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Informational Texts vs. Fiction Ratios in the Opening Ceremony of London’s 2012 Olympics | Used Books in Class
Mary Poppins to the rescue: Photo from A Guide to the London 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies theblaze.com The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony was broadcast at 9pm on 27 July 2012 (EST). As a platoon of Mary Poppins clones decended clutching their iconic umbrellas to vanquish the Lord Voldemort mid-ceremony, I was suddenly struck by an idea.The Times and the Common Core Standards: Reading Strategies for 'Informational Text'
Update | Sept. 2012: We’ll be exploring the new Common Core State Standards, and how teaching with The Times can address them, through a series of blog posts. You can find them all here, in the lesson plan category “Common Core.” Forty-four states and United States territories have adopted the Common Core Standards and, according to this recent Times article, one major change teachers can expect to see is more emphasis on reading “informational,” or nonfiction, texts across subject areas:
New Feature: Test Yourself, Critical Thinking
For a couple of years now, we’ve asked students to “test themselves” with daily math and English-language questions. We’re excited to announce that starting next month, we’ll be adding a weekly critical thinking question to the mix as well. This week we’ll be testing the idea by publishing one a day, so let us know what you think .
Common Core State Standards Reading Bookmark Common Core Reading Standards- Informational Text K-5 Bookmark Common Core Reading Standards- Literature K-5 Bookmark Common Core Reading Standards-Foundational Skills K-5 Bookmark Common Core Reading Standards - Speaking and Listening Bookmark Common Core Reading Standards- Language Standards K-5 CC K-5 Read Aloud SR GR IR CC Narrative Flipbook K-5 CC Narrative Flipbook 6-12 Support Materials for CCSS in Reading Reading to the Core - Web resource to support Close and Critical Reading using the strategy Guided Highlighted Reading as a scaffold Literacy Leaders - Text Structure Web Resource Text Structure Map - Student Workmap for applying 5 text structure frames Text Structure Chart with Paragraph Frames Paths for Literacy - Close and Critical Reading
Reading
Reading Critically - Interrogating Texts - Harvard Library LibGuides at Harvard Library
Outline, summarize, analyze: take the information apart, look at its parts, and then try to put it back together again in language that is meaningful to you. The best way to determine that you’ve really gotten the point is to be able to state it in your own words. Outlining the argument of a text is a version of annotating, and can be done quite informally in the margins of the text, unless you prefer the more formal Roman numeral model you may have learned in high school. Outlining enables you to see the skeleton of an argument: the thesis, the first point and evidence (and so on), through the conclusion. With weighty or difficult readings, that skeleton may not be obvious until you go looking for it. Summarizing accomplishes something similar, but in sentence and paragraph form, and with the connections between ideas made explicit.
Writing Resources
English Language Arts Delaware Department of Education - Common Core State Standards Website - Access the ELA Toolkits for up-to-date Common Core State Standards information and resources. *Please note that many of the items previously on this page have now moved Delaware Department of Education's Common Core State Standard Website - NEW! DE Reading/Literacy Cadre Poetry Outloud Delaware Poetry Outloud Information Website - Register your school to participate in Poetry Out Loud ! Find out about past winner.
DOE English Language Arts [Delaware Department of Education]
Stop by my TPT store to download the common-core checklists. Each file includes one checklist (grade level/content specific), a planning template, and a quick-check form. Simple. Effective. Time-Saving.
Cheryl's Classroom Tips: ELA Common Core State Standards Checklists
