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Common Core State Standards Lesson Plan for 5th Grade Reading USING Finding My Place

One of the Common Core State Standards under reading standards K-5 literature for fifth graders is: “Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.” Using a historical fiction novel to teach this standard is perfect–in Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg, there are a few events that [...]

December 12, 2012 in Book Club Possibility, Books With Social Studies Content, Common Core Standards, Common Core Standards, Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Middle Grade Novel, Middle School Teachers, Reading Skills
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It’s Time to Address Common Core State Standards

If you live in one of the 47 states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards, and you are a teacher, parent, home school parent, librarian, or administrator, you are probably SICK of hearing about these standards–sorry! I think it’s a good idea to address them on my blog since I am all about [...]

September 17, 2012 in Book Club Possibility, Common Core Standards, Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle Grade Novel, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, White, E.B., Writing Skills
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