Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at WorkTM, Grades 3-5 (Leading Edge)

Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

ISBN 10: 1936764199 / ISBN 13: 9781936764198

Published by Solution Tree, 2013

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Synopsis:

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are part of a decades-long state-led initiative to establish the fundamental educational learning targets that ensure all students are college and career ready in the 21st century. Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work, Grades 3 5 provides strategies and tips for 3 5 teachers to integrate the Common Core State Standards for English language arts in their instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices. Additionally, authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey detail how to implement the CCSS within a powerful collaborative model: Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLCs). Using critical chapter-opening questions to guide the discussion, the authors effectively demonstrate how 3 5 teachers can use the CCSS to optimize student learning. Chapter 1 highlights the history of the CCSS and traditional teaching practices. Chapter 2 illustrates how to focus on reading how to analyze the Reading standards, examine and assess texts, and use foundational instructional strategies. Chapter 3 discusses instructional techniques to implement the Writing standards in regard to the three major writing types: narrative, informational, and persuasive. Chapter 4 explores how to implement the Speaking and Listening and Language standards in regard to producing academic language and vocabulary. Chapter 5 analyzes the use of high-quality formative and summative assessments and interventions and provides examples. Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work defines five essential shifts in literacy instruction, how the CCSS reflect these changes, and the implications for teaching and learning: (1) using reading and writing to inform, persuade, and convey experiences; (2) increasing text complexity; (3) emphasizing speaking and listening; (4) using text-based evidence for argumentation; and (5) focusing on academic vocabulary and language. Using specific 3 5 examples and scenarios, this straightforward resource prov

Review: "For months, I have worried about how teachers were going to incorporate the Common Core State Standards into their daily literacy instruction. There are so many standards, and all require students to engage in high levels of inferential, critical-thinking, and reasoning skills. Fisher and Frey have made the implementation of this goal not easy but definitely attainable. Chapters on each strand begin with an example of teachers working together in a PLC to plan lessons to help students meet the standards. After teaching the lessons, teachers reconvene and share the results of their formative assessments to decide who learned what and plan their next lessons so that all students meet the standard. Using this practical, down-to-earth book as a guide, teachers can navigate the complex world of the CCSS and provide instruction that will work and have one less thing to worry about!" -- Pat Cunningham "Professor of Education, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina"

Bibliographic Details

Title: Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC ...
Publisher: Solution Tree
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good