Focus on Text: Tackling the Common Core Reading Standards, Grades 4-8

Author:   Amy Benjamin (National Literacy Consultant, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415733434


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 June 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Amy Benjamin (National Literacy Consultant, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780415733434


ISBN 10:   041573343
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part One: About the Reading Standards of the Common Core Chapter 1: Inside Classrooms: How Exactly Has the Common Core Been Changing America’s Classrooms? Chapter 2: Text Complexity and Readability Measurements Chapter 3: On Babies and Bathwater: Correcting Misunderstandings about the Common Core Chapter 4: Assessments for the Reading Standards Part Two: The Reading Standards Chapter 5: The Need for Phonics Instruction with Academic Reading Chapter 6: Reading Standards 1-3: Key Ideas and Details Chapter 7: Reading Standards 4-6: Craft and Structure Chapter 8: Reading Standards 7-9: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Chapter 9: Reading Standard 10: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity Standard 10 Appendix A: The Other Literacy Standards Appendix B: The Reading Standards Grade-by-Grade References

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As schools and teachers begin the process of aligning to the Common Core, Amy Benjamin gives teachers a clear understanding of what close reading means. In her book, she gives help in developing both summative and formative assessments that they can use to help their students raise their level of competence with close reading of complex texts. This book emphasizes best teaching practices and suggestions for helping teachers scaffold lessons for all students in the age of the Common Core. --Victor Jaccarino, Educational Consultant, Eastern Suffolk BOCES NTI Team, past president of the New York State English council, past president of the Long Island language arts council, and retired chair of English at Herricks Public Schools


As schools and teachers begin the process of aligning to the Common Core, Amy Benjamin gives teachers a clear understanding of what close reading means. In her book, she gives help in developing both summative and formative assessments that they can use to help their students raise their level of competence with close reading of complex texts. This book emphasizes best teaching practices and suggestions for helping teachers scaffold lessons for all students in the age of the Common Core. ã --Victor Jaccarino, Educational Consultant, Eastern Suffolk BOCES NTI Team, past president of the New York State English council, past president of the Long Island language arts council, and retired chair of English at Herricks Public Schools Focus on Text is an excellent resource for teachers and instructional leaders who are working to align instruction and assessment to the Common Core. The book provides learning activities that engage students in the proficiencies outlined in the Common Core, and assessments that measure the level of proficiency students have gained when working within a particular reading standard. Amy Benjamin helps teachers understand what kinds of practices and assessments are rigorous enough to help students truly master the standards. --Mary O'Meara, English Department Chairperson, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools, NY Amy Benjamin has been gracious in regularly providing wise counsel responding to literacy and Common Core questions in my EdWeek teacher advice column. It's always a treat when you can get a whole book-full of it! --Larry Ferlazzo, award-winning teacher, blogger, and author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves


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Amy Benjamin is a national education consultant and author of twelve books on teaching literacy. Before becoming a consultant, she was an award-winning English teacher in Montrose, New York.

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