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.
