Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at WorkTM, Grades 3-5

Synopsis

Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work™

Grades 3-5

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are part of a decades-long state-led initiative to establish fundamental educational learning targets that ensure all students are college and career ready in the 21st century. Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work™, Grades 3-5 provides strategies and tips for grades 3-5 teachers to integrate the CCSS for English language arts in their instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices. Additionally, authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey detail how to implement the CCSS within a powerful collaborative model: Professional Learning Communities at Work™ (PLCs). Using key questions to guide the discussion, the authors effectively demonstrate how grades 3-5 teachers can use the CCSS to optimize student learning.

With this practical resource, grades 3-5 teachers will:

• Master the CCSS for English language arts and develop common understandings to strengthen instructional practice

• Form and sustain effective collaborative teams in a PLC culture

• Gain tools to reflect on and assess their knowledge and understanding of the Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language standards

• Discover how to use the CCSS to support English learners and students with special needs

• Develop high-quality formative and summative assessment strategies