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In the best interest of students : staying true to what works in the ELA classroom /

What is in the best interest of our students? Is it teaching to the newest standards movement, like the Common Core? Teaching that prepares students to take a test? Or is it something more meaningful and authentic? In his new book, In the Best Interest of Students, Kelly Gallagher notes that there a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gallagher, Kelly, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • What is in our students' best interest does not always align with the current standards movement
  • Staying true to what works in the teaching of reading
  • Where the common core reading standards fall short
  • Staying true to what works in the teaching of writing
  • Where the common core writing standards fall short
  • Using models to elevate our students' reading and writing abilities
  • Sharpening our students' listening and speaking skills
  • Shift happens
  • Appendix A: Track your writing chart
  • Appendix B: Conversation chart.