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Explaining Reading, Third Edition: A Resource For Explicit Teaching Of The Common Core Standards
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This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K-8 students who are struggling. It has been fully revised to focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts. Following a concise introduction to the CCSS and explicit teaching, 30 engaging examples show how to be explicit when teaching each Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Skills standard. Grounded in authentic reading tasks that teachers can adapt for their classrooms, the examples guide teachers to differentiate instruction, model and scaffold learning, assess student skills, and align reading instruction with Common Core writing standards.   New to This Edition *Significantly revised and restructured with a CCSS focus. *The teaching examples are all new or revised. *Provides practical ways to develop "close reading" of text. *Incorporates recent research on authentic tasks and adaptive teaching.

Paperback: 258 pages

Publisher: The Guilford Press; 3 edition (May 13, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1462515568

ISBN-13: 978-1462515561

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #45,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #65 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Education Theory > Language Experience Approach #71 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Common Core #86 in Books > Reference > Words, Language & Grammar > Reading Skills

Excellent Book! Thoroughly enjoyed reading it and learned a lot.

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