Focus on text : tackling the Common Core reading standards, grades 4-8 /

As schools shift to the Common Core, many English language arts teachers are left with questions about how their classrooms should look. Is fiction out? Can I still do strategy instruction? Does close reading mean deliberating on each word? Finally, there's a resource with all of these answers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benjamin, Amy, 1951-
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Eye on Education book.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:As schools shift to the Common Core, many English language arts teachers are left with questions about how their classrooms should look. Is fiction out? Can I still do strategy instruction? Does close reading mean deliberating on each word? Finally, there's a resource with all of these answers and more. In Focus on Text, bestselling author Amy Benjamin provides practical guidance on how to realistically implement the Common Core reading standards. Part I of the book examines misconceptions about the standards and what's really required.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (159 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781317820826
1317820827