The Gretchen Owocki Common Core Reading and Writing Book Series
Empower teachers with a comprehensive framework for implementation that enhances existing curriculum and extends it to meet Common Core goals. Gretchen breaks the CCSS reading standards into manageable chunks that emphasize engaged, authentic reading and differentiated teaching.
Gretchen presents a comprehensive framework of strategies that help you choose the best path for meeting students’ needs and the standards. She breaks the writing anchor standards into manageable chunks, emphasizing differentiation, engagement, and writing for authentic purposes.
For close reading, citing textual evidence, evaluating arguments, analyzing visual media, or anything the Common Core reading standards ask for, rely on The Common Core Reading Book, 6–8.
Gretchen covers all the writing standards for literacy in social studies, science, and technical subjects, identifying lessons that work best in content-area classrooms, offering suggestions for cross-disciplinary collaboration, and providing common language for teachers across the disciplines.