Common Core Guidebook, 6-8: Informational Text Lessons, Guided Practice, Suggested Book Lists, and Reproducible Organizers

by Rozlyn Linder

This book is the essential resource for anyone teaching students in grades 6-8 to navigate informational text. Based on Rozlyn’s popular Common Core workshops, this guide walks you through each informational text reading standard, aligns each standard to research-based strategies, and explicitly shows you how to introduce and model those strategies in your classroom. Filled with practical techniques, anchor charts, reproducible graphic organizers, and suggested text lists, this indispensable guide helps teachers meet the demands of the Common Core informational text standards.

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2013

About the author

Rozlyn Linder, Ph.D., is a highly sought after presenter and educational blogger. Known for her energetic, fast-paced seminars and workshops, she has collaborated with teachers across the nation at national and state conferences on literacy. An award-winning teacher, she has taught at all levels from elementary through college and served as a reading coach, district School Improvement Specialist, and assistant principal, and college adjunct English instructor. She specializes in explicit instruction and standards-based classrooms. Rozlyn lives in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia with her two daughters and husband. You can interact with her online at www.rozlinder.com.

Reviews

[Christopher Lehman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The comprehensive structure of this book is the biggest win, Rozlyn offers a streamlined structure packed with big thinking that is easy to pop in and pop out of to suit your study. A thoughtful discussion of each standard, thoughts on modeling, anchor charts, and suggested book lists (with descriptions of each!). My only pause is that I rather teach students to take thoughtful notes on their own, instead of supplying them with graphic organizers to complete. The organizers, however, are simple and thoughtful and could easily be adapted to options students can learn to make themselves when a text seems to call for it. All in all a wonderful resource written in a friendly, accessible tone.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, but I wish she had did the example organizers with a variety of texts, instead of just repeating the same ones several times. Similarly, the suggested texts repeated over and over across the chapters. She should have just had one main list at the back, with suggested skills/standards as part of the annotation. I hope she comes out with a Literature version!