Charlotte will be leading Common Core initiatives in a number of districts which will show teachers how to plan the year with Common Core using existing text materials, as well as developing integrated reading and writing units to teach the core through the window of science and social studies grade level content and quality literature.
Handbooks for Teaching Literacy with Integrated Units
Each of the three 100+
page handbooks for opinion/argument, informative/explanatory, and
narrative writing propose that reading, writing,
language skills, and even speaking skills are taught in context
with the learning of content and literature. Therefore,
instructional strategies for close reading, note-taking, and
vocabulary development are included in each handbook, along with
detailed lessons for teaching that writing type.
“Getting
to Know your Readers” provides a guide and
protocol for conducting interviews with students about
their reading skills and habits during the first 10 days
of school.
The posters are formatted for
easy printing with tabloid (11” by 17”) paper in a regular copy
machine. We
now have all subjects and all grade levels K–12. We welcome
your feedback on the new math
posters; we collaborated with several teachers to determine
useful icons to signal the strands on the posters.
In our work with districts
throughout California we continue to update, modify, and develop
tools to help you as we go. Some of the things we will be
offering this year include:
