Challenge Thinking and Deepen Understanding

The Instructional Approach for Implementing the Common Core Standards, Grades 3-12

By (author) Lisa A. Fisher

Publication date:

23 May 2014

Length of book:

152 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

237x165mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475808544

With new standards adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, this professional text will address strategies to utilize in order to address the Common Core State Standards with reading closely to deepen understanding of informational text. This professional text offers why and what the English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are, how to implement strategies aligned with the standards, and the importance behind text complexity and rigor. All of the strategies can be used no matter what standards are being taught and in any discipline.

Figure List
Table List
Appendix Lists
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter One: Understand Reading Closely: Multiple Interactions with Text
Chapter Two: Open the Mind with Change Perspective: A Reading Closely Approach
Chapter Three: Actively Read with Preview/Review
Chapter Four: Game Changer with Strategic Approach
Chapter Five: Stretch Into High Cognitive Literacy Tasks
Chapter Six: Multiple Interactions with Literary Texts
Appendix
References
Literature References
About the Author

Challenge Thinking and Deepen Understanding pushes students to think deeply and differently about text. It requires them to consider an alternative perspective when approaching text and a new purpose for learning its content. As a result, students become more critical readers and thinkers.