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SLJ Summit 2012: Nonfiction Authors Address the Common Core
Moderator Mary Ann Cappiello leads the author panel “Nonfiction at the Forefront of the Common Core,” at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit. Among other mandates, the Common Core State...
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Consider the Source: On the Common Core Trail
Here’s my latest report from Common Core land. Two weeks ago, I was on the road for four days along with Sue Bartle leading Common Core (CC) workshops. I learned a lot—much of it encouraging. There was...
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Wondering how to put Common Core into practice? It’s easier than you think.
Illustration by Amy Wasserman. This fall, as we’ve traveled around New York State doing workshops for librarians and teachers on the Common Core State Standards, we’ve been living and breathing the new...
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On the Radar: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: Graphic...
If you’re looking for official justification for the purchase of graphic novels, look no further than the Common Core State Standards. In grades 6 to 12, students will be required to apply the Reading...
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Consider the Source: The Mandate
Downed tree on the way to New Canaan Library, CT. The day after Hurricane Sandy, my wife and I walked around our town. We’d been fortunate. Even though a fallen tree blocked our street, with every sort...
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NCTE Round Up, One
Over the next few issues of SLJTeen, I’ll be sharing some brief summaries of the sessions I attended at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual conference, November 15 to 18, in Las...
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NCTE’s 700-plus Sessions Deliver on Tech, Lit, and the Common Core
A view of the “NYC skyline” in Las Vegas, NV, the site of 2012 NCTE Convention Amid the sparkle of bling and sounds of cha-ching, visitors to Las Vegas, NV, last week caught sight of thousands of...
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On the Radar: Top Teen Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: Two...
If you’re looking for an official justification to buy graphic novels, look no further than the Common Core (CC) State Standards. Students in grades 6 to 12 will be required to apply CC’s reading...
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Stories for Winter Nights| Listen In
Cold winter weather provides the perfect setting for putting on headphones to listen to a good book. For over 50 years, Search Institute, a nonprofit organization, has worked to improve the lives of...
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The Public Library Connection: The new standards require that public and...
Now, more than ever before, collaboration between public and school librarians is critical. As we strive to be at the center of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in our...
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Clustering and the Common Core
The Common Core State Standards require that children and young adults read “across” a variety of texts, within the same genre or on the same topic or theme. This reading should engage them in critical...
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A Call for ‘Blended Funding’: Schools must pool money to support Common Core
Frankenstorm Sandy wasn’t the only perfect storm scenario that was discussed at SLJ’s recent Leadership Summit in Philadelphia. School librarians from around the country were also talking about the...
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‘Pathways to the Common Core’| Professional Shelf
Now that the dust stirred up by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has begun to settle, it’s time for the hard part, implementation, which finds districts, schools, and teachers unpacking the...
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Deconstructing Nonfiction | On Common Core
ime and time again, we hear that children do not know how to read nonfiction as well as fiction. It isn’t that nonfiction is inherently more difficult than fiction. It’s often that students do not have...
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Consider the Source: Getting History Right
Last year on SLJ’s Heavy Medal blog, there was a dust-up over the issue of citations, and Steve Sheinkin’s Bomb (Roaring Brook, 2012) was a big part of that debate. I have strong views on citations,...
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On the Radar: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: New...
Good nonfiction titles rise to the top as librarians focus their content needs to meet the Common Core State Standards. New releases by our favorite authors and illustrators include an environmental...
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Planning Common Core Lessons?: Free, Web-based applications can help align...
Common Curriculum Ready or not, here they come. Currently adopted in part or in full by 45 states, the Common Core (CC) standards are seemingly on everyone’s mind. At almost every school I visited this...
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On Common Core | Talking about Nonfiction
here is never enough time in a single class session, the school day, or even across the school year to pack in all that teachers and librarians want their students to learn. The Common Core State...
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(Mis)Guided Reading | Consider the Source
Photo by Hemera Being out in the field, talking to teachers and librarians about the Common Core (CC), I’ve learned as much as I’ve taught. My world is often centered in my study (where I research and...
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Whodunit?: Mysteries Can Support the Common Core | Listen In
Milo and Jazz Mysteries: The Case of the Stinky Socks© 2009 by Amy Wummer. Mysteries provide a perfect entree for exploring a wide variety of critical thinking skills. With their emphasis on clear...
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