Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The Common Core Guidebook, 6-8

Linder, Rozlyn. The Common Core Guidebook, 6-8: Informational Text Lessons, Guided Practice, Suggested Book Lists, and Reproducible Organizers. Atlanta, GA: The Literacy Initiative, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9889505-0-4

From the publisher:
This book is the essential resource for anyone teaching students in grades 6-8 to navigate informational text. Based on Rozlyn’s popular Common Core workshops, this guide walks you through each informational text reading standard, aligns each standard to research-based strategies, and explicitly shows you how to introduce and model those strategies in your classroom. Filled with practical techniques, anchor charts, reproducible graphic organizers, and suggested text lists, this indispensable guide helps teachers meet the demands of the Common Core informational text standards.