Core-Ready Classroom Materials
Understanding the Common Core
As part of our recent Teacher Appreciation Week, Scholastic hosted hundreds of educators for professional learning workshops. Our speakers covered such topics as foundational skills, creativity in the Common Core classroom, choosing nonfiction texts, and the traits of (good) writing. Check back soon to see videos of the presentations, which we hope will inspire you as you head back to the classroom.
For now, here are PDFs of presentations on close reading and the foundations of reading success. For more on the workshops and the Common Core, go to our frizzle blog.
- Meredith and David Liben on close reading and how to introduce your students to complex texts
- Francie Alexander on the foundations of reading success
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