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Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events. Flaherty, Karen - Worksheets/Handouts. Non-Fiction Text Structures! | Reading. Writing. Thinking. Sharing. How are you doing with teaching non-fiction, informational texts? Do you feel you have a good grasp on expository text structures? With the Common Core ELA standards, students are expected to be proficient in reading complex informational texts. State assessments are also becoming more non-fiction focused, to evaluate student abilities in navigating these complex texts. So what can we do to help our students meet these standards? The purpose of this post is to provide a few resources for teaching non-fiction, in preparation for the higher levels of achievement students are expected to reach! The ideas shared are perfect for upper primary grades, but can be easily adapted for earlier grade-levels. The Non-Fiction Text Structures: What are text structures? Non-fiction text structures refer to HOW an author organizes information in an expository text.

Why are the text structures important? Introducing & Reviewing Non Fiction: Introducing Non-Fiction: Introducing the Text Structures: Description: FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM. Lessons for Our Flipped Classroom Ms. Merashoff's 9th Grade Intensive Reading Classes in Room 10-103 at Palm Bay High School What is a FLIPPED Classroom? 1. The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed.

The notion of a flipped classroom draws on such concepts as active learning, student engagement, hybrid course design, and course podcasting. 2. There is no single model for the flipped classroom—the term is widely used to describe almost any class structure that provides prerecorded lectures followed by in-class exercises. I am very excited about trying this model for some of my lessons. For those without Internet access, we have computers in the classroom that can be used before the due date of the FLIPPED assignment or students can use the computers in the library for the same purpose. Home Page. Daily 5 and CAFE for the Upper Grades. Outta Ray's Head Writing. Project Wisdom - Helping Students Make Wiser Choices.

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In the States. Forty-one states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have adopted the Common Core State Standards. The map below provides information about the process each state or territory followed to adopt their academic standards. Please note that states routinely review their academic standards and may choose to change or add onto the standards to best meet the needs of their students. The map provides links to the website in each state and territory that provides the most up-to-date information on a state’s specific academic standards.

AdoptedNot Adopted * Full implementation is defined as the school year the state expects teachers in grades K-12 in English language arts and mathematics to incorporate the standards into classroom instruction. Source: Achieve, “Closing the Expectations Gap 2013 Annual Report on the Alignment of State K-12 Policies and Practice with the Demands of College and Careers.” Project Based Learning. Explore Lessons. Common Core Lesson Planning Template. 10 Strategies to Promote Deeper Learning - Vander Ark on Innovation. Creativity & the New Common Core Standards | MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Org :: Close Reading Exemplars. Loading [MathJax]/extensions/MathMenu.js Jump to a Section Close Reading Model Lessons Sign up to receive updates from us.

Featured Lessons Download All Send us your feedback These sets of 2-6 lessons include: Complex TextsText-dependent QuestionsVocabularyWriting AssignmentsAssessment Questions* *Not all lesson sets include assessment questions Close Reading Model Lessons The Wind by James Reeves Grades K-2 fiction. View Details The Moon: Research Project Grade 1 fiction and nonfiction (Relevant for Grades K-2); created by Pat Fitzsimmons, Diana Leddy, Lindy Johnson, Sue Biggam, and Suzan Locke View Details Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (with mini-assessment) Grade 3 fiction. View Details The Fisherman and His Wife translated by Lucy Crane Grade 3 fiction (Relevant for Grades 2-4); Story originally published in Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm. View Details The Making of a Scientist by Richard Feynman Grade 6 nonfiction (Relevant for Grades 5-7). View Details Grade 6 nonfiction. View Details. Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is here and teachers are trying to figure out how to best integrate it into their tried-and-true lessons. They’re struggling to integrate technology to best augment CCSS. They are in desperate need of classroom materials that they can trust. Like a superhero, the U.S. Library of Congress has just swooped in and unveiled an enormous new (and free!) Common Core Resources You can now do a ‘ Search By Standards ‘ query which lets you do exactly that. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Professional Development Tools There are professional development tools that are sorted by grade level, ease of use, and written in plain English.

Classroom Materials Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction. Learn More. Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center.