:Using Strategic Talk to Help Students Achieve the Common Core
/ Jeanne R. Paratore, Dana A. Robertson
New York,London
: Guilford Press
, 2013.
xviii, 142 p
: ill
(Teaching practices that work)
Series Editors' Note by Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher
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"Featuring vivid examples and lesson plans, this book helps K-8 teachers reflect on and improve the ways talk is used in their classrooms. The authors explain the important role of skillful "teacher talk" in effective, motivating literacy instruction geared to the Common Core standards. Presented are clear-cut ways to help students set explicit goals for their learning; explain and model key strategies; and provide ongoing feedback. Over a dozen easy-to-implement lessons in vocabulary, comprehension, and writing are complete with how-to-do-it instructions, classroom vignettes, text suggestions, and reproducible worksheets. The large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials"--Provided by publisher. "Subject Areas/Keywords: CCSS, classroom discussions, Common Core State Standards, comprehension, elementary, English language arts, explanations, explicit, informational texts, lesson plans, listening, literature, oral language, reading instruction, speaking, strategies, teacher talk, teaching, vocabulary, writing DESCRIPTION Featuring vivid examples and lesson plans, this book helps K-8 teachers reflect on and improve the ways talk is used in their classrooms. The authors explain the important role of skillful "teacher talk" in effective, motivating literacy instruction geared to the CCSS. Presented are clear-cut ways to help students set explicit goals for their learning; explain and model key strategies; and provide ongoing feedback. Over a dozen easy-to-implement lessons in vocabulary, comprehension, and writing are complete with how-to-do-it instructions, classroom vignettes, text suggestions, and reproducible worksheets. The large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials"--Provided by publisher. Machine generated contents note: I. Vocabulary Instruction: Talking the Talk! -- Lesson 1. Directly Teaching Word Meanings -- Lesson 2. Inferring Word Meaning through Context -- Lesson 3. Using Morphemes to Understand Word Meanings -- II. Comprehension Instruction: Talking the Talk! -- Lesson 4. Visualizing -- Lesson 5. Making Inferences -- Lesson 6. Determining What's Important -- Lesson 7. Making Predictions -- Lesson 8. Making Connections -- Lesson 9. Summarizing -- Lesson 10. Close Reading -- III. Writing Instruction: Talking the Talk! -- Lesson 11. Planning to Write an Argument -- Lesson 12. Drafting a Research Report -- Lesson 13. Writing to Learn -- Appendix A. Lesson Template -- Appendix B. Reflecting on Your Own Talk -- Appendix C. Some Examples of Reflecting on Your Own Talk -- Appendix D. Children's Literature That Supports Visualization -- Appendix E. Children's Literature That Supports Making Inferences.
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