What Your Colleagues Are Saying...
“One of the most rewarding feats as a teacher is one of the hardest to pull off: giving students a palpable sense of connectedness between all they do in the name of reading and writing. This book does an impressive job of presenting lessons that have the power to create that coherence. I admire the way Leslie Blauman balances narrative and nonfiction, reading and writing, and never forgets the importance of student talk. This book is like a spring breeze blowing through the house after a long winter. Each lesson flows from one to the other and reminds us that it’s the movement in our teaching that breathes life into the content we teach.”
—Jim Burke, Author and Series Creator ofThe Common Core Companion, Grades 6–8 and Grades 9–12
“What Leslie Blauman has done with her booster lessons is to provide busy teachers and coaches with a Common Core Rosetta Stone. What a gift to have one master teacher’s translation of Standards language into expertly crafted daily lessons. The lessons are real, doable, and rigorous at the same time. This book will be a great discovery for any educator!”
—Jennifer Serravallo, Author of The Literacy Teacher’s Playbook
“From the first page of The Common Core Companion: Booster Lessons, Grades 3–5, Leslie Blauman is our tour guide on a remarkable journey. We listen raptly as she leads us to twists and turns where reading and writing converge, points out signs that illuminate student learning, warns us of roadblocks that could impede our way, and suggests detours of flexible side trips across topics and grades. Leslie invites us on a joyful discovery of a new landscape where best practice and Common Core can reside in harmony. Pack your bags because you’ll never want to leave!”
—Mary Howard, Author of Good to Great Teaching
“As a curriculum leader, I spend July and August with colleagues reviewing our curriculum implementation guides. Thanks to this book, my summer just got a lot easier. What Leslie Blauman has developed is that booster shot that takes your current reading and writing curriculum guides to the next level. She shows you—and teaches you—how to beautifully interweave a series of rich and robust lessons that brings students to higher levels of thinking with narrative and nonfiction reading and writing. It will surely energize your present curriculum, and its integrated lessons are worth their weight in gold. Prepare for a turbo boost.”
—Mike Rafferty, Curriculum Leader for Language Arts/Reading, Fairfield Public Schools
The Common Core Companion: Booster Lessons, Grades 3-5
Elevating Instruction Day by Day
Leslie Blauman
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National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts Standards. Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. Copyright 2010. For more information, visit http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy.
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ISBN 978-1-4833-9274-5
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Contents
2 LESSON SEQUENCE 1: Integrating Opinion Writing With Evaluating ArgumentWhat Teachers Guide Across the WeekWhat Students Do Across the WeekBooster Reading Lesson 1: Understanding Point of ViewAdapting This Lesson for Other Text Types: InformationalCompanion Writing Lesson 1: Launching Opinion and Persuasive WritingSnapshot of a Turn-and-Talk Peer Conference on POVBooster Reading Lesson 2: Co-Constructing and Close ReadingCompanion Writing Lesson 2: Determine Structure and Essential ElementsLanguage Connections: Formal Versus Informal EnglishBooster Reading Lesson 3: Reading and Annotating Fairy TalesCompanion Writing Lesson 3: Planning and DraftingBooster