Sarah Tantillo - Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action

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FIRST EDITION

Chapter One

1. K12 ELA Common Core Standards Tracking Spreadsheet
2. 612 Common Core Standards for Literacy in History, Science, and Technical Subjects Tracking Spreadsheet

Chapter Two

1. Reading Interest Survey
2. The Five-Finger Rule Poster
3. Strategic Reading and Writing: Speed Dating with a Book
4. Strategic Reading and Writing: Reader Response Journal Assignments or Breakup Letter to a Book
5. Strategic Reading and Writing: Weekend Date with a Book
6. Journal Writing Rubric
7. Strategic Reading and Writing: Book Commercial Project
8. Strategic Reading and Writing: Curriculum Overview Map
9. Strategic Reading and Writing: Ninth-Grade Unit Plans

Chapter Four

1. Sample Grade 10 ELA Research Paper Unit
2. Annotated Curriculum Overview Map
3. Sample Grade 11 ELA Curriculum Overview Map
4. Blank Unit Plan Template
5. Sample Grade 11 ELA Curriculum Unit 1

Chapter Five

1. Annotated Lesson Plan Template
2. Blank Lesson Plan Template
3. Root of the Week Hypothesis Sheet: Cede/Ceed
4. Somewhere in the DarknessDo Now

Chapter Seven

1. Characterization Methods: DDAT
2. Question-Inference-Evidence and Explanation Model Lesson Plan
3. Question-Inference-Evidence and Explanation Organizer Model
4. Question-Inference-Evidence and Explanation Organizer

Chapter Eight

1. How to Find the Topic Sentence
2. Story Detective

Chapter Ten

1. Punchy Insights Poster
2. Open-Ended ResponseWriting Rubric

Chapter Twelve

1. Unpacking the Standards Organizer
2. Unpacking the Standards: RIT 6.1 Model
3. Grades K2 Models of Unpacked Standards
4. Grades 35 Models of Unpacked Standards
5. Grades 68 Models of Unpacked Standards
6. Grades 912 Models of Unpacked Standards

Chapter Thirteen Appendix

1. Strategic Reading Time (SRT) Users' Manual
2. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Reading Informational Text Standards
3. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Language Standards
4. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Reading Foundational Skills Standards
5. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Reading Literature Standards
6. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Speaking and Listening Standards
7. Trajectory Analysis Charts for Writing Standards
8. Trajectory Analysis Charts Comparing Reading Informational Text versus Reading Literature Standards

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This book is the result of intensive work in the field with many dedicated educators who generously invited me into their schools and taught me so much. Though I cannot name them all, a few deserve special mention.

I am particularly grateful to my friends, many of whom not only share my passion for this work but also make important contributions to it every day. Kristin Ehrgood and her colleagues at the Flamboyan Foundation provided information on their excellent parent engagement work. Allison Miller is an enthusiastic thought partner who is always willing to test my crazy ideas and share her own; I especially appreciate her efforts on the Strategic Reading and Writing Class materials. Also, muchas gracias to my Texas peeps, Clem Garza and Isabel Marichalar-Solis, for inviting me to work on the Strategic Reading Time challenge, and librarian Ana Perez, whose Top 50 list is truly a gift. I also thank Mary Jo McKinley for her help with the title, Rich Kazanjian for his insights about what teachers need, and Cynthia Millinger for her input on the lesson plan template and the standards-unpacking process.

Several friends also provided invaluable feedback on early drafts. Rahshene Davis, Margaret Hayes, and Katy Wischow: I cannot thank you enough. And to the two anonymous peer reviewers: I would hug you if I knew who you were; your wise responses helped me more than you will ever know.

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