Core Ready Lesson Sets for Grades K-2: A Staircase to Standards Success for English Language Arts, The Power to Persuade: Opinion and Argument, The ... Box for Core Ready Lesson (Core Ready Series) - Softcover

Allyn, Pam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133374890 ISBN 13: 9780133374896

Publisher: Pearson, 2014

Synopsis

Created specifically for elementary school teachers, Pam Allyn’s dynamic Core Ready Program provides a complete toolkit for navigating and thriving with the core standards. In it teachers see clearly how to take complex concepts of the literacy standards and turn them into practical, specific, everyday instruction. The series is organized around the author’s Four Doors to the Core:

• The Journey to Meaning: Comprehension and Critique
• The Shape of Story: Yesterday and Today
• The Road to Knowledge: Information and Research
• The Power to Persuade: Opinion and Argument

Each book in the series includes powerful reading, writing, speaking, and listening sets; assessment rubrics; support for ELLs and diverse learners; and tips for doing high tech variations for literacy instruction for grades K, 1, and 2.

 

Included in this package is an access card for the PDToolkit for Pam Allyn's Core Ready Series. Visit http://pdtoolkit.pearson.com to learn more.

 

PDToolkit for Pam Allyn's Core Ready Series is a supplemental online subscription-based resource that provides the tools that educators need to implement the Common Core Standards effectively, fluidly, and successfully. The PDToolkit, together with the texts, provides the tools you need to ensure a standards-aligned year of joyful, effective, research-based literacy curriculum.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A part of Pam Allyn’s highly popular Core Ready series. The Power to The Power to Persuade focuses on the understanding and recognition of the essential structures of opinion and argument through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

 

The grade K lessons lay the foundation for understanding opinions. The grade 1 lessons build on this understanding and introduce the concept of using evidence and reason to support an opinion. And the grade 2 lessons put the skills to work in a rigorous but exciting and fun set of lessons with real-world implications that bring the ideas to life. Additional attention is devoted to developing effective listening, conversation, and speaking behaviors when discussing, collaborating, or debating with peers.

 

With this book as a guide student see how to:

 

• Recognize and develop opinion and argument through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Foster an awareness of purpose and point of view by examining the views of others and developing individual ideas and voice.
• Consider their own passions, viewpoints, and reasoning by exploring opinion in real life, literature, and a variety of persuasive genres.
• Practice effective listening, conversation, and oral speaking behaviors.

 

About the Series:

 

Pam Allyn’s widely popular Core Ready Program gives educators a complete, dynamic, hands-on resource for navigating the Common Core State Standards effectively, fluidly, and successfully. Using the information presented in the series, educators see how to take complex concepts related to the standards and turn them into practical, specific, everyday lessons. The books address the needs of all learners, including ELL and special needs diverse learners, and cover the uses of technology and new media. Included in Core Ready Lesson Sets for Grades K-2: A Staircase to Standards Success for English Language Arts are:

 

The Journey to Meaning: Comprehension and Critique

 

The Shape of Story : Yesterday and Today

 

The Road to Knowledge : Information and Research

 

The Power to Persuade: Opinion and Argument

About the Author

Pam Allyn is an authority in the field of literacy education and an expert in home and school literacy connections. As a renowned motivational speaker, expert consultant, author, teacher, and humanitarian for children, she is transforming the way we think about literacy as a tool for communication and knowledge building. She is the executive director of LitLife, a national literacy development organization providing research-based professional development for K-12 educators. She founded and leads LitWorld, a groundbreaking global literacy initiative reaching children across the United States and in over 60 countries. Her methods for helping all students achieve as literacy learners, including the most diverse learners, has brought her acclaim both in the United States and internationally. 

 

Pam is the author of 11 books for educators and parents including the award-winning What To Read When: The Books and Stories To Read With Your Child-And All The Best Times To Read Them (Penguin Avery), Pam Allyn's Best Books for Boys (Scholastic) and Your Child’s Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age (Penguin Avery). Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Oprah Radio, the Huffington Post, the New York Times and across the blogosphere.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0133374890
• ISBN 13: 9780133374896
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1