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Paired Texts Required: Making Sense of Informational Text Standard 9 (Multiple Sources)

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on September 26, 2013 | 1 Response

The Multiple Sources informational text standard requires elementary school students to examine two or more texts on the same topic. Students don’t necessarily have to find these sources, as we do with some research standards. The focus here is on analysis. Students are expected to analyze how those sources present information. This includes an analysis of the content, presentation, and word choices…. Read more →

Interactive Anchor Charts for Teaching Text Structure (standard 5)

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on September 23, 2013 | Leave a response

Yesterday, I posted about the different types of text features that students will explore under standard 5. Today, I want to share a lesson that I like to do when digging a bit deeper into text structures with elementary school students. I hope it is useful! As always, I have included the anchor chart that we made with this lesson…. Read more →

Text Structure Anchor Chart (standard 5)

Teaching the Text Structure Standard (RI5) in the Elementary Classroom

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on September 22, 2013 | Leave a response

Students in third through fifth grade have probably spent several years learning about narrative structure. As they begin to learn more about informational text, they have to reframe how they think about text because informational text can be nonlinear. This means that it does not have to be read in the same way by everyone. Readers can “enter” the text… Read more →

Sentence Frames for Textual Evidence (RI1 & RL1)

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on December 5, 2012 | 3 Responses

When I talk with elementary school teachers about introducing the concept of supporting ideas with reasons and references to the text, I often get puzzled looks. This is understandable. Common Core, however, asks students to do this as young as third grade. This pedagogical shift away from just selecting a multiple choice response is daunting, but can be so rewarding for students…. Read more →

Drop the Canon and Step Away From the Students!

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on December 4, 2012 | 6 Responses

I have read a lot of blog posts, articles, and presentation materials framed around the idea that Common Core is forcing High School teachers to get rid of fiction. By 12th grade, Common Core does suggest that 70% of text should be informational. Some people have ignored this increased Informational text requirement by pointing out that this is for all text in school,… Read more →

A Review of Un-Standardizing Curriculum: Multicultural Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on November 29, 2012 | Leave a response

As someone who likes what is written into the Common Core, it is often assumed that I am a fan of canonical knowledge. The fact is, I am not theoretically. I am, however, a fan of critical thinking and multiple perspectives; I think that Common Core does a good job at supporting that. As an avid consumer of informational text,. I came… Read more →

Top Three Common Core Standards No One is Actually Teaching

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on November 28, 2012 | 5 Responses

I had a long conversation with a teacher from another state last week about how she is already doing Common Core in her class and really always has. She explained how she has her students answer rigorous questions about high level text all the time. They complete packets and write to essay prompts. They know how to get at the… Read more →

Twitter and Social Media to Ignite Professional Collaboration

Published by Dr. Rozlyn Linder on November 17, 2012 | 3 Responses

Well, it is almost time! At 1:15 today, I will host a roundtable At the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference with some great educators from across the country on the use of Twitter for professional collaboration. Those of you who visit regularly may remember that I talked about Hash Tag communities this past summer. This is an… Read more →

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