Jaclyn DeForge, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching first and second grade in the South Bronx, and went on to become a literacy coach and earn her Masters of Science in Teaching. In her column she offers teaching and literacy tips for educators.
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of meeting with a literacy expert who was SUPER involved with the creation of the Common Core Standards (!!!!!), and she gave me some important feedback about the Appendix B supplement I posted last week. To refresh your memory, what we’ve done is compiled a supplement to Appendix B that includes both contemporary literature and authors/characters of color, and that also meets the criteria (complexity, quality, range) used by the authors of the Common Core. We were lucky enough to have this literacy expert take a look at our supplement, and she gave some great suggestions:
- The texts selected for Read Aloud can be outside the text complexity bands for each grade cluster.
- Texts that are Read Aloud in lower grades can be read as Independent Reading in upper grades.
We’ve incorporated these ideas into our Appendix B supplement. So, without further ado, click here for a PDF of our new and improved multicultural supplement to the Common Core’s Appendix B.
Know who else is excited about the updated Appendix B list? This guy:
“Smiling Dog” by Benjamin Liew
Further Reading:
What’s in your classroom? Rethinking Common Core recommended texts
Why Window and Mirror Books are Important for All Readers
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