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Book SynopsisThe Classroom Go-To Guide for the Common Core is the first in a series of comprehensive tools to tap into the vast flow of recently published books for children and teens, offering recommendations of exemplary titles for use in the classroom. Currency meets authority, brought to you by the editors of the highly regarded review sources, School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine. This guide includes approximately 200 selections published since 2007 for grades 4-6 recommended by The Horn Book Magazine. The titles are grouped by subject and complemented by School Library Journal's Focus On columns, which spotlight specific topics across the curriculum. Providing context for the guide, and suggestions on how to use these resources within a standards framework, is an introduction by Common Core experts Mary Ann Cappiello and Myra Zarnowski. These experts provide perspective on the key changes brought by the new standards, including suggestions on designing lessons and two samples
Trade ReviewThis guide contains about 200 recommended books for students in Grades 4-6 that would be great to use in the classroom. Pairing nonfiction and fiction titles, the guide is organized around the various disciplines. With several of those subject areas, there are some focused topics such as Charles Dickens, ocean life, politics, and the Holocaust. All the books featured were published since 2007. An introduction by Common Core experts gives the context for choosing quality and current literature. This is a nice place to start when librarians are looking for recommendations to give to teachers in supporting the Common Core. * School Library Connection *
The Common Core in Grades 4-6 provides two invaluable gifts to teachers, parents, and public librarians. Its pages are filled with informative reviews of a wide range of recent, well-written, well-researched, and engaging nonfiction titles. A tour through these reviews is the perfect guide to either enhance or explore a nonfiction collection. But the grace note is the wise and informed introductory essay by two experts, Drs. Myra Zarnowski and Mary Ann Cappiello. Here you have the right books, with the right framing notes, and the right road map for using them in a classroom. What more could you want in a Common Core guide? -- Marc Aronson, lecturer, School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University and host of the first joint Common Core training for librarians, teachers, and principals
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Putting Nonfiction to Work in Schools: The Challenges and Opportunities of Implementing CCSS by Mary Ann Cappiello (Lesley University) and Myra Zarnowski (Queens College, CUNY) Arts Business & Technology Folklore Language & Literature Focus on Charles Dickens Happy Birthday Mr. Dickens! by Jill Maza Poetry Religion & Myth Focus on Greek Mythology OMGS! by Joy Fleishhacker Science Focus on Ocean Life Going Deep by Kathy Piehl Focus on Scientific Exploration Quantum Leaps and Bounds by John Peters Sports U.S. History Focus on Westward Expansion California Bound by Mary Mueller Focus on Politics We the People by Jennifer S. Prince Focus on Civil Rights Everyday Heroes by Rhona Campbell World History Focus on the Holocaust Rescue and Resistance by Rachel Kamin Title Index Author Index
