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Your Literacy Standards Companion, Grades K-2
What They Mean and How to Teach Them

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June 2020 | 376 pages | Corwin

Standards-based learning just got a lot easier

In this resource, the authors provide indexes for all states implementing state-specific ELA standards. This index allows you to see and understand which page number to turn to for standards-based teaching ideas. 

Beyond that? It’s the same great go-to guide for implementing the standards, translating each and every standard for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and foundational skills into day-to-day “what you do”—lesson ideas, best literacy practices, group configurations, adaptations for ELLs, and more.

It’s all here, page by page:

  • The standards for literature and informational texts put side by side for easier planning
  • More than a dozen teaching ideas for each standard
  • Recommendations on how to cultivate the habits of mind that are critical to meeting the standards including interpersonal skills, collaboration, and perseverance
  • A glossary of academic language for each standard
  • Teaching suggestions for how to support ELAs
  • Developmental debriefs to signal how you may need to adapt expectations to meet students where they’re at
  • An online bank of graphic organizers, student reproducibles, sample classroom charts, and rubrics
  • Reproducible planning template for each standard to help you map out lessons, select books, generate key questions, and more

With this book, you have what you need to bring about astounding clarity of expectations for what students are to learn, and what teachers can do to bring about the sustained literacy experiences students need to apply their learning.  

 
Preface
 
Introduction: Turning Standards Into Daily Teaching
 
Quick Reference: Common Core State Standards, K–12 English Language Arts
 
Key Principles and Additional Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners K–2
 
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. Reading: Foundational Skills
 
Print Concepts
1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print

 
 
Phonological Awareness
2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

 
 
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

 
 
Part 3. 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 (begins in grade 3)

 
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 (begins in grade 4)

 
10. Write routinely . . . for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences (begins in grade 3)

 
 
Part 4. 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 5. 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

 
 
Resources
 
Resource A. Common Core Recommended Reading Lists
 
Resource B. Text Complexity Tool
 
Resource C. Planning Calendar Templates

Supplements

"These books provide clear guidance on instructional practices and intentionality of conversations as well as thorough articulation of the intent of the standards. I feel that these will be an asset that our teachers are craving as they are working in developing confident, proficient readers and writers that are prepared for the classroom and beyond."

Danielle Calvin, Director of Elementary ELA
Oklahoma DOE

Sample Materials & Chapters

At a Glance

Part 3


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ISBN: 9781506386829
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