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The Core Six: Essential Strategies For Achieving Excellence With The Common Core (2013)

by Harvey F. Silver(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416614753 (ISBN13: 9781416614753)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

review 1: This was suggested to me as a summer read by my principal as we are looking to use it I. professional development in the fall. I thought it was great and exactly what I expected it to be - straightforward, to-the-point strategies to use in any classroom to help improve student learning in areas highly focused on in the CCSS. This is a quick read, less than 80 pages, so if you're expecting in depth research and theory, look elsewhere. If you're looking for some tools to add to what you're already doing, take an evening and dig out your high lighter or sticky notes.
review 2: The Common Core...! The biggest talk in education today. This came in the mail via the ASCD this week. One of the best things about this book...? Drumroll.... There isn't a chapter rega... morerding how the Common Core came to be. Ahhh.... The clouds parted and the.... Interestingly, though, and perhaps not surprisingly, almost all of the ideas and strategies put forth are already acknowledged best practice, have been for years, and are employed in classrooms every day. But, all in all, one can see, via this book, which pieces are likely thought to be the key six; I'm guessing comparison and contrast will feature in the new testing for the 2014-2015 school year. Of this six, believe it or not, that might get the least play currently ... at least at higher levels. Enter fulcrum texts with .... less

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