Tag: common core
A recap of World Read Aloud Day
By Morgan on March 12th, 2013
Clifford, Pam Allyn, and kids celebrate World Read Aloud Day! We all know young kids love being read aloud to, but it turns out, older kids and even teens and adults often love it just as much — and often reap just as many benefits. Last weekmore… full post
A Common Core theme: Coherence
By Tyler on March 6th, 2013
K-8 Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics The Common Core State Standards give us a chance to take a bird’s eye view of education and instruction — to think about the COHERENCE of the system we have inmore… full post
Why reading aloud to children is key to literacy
By Guest Blogger on March 5th, 2013
Guest blogger Souzanne Wright, Vice President, Program Development Strategy for Scholastic Book Clubs and a contributor to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, shares insight about the importance of reading aloud and a greatmore… full post
Women’s History—rebel with a cause
By Suzanne on February 27th, 2013
Our Women’s History Month Special recaptures the long-ago era of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly—albeit digitally. You’ll find excerpts from Bly’s most famous odysseys: “Ten Days in a Mad-House” and “Around the World in 72 Days,” asmore… full post
It’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!
By Guest Blogger on February 21st, 2013
Our Corporate Communications intern Erin is guest blogging today! As a part of Engineer’s week, She did a little reconnaissance work to find out more about female engineers. In celebration of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on Februarymore… full post
Why ‘Reading’ should be on your resume
By Megan on February 20th, 2013
This morning, The New York Times reported on a trend that has pervaded our country’s job market. Labeled by economists as “degree inflation,” or “up-credentialing,” companies in a variety of industries are now requiring job candidates to havemore… full post
Black History Booklist
By Suzanne on February 15th, 2013
In 1967, six months before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia. “What is your life’s blueprint?” King asked the students, most of whom were black and poor. No matter what vocationmore… full post
When Giants Unite: The CCSS meet the 4Ws of writing
By Alex on February 12th, 2013
Ruth Culham, author of the Traits Writing program, discusses how we can revolutionize the way we teach writing, and how these methods can effectively meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards.. The following is an excerpt taken from hermore… full post
Read Catcher in the Rye. Please.
By Suzanne on February 7th, 2013
What does all of the misinformation swirling around the Common Core say about our ability to explicate complex texts and use evidence to support our arguments? What might it say about the ability of the ELA Standards writers to express theirmore… full post
The secret to read-alouds
By Alex on February 5th, 2013
In this post, Wendy Murray of Scholastic Teaching Resources talks with teacher and author Maria Walther to get practical advice for how primary teachers can meet the Common Core State Standards by ramping up read-alouds. Murray: The Common Coremore… full post
