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Common Core State Standards & The School Library. Leverage CCSS to promote the library and support teachers and students. Unwrapping the CCSS. Where to start:. CCR Anchor Standards Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language ELA Standards Reading Literature Reading Informational
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Common Core State Standards & The School Library Leverage CCSS to promote the library and support teachers and students
Where to start: • CCR Anchor Standards • Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language • ELA Standards • Reading Literature • Reading Informational • Writing • Speaking & Listening • Language • Literacy in History/SS, Science/Tech (6-12) • Math
What do they say? • Information: 240+ • Research: 125+ • Non-Fiction: 65+ • Vocabulary: 75+ • Reading: Almost 400 • Evidence: 150+ • Complex/Complexity: Almost 200
Author:Rosenstock Grade Level:K-3rd
Author:Jenkins Grade Level:2nd-4th For Fans of:Animals, nature, science Pair with:Any of Jenkins other titles
To Dare Mighty Things Author:Rappaport Grade Level:3rd-5th For Fans of:American history, adventure, Presidents Pair with:any adventure story!
Author:Bausum Grade Level:4th-8th For Fans of:American history, WWI, soldiers, animals, dogs, pets, heroes Pair with:Any WWI story
Author:Montgomery Grade Level:5th-8th For Fans of:animals, science Part of the Scientists in the Field series
Author:Aronson Grade Level:5th-8th For Fans of:dinosaurs, science, mythical creatures Pair with:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, any book on dinosaurs
Author:Fleming Grade Level:7th-12th For Fans of:World History, royalty
Author:Goldsmith Grade Level:7th-12th For Fans of:American history, WWII, science, nuclear weapons Pair with:Bomb (Sheinkin), Trinity (Fetter-Vorm)
Author:Sandler Grade Level:7th-12th For Fans of:Music, Beatles! Pair with:Anything about the Beatles!
Author:Farrell Grade Level:8th-12th For Fans of:American history, WWII, Prisoners of War Pair with:Disguised (de Clercq); Lost Childhood (Layson)
Standard 7 CCR Anchor Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
audiobooks/movies/Graphic novels • Example Reading Standard for Literature: • 7.7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium… • Now you have a reason to develop these collections!
audio • Audible • SyncYA
How to help your teachers/students • Get rid of the packets! • Just say “no” to projects that can be answered on Google! • Inquiry based learning • Student centered • Text-dependent questions • Essential questions
Examples: • Your spouse wants to take you on a trip to Sharm El Sheikh. • What do you need to know? • What questions do you have? Think of how you could create inquiry-based questions on these topics: • Westward expansion • Women’s suffrage • Dinosaurs • Explorers
What are your objectives? How did/will this book make you smarter, richer, wiser or more successful in life? How did this event change history? What indelible footprints did this person leave on the world? Why should you/we care about ____________________________?
products • What would George Washington’s resume look like? Prepare a resume and be prepared to interview for a job. • What would Pele’s vanity plate read? Playlist? Facebook page? • Create a Tweet log of Ernest Shackleton’sjourney • Debate • Blog • Movie • Create a recommended reading list for Gandhi.
“Through extensive reading of stories, dramas, poems, and myths from diverse cultures and different time periods, students gain literary and cultural knowledge as well as familiarity with various text structures and elements. By reading texts in history/social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas. Students also acquire the habits of reading independently and closely, which are essential to their future success.”
Author:Anthes Grade Level:High School & up For Fans of:AP Science students, experiments Pair with:Inhuman (Falls); Madman’s Daughter (Shepherd); Man Made Boy (Skovron)
Impossible Rescue by Martin W. SandlerReading Standard #5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and/or larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.Table of Contents: how is it structured? How does this structure give a sense of emotion of the story?Layout: Consider why the author chose not to use sidebars. Pair this with: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong.
Teacher Resources School Library & Common Core