Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades K-2 in this interdisciplinary resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention. You'll also learn how to implement the CCSS within the powerful PLC at Work™ process. Critical chapter-opening questions guide discussion and help you leverage the CCSS to optimize student learning.

Benefits:

• Master the CCSS for English language arts, and develop common understandings to strengthen instructional practice.
• Learn the five fundamental shifts in literacy instruction necessary to enhance students' language development.
• Plan successful collaborative team meetings with a variety of reproducibles to examine the standards.
• Gain tools to reflect on and assess students' knowledge and understanding of writing, reading, speaking and listening, and using language.
• Obtain sample student activities and peer response forms for individual and group work.
• Discover how to use the CCSS to support English learners and students with special needs.
• Develop high-quality formative and summative assessment strategies, including tasks for speaking and listening, questioning, writing, designing projects and presentations, and giving feedback.
• Move learners through important writing stages--novice (emergent) to mature (self-extending).

Contents:
Chapter 1: Using Collaborative Teams for English Language Arts
Chapter 2: Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Reading
Chapter 3: Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Writing
Chapter 4: Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Speaking and Listening and for Language
Chapter 5: Implementing Formative Assessments to Guide Instruction and Intervention