Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades K-5: English Language Arts Strategies

The strategies you need to teach common standards to diverse learners

The elementary years are a critical opportunity to help students of all backgrounds meet the demands of the Common Core Standards. In this realistic, thorough book, Maria Dove and Andrea Honigsfeld show how to help every K-5 student, including English Learners, students with disabilities, speakers of nonstandard English, and other struggling learners, meet the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (ELA).

Educators will find an adaptable approach that ensures all students develop lasting language skills. This resource

• Familiarizes readers with each of the Common Core′s 32 ELA anchor standards
• Outlines the specific skills that students need to master each standard
• Presents a wealth of flexible teaching strategies and instructional tools aligned to each anchor standard
• Includes guidance on collaboration and co-teaching for student success

Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner is the standards-based ELA resource that elementary teachers have been waiting for!

"Each anchor standard in all five domains is fully explained with practical, engaging activities that can add fun and learning to any classroom. Readers will feel supported and energized for the challenges ahead, with a toolkit for meeting the needs of all learners."
--Elizabeth Gennosa, English/AIS Teacher
Sagamore Middle School, Holtsville, NY

"Here′s a resource that will make your teaching life easier and support those learners in your classroom who worry you the most."
--Dolores Hennessy, Reading Specialist
Hill and Plain School, New Milford, CT

Author: Maria G. Dove,Andrea Honigsfeld
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781452257822

About the Author
Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld is Associate Dean in the division of education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY. She teaches graduate education courses related to cultural and linguistic diversity, linguistics, ESL methodology and action research. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English as a Foreign Language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5-8 and adult), an English as a Second Language teacher in New York City (Grades K-3 and adult), and taught Hungarian at New York University.

She was the recipient of a Doctoral Fellowship at St. John′s University, where she conducted research on individualized instruction and learning styles. She has published extensively on working with English Language Learners and/or providing individualized instruction based on learning-style preferences. She received a Fulbright Award to lecture in Iceland in the Fall of 2002. In the past eight years, she has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates. She frequently offers staff development primarily focusing on effective differentiated strategies and collaborative practices for English as a second Language and general education teachers. Her co-authored book Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk Students (2009) and co-edited book Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization (2010) are published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Maria G. Dove is Assistant Professor in the division of education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY where she teaches courses to preservice and inservice teachers in the graduate education TESOL program. Having worked as an English as a Second Language teacher for over thirty years, she has provided instruction to English language learners in public school settings (Grades K-12) and in adult English Language programs in Nassau County, NY.

During her years as an ESL specialist, she established co-teaching partnerships, planned instruction through collaborative practices, and conducted ESL co-taught lessons in mainstream classrooms with her fellow K-6 teachers. She has served as a mentor for new ESL teachers, and coaches both ESL and mainstream teachers on co-teaching strategies. She has published several articles and book chapters on her experiences with co-teaching, differentiated instruction, and the education of English language learners. She regularly offers professional development workshops regarding the instruction of English language learners to local school districts as well as at state and national conferences.