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Getting to the core of literacy for history, social studies, science, and technical subjects, grades 6-12 / Vicky Giouroukakis, Maureen Connolly.

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Literacy-it's not just for English teachers anymore! The new Common Core English Language Arts Standards aren't just for English teachers. Fluent reading and writing are critically important to the study of history/social studies, science, and technical subjects, too. In this practical res...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Giouroukakis, Vicky (Author), Connolly, Maureen (English teacher) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, a SAGE Company, [2013]
Subjects:
Language arts (Middle school) > United States.
Language arts (Middle school) > Standards > United States.
Language arts (Secondary) > United States.
Language arts (Secondary) > Standards > United States.
Language arts > Correlation with content subjects > United States.
Language arts (Secondary)
Language arts (Middle school)
Language arts > Correlation with content subjects
Language arts (Secondary) > Curricula.
Language arts (Secondary) > Standards.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : how to use this book
  • Understanding the CCSS [Common Core State Standards] : an overview
  • The benefits of the CCSS for the teaching of reading in the content areas
  • Reading lessons in history/social studies
  • Reading lessons in science and technical subjects
  • The benefits of the CCSS for the teaching of writing in the content areas
  • Argument writing lessons
  • Informative/explanatory writing lessons
  • Ensuring success with the CCSS for literacy in the content areas.

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