great resources: First, Match Fishtank, which I previously blogged about here. Second, hot off the presses: Success Academy Ed Institute, … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Professional Development, Resources, Text Selection, Unit-planning
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Another Helpful Reading Resource: Smithsonian TweenTribune
If you are looking for more resources to support nonfiction reading, The Smithsonian TweenTribune is a FREE online educational service offered by the Smithsonian for use by K-12 grade teachers and students. TTribune consists of daily news sites for kids, … Continue reading
Posted in Comprehension, Curriculum, DBQ Approach, ELA Common Core Standards, Independent Reading, Inference, Lesson-planning, Main Idea, Media Literacy, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Recommended Reading, Research, Resources, Test Prep, Text Selection, TLC Website Resources, Vocabulary, Vocabulary in Context
Tagged Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Inference, Lesson-planning, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Research, Resources, Test Prep, TLC Website Resources, Vocabulary in Context
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Professional Development Ideas to Support Literacy Instruction
This has been a particularly challenging year in our field. As teachers and school leaders continue to wrestle with how best to prepare students to meet and exceed the Common Core Standards, I would like to humbly submit some professional … Continue reading
Posted in Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, DBQ Approach, ELA Common Core Standards, Essential Questions, Events, Evidence, Explanation, Grant Wiggins, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Literacy Manipulatives, Literary Analysis Writing, Main Idea, Narrative Writing, Nonfiction, Novels, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Presentations, Professional Development, Quadrant Analysis, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, RPM Objectives, Socratic Seminars, Test Prep, Text Selection, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Unit-planning, Using Data, Vocabulary, Vocabulary in Context, Writing
Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Annotation, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Literary Analysis Writing, Main Idea, Narrative Writing, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, RPM Objectives, Test Prep, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Unit-planning, Using Data, Vocabulary in Context, Writing
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PARCC Prep: Preparing for the May ELA Assessments
Even though some of us are still in the throes of March PARCC assessments, it’s not too soon to start thinking about how to prepare students for the May assessments, and the good news is that it looks like they … Continue reading
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Another Helpful Resource for Finding Appropriate Texts!
There’s a new Website in town to help teachers identify texts: Commonlit.org. Founder and CEO Michelle S. Brown explains in a MiddleWeb post today that she and 15 other Harvard Ed grad students teamed up to solve a common problem … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment(s), Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Essential Questions, Grant Wiggins, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, MiddleWeb, Nonfiction, Novels, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, Test Prep, Text Selection, Themes, Unit-planning, Writing
Tagged Assessment(s), Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Essential Questions, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, Nonfiction, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, Test Prep, Themes, Unit-planning, Writing
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Common Core and PARCC Prep: More Reading Resources!
One of our biggest challenges in preparing students to meet and exceed the ELA Common Core Standards is finding appropriate texts as we revise curriculum. Here are two more Websites that offer helpful resources: Achievethecore.org is “full of free content … Continue reading
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Tagged Annotation, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Lesson-planning, Main Idea, Nonfiction, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Resources, Test Prep, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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COMMON CORE READING: Another Great Resource for Nonfiction Texts!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Newsela.com is a great resource for nonfiction texts (and quizzes). It’s FREE and it presents articles on a range of topics: War and Peace Science Kids Money Law Health Arts Sports You can filter … Continue reading
Posted in Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Lesson-planning, Main Idea, Nonfiction, PARCC, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Resources, Test Prep, Text Selection, Unit-planning
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WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN SELECTING TEXTS FOR K-12
[This post is adapted from my recently-released book, Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action (Jossey-Bass, 2014), and it appeared in slightly different form as a MiddleWeb Guest Article on July 20, 2014.] In Reading without Limits, Maddie Witter … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research, Resources, Text Selection, Unit-planning
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SUPER-HELPFUL VOCABULARY-BUILDING WEBSITE: http://www.VerbalWorkout.com
Verbal Workout (www.verbalworkout.com) is a tremendous resource, particularly for high school teachers (and parents) who want to help students strengthen their vocabulary. It includes key vocabulary words (esp. SAT words) from many, many commonly-read texts and provides lists (sortable in … Continue reading
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