Teaching the Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core: 55 Words That Make or Break Student Understanding - Softcover

Marilee Sprenger (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416615717 ISBN 13: 9781416615712

Publisher: ASCD, 2013

Synopsis

Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question? For example, can they respond to a question that says ""determine the point of view of John Adams in his 'Letter on Thomas Jefferson' and analyze how he distinguishes his position from an alternative approach articulated by Thomas Jefferson""?

Students from kindergarten to 12^th grade can learn to compare and contrast, to describe and explain, if they are taught these words explicitly. Marilee Sprenger has curated a list of the critical words students must know to be successful with the Common Core State Standards and any other standardized assessment they encounter.

Fun strategies such as jingles, movements, and graphic organizers will engage students and make learning these critical words enjoyable and effective. Learning the critical vocabulary will help your students with testing and college and career readiness, and will equip them with confidence in reading, writing, and speaking.

Marilee Sprenger is also the author of How to Teach So Students Remember, Learning and Memory, and Brain-Based Teaching in the Digital Age.

About this title

About the Author

Marilee Sprenger is a highly regarded educator, presenter, and author who has taught students from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. She has been translating neuroscience research for over 20 years and has engaged audiences internationally. The author of eight books and numerous articles, Marilee is a popular keynote speaker who is passionate about brain-based teaching strategies, which include differentiated instruction and wiring the brain for success.

From the Back Cover

In this essential new book, best-selling author and researcher Robert J. Marzano and teacher-effectiveness expert Michael D. Toth lay out a framework for the "next generation" of teacher evaluation: a model focused primarily on helping educators develop and improve their practice. By taking into account multiple accurate, data-rich measures of teacher performance and student growth, the model ensures that all teachers receive fair, meaningful, and reliable evaluations. The book includes

* Standards, rubrics, and suggested rating methodologies;

* A detailed, five-phase plan for implementing the model;

* Guidelines for calibrating evaluation criteria according to teachers' experience levels;

* A step-by-step guide to creating a coaching program for teachers who require intervention; and

* Recommendations for using technology platforms to enable teacher collaboration.

Teacher evaluation has too often focused on affixing ratings to teachers rather than helping them grow into mastery. The practical, field-tested model proposed in Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference has everything your school or district needs to provide teachers and, by extension, their students with the support necessary for success.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASCD
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416615717
• ISBN 13: 9781416615712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216