Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities: Strategies to Deepen Content Knowledge, Grades 6-12
Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities: Strategies to Deepen Content Knowledge, Grades 6-12
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In this age of the Common Core State Standards, all content area teachers must integrate literacy standards into their curriculum.
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In this age of the Common Core State Standards, all content area teachers must integrate literacy standards into their curriculum. If you’re like most content area educators, you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed at the thought of applying the new standards, or you might just need a little extra help.
In this hands-on resource, Common Core literacy expert Katherine McKnight offers secondary teachers a clear understanding of what literacy looks like in English Language Arts (ELA), social studies, and other humanities-related subjects. She gives educators proven teaching techniques that will help them to develop literacy skills in their students. The book offers a wealth of practical strategies and activities that content area teachers can integrate seamlessly. Included are
- A selection of activities that support literacy skills and build content knowledge
- Ideas for implementing the literacy requirements of the Common Core in specific content areas
- An easy-to-use Difficulty Dial that indicates the complexity of each activity
- Robust student samples that bring the activities to life across a variety of grade levels
- Grades:
- 6-12
- Author(s):
- Katherine S. McKnight
- Publisher:
- Jossey Bass
- Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 216 pp
- Media/Binding:
- Softcover
- iSBN:
- 9781118710159