Master teacher Judy Lynch shares her tried-and-true lessons and routines for setting up a writing workshop in first grade--and keeping it running smoothly all year long. From preparing materials and setting the tone to teaching mini-lessons on procedures and craft to conferring and assessing, this c[...]

The step-by-step lessons in this book help teachers model the three types of writing students must master to meet the Common Core Standards: Opinion/Argument, Informative/Explanatory, and Narrative. The lessons help students identify the key features and purpose of each text type and support them as[...]

With the rigorous reading standards called for in the Common Core State Standards, teachers need easy access to reading passages at an increasing level of complexity so students will have opportunities to read closely and stretch their skills as the school year progresses. This collection of passage[...]

With the rigorous reading standards called for in the Common Core State Standards, teachers need easy access to reading passages at an increasing level of complexity so students will have opportunities to read closely and stretch their skills as the school year progresses. This collection of passage[...]

The Environmental Issues Around The World- Common Core Lessons and Activities is designed to supplement your Social Studies resources, adding new Common Core rigor, analysis, writing, inference, text-dependent questions, and more into your daily instruction.How to Use The Environmental Issues Around[...]

This one-of-a-kind resource will be invaluable to every teacher educator, every curriculum director, and every literacy coach, whether or not they must meet Common Core Standards. Bringing together perspectives from literacy luminaries, each addressing their specialty, this book offers an accessibl[...]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present unique demands on students to learn vocabulary and teachers to teach it. Authors Robert J. Marzano and Julia A. Simms address the need for CCSS-aligned vocabulary instruction in their three-part resource Vocabulary for the Common Core. They guide teache[...]