Bringing the Common Core to Life in K-8 Classrooms: 30 Strategies to Build Literacy Skills (Leading Edge) - Softcover

Jensen, Professor Eric; Nickelsen, Leann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936764644 ISBN 13: 9781936764648

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2013

Synopsis

Actively engage students in their own learning. Discover strategies to promote student mastery of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts across the curriculum. Explore techniques to lead students in close reading, activate their background knowledge to prepare them for learning, and gain insight into habit formation. You'll develop the know-how to effectively structure teaching to empower all students.

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Review

Erik Jensen and LeAnn Nickelsen bring best practices, brain research, and practicality together to help all educators engage their students. If you're looking for one book to support student attainment of the CCSS, one book with clear strategies to accelerate learning, and one book with useful instructional strategies, this is a must read. -- Paul Goldberg "Principal, Schaumburg School District 54"

Authors Jensen and Nickelson have managed to articulate the seemingly simple complexities of the CCSS into thirty research-based strategies for classroom implementation. The CCSS is often deceptively labeled as "new" for the 21st century. In reality, the Common Core is a research-based educational framework. The authors expertly translate the research and theory in English language arts and brain-based learning into classroom strategies that are not difficult to implement. -- Katherine McKnight "Professor of Secondary Education, National Louis University"

About the Author

Eric Jensen is a former teacher who has taught at all levels, from elementary school through university, and is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, and lasting difference in the way we learn. His academic background includes a B.A. in English and an M.A. in organizational development, and he is currently completing his Ph.D. in human development. He has authored 30 books, including Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Teaching with Poverty in Mind, Turnaround Tools for the Teenage Brain, Enriching the Brain, Student Success Secrets, and Super Teaching. Currently, he conducts staff development and summer in-depth trainings and speaks at conferences nationwide.

LeAnn Nickelsen, M.Ed." "is a former teacher and currently provides staff development nationally on topics including brain research, reading and vocabulary strategies, how food affects learning, and differentiated instruction. She was a classroom teacher in three states and won a Teacher of the Year Award in Texas. LeAnn is known as the teacher s teacher because of her practical, research-based examples that teachers can easily implement in their classrooms. She has a passion for both instilling the love for learning as well as helping teachers succeed. She currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut and parents her school age twins.

She is the member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and presenter for Staff Development for Educators (SDE). She is the author of eight books published by Scholastic, Inc. including "Memorizing Strategies & Other Brain-Based Activities" and a four-series set called "Comprehension Mini-Lessons". She has written articles for parenting magazines and The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain.

Currently, LeAnn does staff development and may be reached at lnickelsen@comcast.net or call 203-790-0119. To purchase any of LeAnn s books go to her website: www.maximizelearninginc.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936764644
• ISBN 13: 9781936764648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240