Uncommon Core: Where the Authors of the Standards Go Wrong about Instruction-And How You Can Get It Right

By Michael W. Smith, Deborah Appleman, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Leave instruction to the experts

Uncommon Core puts us on high-alert about some outright dangerous misunderstandings looming around so-called "standards-aligned" instruction, then shows us how to steer past them--all in service of meeting the real intent of the Common Core. It counters with teaching suggestions that are true to the research and true to our students, including how:
Reader-based approaches can complement text-based ones Prereading activities can help students meet the strategic and conceptual demands of texts Strategy instruction can result in a careful and critical analysis of text while providing transferable understandings Inquiry units around essential questions can generate meaningful conversation and higher-order thinking

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483333523
• ISBN13: 9781483333526
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.3" x 9.1"