Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning. This practical guide explains how to select and teach a wide range of picture books as paired text--two books related by topic, theme, or genre--in grades K-8. The author provides mini-lessons across the content areas, along with hundreds of recommendations for paired text, each linked to specific Common Core standards for reading literature and informational texts. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible graphic organizers and other useful tools. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
This is the importance of sharing diverse literature with today’s children and young adults, which introduces them to texts that deal with religion, gender identities, racial identities, socioeconomic conditions, etc.
Written by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource brings together two key strategies from the Common Core State Standards: close reading of paired texts.
Clicker the Cat (Cullinane, 2018), Me, Myselfie & I: A Cautionary Tale (Curtis, 2018), Goodnight Selfie (Menchin, 2015), If You Give a Mouse an IPhone: A Cautionary Tale (Droyd, 2014), Tek: The Modern Cave Boy (McDonnell, 2016), ...
Your students will discover what each poem means to them. The 20 poems in this collection were chosen for their thought-provoking topics; compelling real-world themes that lead to conversation and collaboration in middle school classrooms.
Simply put, this resource will serve as your road map to understanding the poetry component of the CCSS--from favorite poet and author, Georgia Heard!
Teach kindergarten students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills!
- Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures: Science Articles - Baby Blue Whale Text Structure: Question and ...
This book should be paired with _Barack Obama: First African American President" (9781448888450) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
This book should be paired with _Barack Obama: First African American President" (9781448888450) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
Armed with this book, you’ll Better understand the 32 ELA anchor standards Learn more about the specific skills "uncommon learners" need to master them Discover new research-based teaching strategies aligned to each standard Maximize the ...