As I was reading over the Introduction and skimming through the chapters of the book, I discovered how easy this book is to read. I enjoyed the conversational tone of the text and the book's layout. It is easy to navigate a certain concept that you may want to revisit later on just by looking at the subcategories within the chapters. Although I have only read the Introduction, I believe this text will help provide a clearer picture of the dreaded Common Core Standards. Every interview I had this summer asked me what I knew about the CCSS, and even with some research, I couldn't give them a straight answer. I know parents are outraged with these new standards that their children are being held to, but from my experience, I haven't had such a problem with them. Our students aren't going to be able to tell the difference in learning from these standards and the old standards because as far as they are concerned, these are the only standards that they know. I try my best to be a very "go-with-the-flow" teacher because I know this field is ever-changing and I don't mind learning new concepts if its going to help me become a better teacher.
I also think this book has some great resources for reading specialists. By just looking within the book, they look like regular "busy work" worksheets, but with the correct instructions they can become enriched conversations. I personally do not like giving students worksheets, but if they have a great lesson that goes along with them then the worksheet just serves as recorded data. I thought about looking over the worksheets, but the Introduction advised us to read the first part of the book first so I figured I should hold off until I familiarize myself with the CCSS more.
I don't have any concerns about this book because I feel as if it will be easy to read and relate to. I have enjoyed several reading related books in the past so I believe I will enjoy and revisit this book as well.
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