Focus on Text

Tackling the Common Core Reading Standards, Grades 4-8

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Secondary Education, Teaching, Teaching Methods
Cover of the book Focus on Text by Amy Benjamin, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Amy Benjamin ISBN: 9781317820819
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 25, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Amy Benjamin
ISBN: 9781317820819
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 25, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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. It also takes you inside classrooms to see how teachers are modifying their instruction. Part II tackles each reading standard for grades 4-8. You’ll learn how to teach the standards with literary and informational texts and how to use them as a springboard for instruction in writing, language, speaking, and listening.

Topics include…
• Defining close reading and how is it different from word-by-word reading. When and how do students need to go over a text meticulously?
• How to use scaffolding through background knowledge to help students with challenging texts
• The best instructional practices to help students increase their range of reading and level of text complexity
• Ideas for teaching key concepts such as text structure, point of view, theme, stated and implied meanings, and the progression of ideas and characters
• Tweaking your assessments to better align with the Common Core--how to create reading check quizzes, unit tests, and cold reading tests to see if students are growing as readers.
• And much, much more!

Throughout the book, you’ll find teaching tips and practical resources to use with students, such as question starters and sentence stems. You’ll also get a wide variety of classroom examples at different grade levels and with different texts. Whether you’re experienced with the Common Core or just getting started, this book will give you exciting new ideas for making them work in your own classroom so your students grow as readers! 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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. It also takes you inside classrooms to see how teachers are modifying their instruction. Part II tackles each reading standard for grades 4-8. You’ll learn how to teach the standards with literary and informational texts and how to use them as a springboard for instruction in writing, language, speaking, and listening.

Topics include…
• Defining close reading and how is it different from word-by-word reading. When and how do students need to go over a text meticulously?
• How to use scaffolding through background knowledge to help students with challenging texts
• The best instructional practices to help students increase their range of reading and level of text complexity
• Ideas for teaching key concepts such as text structure, point of view, theme, stated and implied meanings, and the progression of ideas and characters
• Tweaking your assessments to better align with the Common Core--how to create reading check quizzes, unit tests, and cold reading tests to see if students are growing as readers.
• And much, much more!

Throughout the book, you’ll find teaching tips and practical resources to use with students, such as question starters and sentence stems. You’ll also get a wide variety of classroom examples at different grade levels and with different texts. Whether you’re experienced with the Common Core or just getting started, this book will give you exciting new ideas for making them work in your own classroom so your students grow as readers! 

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Gender, Law and Economic Well-Being in Europe from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Invariant Measurement with Raters and Rating Scales by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book The Inward Eye by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Messy Play in the Early Years by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Satire in the Elizabethan Era by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Second-Generation Memory and Contemporary Children's Literature by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book International Relations and American Dominance by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Nationalism In Uzbekistan by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Country Risk Analysis by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book The Group of Twenty (G20) by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Practice and Progress by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Jews and Gentiles by Amy Benjamin
Cover of the book Diagnostic Controversy by Amy Benjamin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy