Description based on print version record "Shifting your literature instruction to meet the Common Core can be tricky. The standards are specific about how students should analyze characters, themes, point of view, and more. In this new book, Lisa Morris makes it easy by taking you through the standards and offering practical strategies, tools, and mentor texts for grades 3-5. She shows you how to combine the standards into effective units of study so that you can teach with depth rather than worry about coverage. These units can be seamlessly incorporated into your curriculum and used with reading and writing workshops. The book also features reading graphic organizers that can be photocopied for classroom use or downloaded from our website as printable eResources"-- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Meet the Author; 1 Embracing the Language of the Standards and Creating a Curriculum; General Information about the Common Core State Standards; An Overview of the Reading Standards for Literature; Explaining My Methodology; Using "I Can" Statements; It Takes a Village; Units of Study: Depth not Coverage; Content Area Reading; Resources for Teachers; Common Core Resources; Choice Boards; Closing Thoughts; 2 Questioning, Inferring, and Author's Purpose: A Likely Trio for Comprehension; I Can Statements Questioning and Inferring-Intertwining the TwoGeneric Organizers for Responding to Reading; Asking Questions; Mentor Texts for Questioning; Going Deeper Within the Study; What is a Prediction?; Mentor Texts for Predicting; What is an Inference?; Inferring with Poetry, Pictures, and Wordless Books; Mentor Texts for Poetry; The Power of Pictures; A Closer Look at Author's Purpose; Choice Board; Closing Thoughts; 3 Guiding Students to Write Sensational Summaries and Recognize Themes; I Can Statements; The Importance of Summarizing; Summarizing vs. Retelling; Determining Importance Summarizing to Evaluate ComprehensionLooking Closer at Themes; Additional Ways to Teach Themes; Thematic Conflict; Excellent Resources for Implementing a Genre Study; Choice Board; Closing Thoughts; 4 Reading with Close Comprehension Through Character Analysis and Story Elements; I Can Statements; Character Analysis; Mentor Texts and Author Choices; Possible Mini-Lessons for Character Analysis; Cause and Effect; Organizers for Documenting Cause and Effect Relationships; Choice Board; Closing Thoughts; 5 Reading Closely to Recognize the Importance of Craft and Vocabulary Development I Can StatementsThe Craft of Writing; Teaching Students to Notice Craft of Language; Four Categories of Craft; Activities and Mentor Texts for Teaching Word Craft; Graphic Organizers for Modeled and Intendant Reading; Activities and Mentor Texts for Teaching Audible Craft; Tying in Vivid Vocabulary; Graphic Organizers to Aid Vocabulary Study; Monitoring the Mood and Tone; Identifying the Author's Tone or Mood; Connecting with Illustrations; Choice Board; Closing Thoughts; 6 Recognizing the Structural Elements of Prose, Poetry, and Drama; I Can Statements; Comparing Prose, Poetry, and Drama Teaching Students to be Pros at ProsePoetry; Rhythm; Digging Drama; Point of View; Choice Board; Closing Thoughts |
