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Unlock the potential of your students with *Transformational Literacy*, a powerful resource for educators aiming to inspire and engage through meaningful learning experiences. This essential guide, authored by experts from EL Education, focuses on harnessing the Common Core instructional shifts, empowering teachers to promote content-rich nonfiction and cultivate students’ ability to read and write with evidence. Spanning 320 pages, this BRAND NEW edition (ISBN: 9781118962237), published by John Wiley & Sons Inc in 2014, offers invaluable insights into impactful teaching practices.
*Transformational Literacy* emphasizes the importance of worthy texts and worthy tasks, enabling students to recognize their role in contributing positively to their communities and the world. Drawing from over 150 EL Education schools nationwide, this book provides practical examples and resources designed to enhance curriculum selection, customization, and instructional improvement.
By implementing the strategies outlined in this book, educators can foster a productive classroom environment that centers on purposeful, inquiry-based learning, while simultaneously meeting the higher and deeper expectations set by the Common Core. Your students will develop a resilient mindset toward reading, equipped to tackle complex texts and engage in evidence-based discussions.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118962237
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 320
Description:
Engage, challenge, and inspire students with work that matters
Transformational Literacy, written by a team from EL Education, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts”building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text”to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between their hard work as readers and writers and their capacity to contribute to stronger communities and a better world.
The stories, examples, and resources that permeate Transformational Literacy come primarily from the more than 150 EL Education schools around the country that support teachers to select, supplement, customize, and create curriculum, and improve instruction. The book also draws on EL Education's open source Common Core English Language Arts curriculum”often cited as one of the finest in the country”and professional development offered to thousands of teachers to implement that curriculum effectively.
Transformational Literacy combines the best of what EL Education knows works for kids”purposeful, inquiry-based learning”and the new imperative of the Common Core”higher and deeper expectations for all students.
Teach standards through a compelling and purposeful curriculum that prioritizes worthy texts and worthy task
Improve students' evidence-based reading, thinking, talking, and writing
Support students to develop a new mindset toward the challenge of reading complex texts
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*Transformational Literacy* emphasizes the importance of worthy texts and worthy tasks, enabling students to recognize their role in contributing positively to their communities and the world. Drawing from over 150 EL Education schools nationwide, this book provides practical examples and resources designed to enhance curriculum selection, customization, and instructional improvement.
By implementing the strategies outlined in this book, educators can foster a productive classroom environment that centers on purposeful, inquiry-based learning, while simultaneously meeting the higher and deeper expectations set by the Common Core. Your students will develop a resilient mindset toward reading, equipped to tackle complex texts and engage in evidence-based discussions.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118962237
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 320
Description:
Engage, challenge, and inspire students with work that matters
Transformational Literacy, written by a team from EL Education, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts”building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text”to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between their hard work as readers and writers and their capacity to contribute to stronger communities and a better world.
The stories, examples, and resources that permeate Transformational Literacy come primarily from the more than 150 EL Education schools around the country that support teachers to select, supplement, customize, and create curriculum, and improve instruction. The book also draws on EL Education's open source Common Core English Language Arts curriculum”often cited as one of the finest in the country”and professional development offered to thousands of teachers to implement that curriculum effectively.
Transformational Literacy combines the best of what EL Education knows works for kids”purposeful, inquiry-based learning”and the new imperative of the Common Core”higher and deeper expectations for all students.
Teach standards through a compelling and purposeful curriculum that prioritizes worthy texts and worthy task
Improve students' evidence-based reading, thinking, talking, and writing
Support students to develop a new mindset toward the challenge of reading complex texts
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