Book Review The Core Six

The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core

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• Authors: Harvey F. Silver, et al.
• Length: 86 pages
• Intent/Focus: Provides educators with specific strategies to incorporate the new standards into daily instructional design.
• What You Will Learn: Strategies that will help teachers and students respond to the demands of Common Core.
• Why I Recommend It: It’s a great resources for teachers who wish to leverage the new standards to increase engagement and prepare students for college and career success.
• Summary: The “core six” represents individual strategies that include Reading for Meaning, Compare & Contrast, Inductive Learning, Circle of Knowledge, Write to Learn and Vocabulary’s CODE. The authors provide handy sample activities, examples and charts.