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Unpacking the Common Core Standards Horizontally: Informational Text

May 20, 2013 – 7:00 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge unpacks one of the new Common Core standards horizontally.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, common core text sets, ELA common core standards, environmentalism, guided reading, nonfiction, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, slow reading, thinking horizontally across the common core standards, unpacking the common core state standards | Leave a Comment

Unpacking the Common Core Standards, Part 3: Thinking Horizontally

May 13, 2013 – 7:00 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge unpacks one of the new Common Core standards horizontally.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, Educators, ELA common core standards, guided reading, Language, poetry, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, slow reading, thinking horizontally across the common core standards, unpacking the common core state standards | Comments (1)

Unpacking the Common Core Standards, Part 2: Thinking Horizontally

May 6, 2013 – 11:05 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge unpacks one of the new Common Core standards horizontally.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, ELA common core standards, guided reading, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, Reading Standards for Literature Craft and Structure Strand 6, slow reading, thinking horizontally across the common core standards, unpacking the common core state standards | Comments (1)

Unpacking the Common Core Standards, Part 1: Thinking Horizontally

April 29, 2013 – 7:30 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge unpacks one of the new Common Core standards horizontally.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, Educators, ELA common core standards, guided reading, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, slow reading, thinking horizontally across the common core standards, unpacking the common core state standards | Comments Off

Why use thematic text sets?

April 15, 2013 – 7:00 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge discusses the benefits of utilizing thematic text sets in the classroom.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, differentiation, foundational skills, guided reading, independent reading, informational text standards, listening and speaking standards, literature standards, persuasive writing, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, shared reading, slow reading, thematic text sets, writing standards | Leave a Comment

Compiling Rigorous Thematic Text Sets: Books About Immigration

April 3, 2013 – 7:30 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge compiles a set of thematically related texts for classroom instruction.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Book Lists, Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: A Movie in my Pillow, Amelia's Road, Book Lists, close reading, Coming to America, common core standards, Cooper's Lesson, guided reading, Immigration, informational text standards, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, slow reading, The Storyteller's Candle, thematic text sets | Comments (1)

Compiling Rigorous Thematic Text Sets: Books About Kenya

March 18, 2013 – 10:42 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge compiles a list of texts from numerous genres about Kenya.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: Book Lists, close reading, common core standards, common core text sets, compiling rigorous text sets, Reading Aloud, text sets, thematic text sets | Comments (3)

What does close reading look like in fifth grade?

January 14, 2013 – 12:30 pm

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge discusses how to do a close reading of a fifth grade level text.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: close reading, common core standards, guadalupe garcia mccall, guided reading, reading comprehension, slow reading, Under the Mesquite, what does close reading look like in fifth grade? | Comments (5)

What’s in your classroom library? Rethinking Common Core Recommended Texts

January 7, 2013 – 7:30 am

Guest blogger Katie Cunningham is an Assistant Professor at Manhattanville College. Her teaching and scholarship centers around children’s literature, critical literacy, and supporting teachers to make their classrooms joyful and purposeful. Katie has presented at numerous national conferences and is the editor of The Language and Literacy Spectrum, New York Reading Association’s literacy journal. We live […]

By Hannah | Posted in Curriculum Corner, guest blogger | Tags: Book Lists, close reading, common core standards, diversity, Educators | Comments (3)

What does close reading look like in Fourth Grade?

December 10, 2012 – 7:00 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge discusses how to do a close reading of a fourth grade level text.

By Jaclyn DeForge | Posted in Curriculum Corner, Resources | Tags: Andrea Cheng, close reading, common core standards, Etched in Clay, guided reading, History, Reading Aloud, reading comprehension, slow reading | Comments (8)

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