With the implementation of the new Common Core Standards
teachers everywhere are trying to wrap their brains around how
these standards will look in their own classrooms. Being a busy
mother of three, hauling my own children to dance and sports, on
top of writing for The Educators Room and managing my classroom
responsibilities of grading papers, writing lesson plans, and
reading guided reading books my time is precious. I know yours
is too. That is why I was so utterly excited last Sunday night
when I picked up a digital copy of Common Core Literacy Lesson
Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8, edited by Lauren Davis, from
Eye on Education and began reading. The editor of this fantastic
resource has classroom experience and a passion for engaging
students in learning. This is evident in the lesson, extension,
and assessment ideas in the book. Common Core Literacy Lesson
Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8 has many research based
activities I implemented the very next day in my classroom, is
well-organized for ea