Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5

by Andrea M. Nelson-Royes

Overview

Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K−5 provides kindergarten through grade-five educators and school and district administrators with historical perspectives that shaped the Common Core State Standards. In addition, this book provides a rich resource that explains the core components of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts for kindergarten through grade five, clarifies the base of research, and delivers handy resources to all such participants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475801828
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	12/11/2013
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Andrea Nelson-Royes, EdD, is an educator, researcher, author, and parent who have a passionate interest in how children learn to read and how to keep them reading. She holds a doctoral degree in educational and organizational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1: Explaining the Common Core State Standards
Chapter 2: Understanding Increasing Rigor and Text Complexity for the Common Core State Standards K−5
Chapter 3: Reading Informational/Nonfiction Texts for the Common Core State Standards K−5
Chapter 4: Establishing and Sustaining Implementation Efforts for the Common Core State
Standards K−5
Chapter 5: Directing Assessment for the Common Core State Standards K−5

Appendix A: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy for K−5
Appendix B: What is Not Covered by the Common Core State Standards
Appendix C: Example ofa Common Core State Standards Text Complexity Rubric
Appendix D: Exemplars for the Common Core State Standards for Informational Texts for Kindergarten through Grade Five Band
Appendix E: Common Core State Standards Resources

Index
Bibliography
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Andrea M. Nelson-Royes’s scholarly work is artfully spoken in the pages of this her latest book: Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5. It is a compelling and practical treatment of a challenging topic and should be read by everyone who cares about education and the future of our nation.

Clyde A. Bailey

In Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5, Dr. Andrea M. Nelson-Royes addresses the mystery behind the conundrum of common core for reading/language arts and what it means for the education community at large.

Ursula Thomas

Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5 by Dr. Andrea M. Nelson–Royes is a book that is crafted in a professional style, from which university students and their professors can acquire essential academic knowledge that all educators of children in our modern world need.

Harry Morgan

Many have written about the paucity of how our nation’s students must be competitive in the global workforce. Others have chronicled our schools’ struggle to meet these standards. Dr. Andrea M. Nelson-Royes clearly and succinctly addresses Common Core Standards in Language Arts and clarifies critical information to build and sustain a solid foundation in our nation’s schools. Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5 is a must-have resource for all school professionals.

Robert Rahamin