The Common Core in Grades K-3: Top Nonfiction Titles from School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine

by Roger Sutton (Editor), Daryl Grabarek (Editor)

Overview

The Common Core in Grades K–3 is the second in a series of comprehensive tools to tap into the vast flow of recently published books for children and teens, offering recommendations of exemplary titles for use in the classroom. Currency meets authority, brought to you by the editors of the highly regarded review sources School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine.
This guide includes hundreds of selections for grades K–3 published since 2007 recommended by The Horn Book Magazine. The titles are grouped by subject and complemented by School Library Journal’s “Focus On” columns, which spotlight specific topics across the curriculum. Providing context for the guide, and suggestions on how to use these resources within a standards framework, is an introduction by Common Core experts Mary Ann Cappiello and Myra Zarnowski. These educators provide perspective on the key changes brought by the new standards, including suggestions on designing lessons and two sample plans.
Following the introduction, you’ll find a wealth of books, by category. (Note that the guide is Dewey-Decimal based, so you may want to dig around, for example, in “Social Sciences” to find some titles that you might first seek in “History” or “Science.”) Each section includes a listing of the top titles with brief, explicit annotations, and key bibliographic data. “Focus On” articles are appended to appropriate categories to support in-depth curricular development. Each of these articles includes a topic overview and list of current and retrospective resources (including some fiction) and multimedia, enabling educators to respond to the Common Core State Standards call to work across formats.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442244054
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/26/2014
Series:	Classroom Go-To Guides
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Roger Sutton has been editor in chief of the Horn Book Magazine since 1996. He is the author of A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature with Martha V. Parravano. He has an M.A. from the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago.

Daryl Grabarek is the editor of School Library Journal's e-newsletter Curriculum Connections and its app column, "Touch and Go," and a member of its book review team. She is also a school librarian in lower Manhattan.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction 11

Nonfiction from the Start: Implementing the Common Core Standards in the Primary Grades (K-3) Mary Ann Cappiello Myra Zamowski

Arts 22

Focus On Musicians & Fine Artists: Brushes with Greatness Wendy Lukeban 26

Biography 35

Folktales & Nursery Rhymes 48

Focus On Folk and Fairy Tales Retold: Spin-offs Joy Fleishbacker 55

History 65

Focus On American Indians: Getting it Right Debbie Reese 69

Focus On The Titanic Unsinkable Barbara Wysocki 75

Literature & Poetry 77

Focus On Odd Couples: Why Can't We Be Friends? Joy Fleisbhacker 87

Focus On A Writer's Tools: Wordcrart Barbara Wysocki 96

Religion 102

Focus On Celebrations and Festivals: A Calendar of Holidays Heidi R. Estrin 104

Social Sciences 113

Focus On Class Trips: Field Day Joy Fleishbacker 115

Focus On Amazing Journeys: Going Places John Peters 126

Focus On Playground Lessons: Social Climbers Alyson Low 130

Science & Technology 138

Focus On Healthy Lifestyles: A Balancing Act Joanna K. Fabicon 153

Focus On Ocean Life: Going Deep Kathy Piebl 160

Focus On Scientific Exploration: Quantum Leaps and Bounds John Peters 166

Sports 170

Indexes 174

Title 174

Author/Illustrator 181