Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at WorkTM, Grades K-2

Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at WorkTM, Grades K-2

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<b>Silver Medal Award Winner--ForeWord Review's 2012 Book of the Year in Education</b><P><P>Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades K-2 in this interdisciplinary resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention. You'll also learn how to implement the CCSS within the powerful PLC at Work process. Critical chapter-opening questions guide discussion and help you leverage the CCSS to optimize student learning.<P> <b>Benefits</b><P> - Master the CCSS for English language arts, and develop common understandings to strengthen instructional practice.<br> - Learn the five fundamental shifts in literacy instruction necessary to enhance students' language development.<br> - Plan successful collaborative team meetings with a variety of reproducibles to examine the standards.<br> - Gain tools to reflect on and assess students' knowledge and understanding of writing, reading, speaking and listening, and using language.<br> - Obtain sample student activities and peer response forms for individual and group work.<br> - Discover how to use the CCSS to support English learners and students with special needs.<br> - Develop high-quality formative and summative assessment strategies, including tasks for speaking and listening, questioning, writing, designing projects and presentations, and giving feedback.<br> - Move learners through important writing stages novice (emergent) to mature (self-extending).