Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Explaining the Common Core State Standards
Chapter 2: Understanding Increasing Rigor and Text Complexity for
the Common Core State Standards K-5
Chapter 3: Reading Informational/Nonfiction Texts for the Common
Core State Standards K-5
Chapter 4: Establishing and Sustaining Implementation Efforts for
the Common Core State
Standards K-5
Chapter 5: Directing Assessment for the Common Core State Standards
K-5
Appendix A: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
and Literacy for K-5
Appendix B: What is Not Covered by the Common Core State
Standards
Appendix C: Example of a Common Core State Standards Text
Complexity Rubric
Appendix D: Exemplars for the Common Core State Standards for
Informational Texts for Kindergarten through Grade Five Band
Appendix E: Common Core State Standards Resources
Index
Bibliography
About the Author
Andrea Nelson-Royes, EdD, is an educator, researcher, author, and parent who have a passionate interest in how children learn to read and how to keep them reading. She holds a doctoral degree in educational and organizational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
Many have written about the paucity of how our nation’s students
must be competitive in the global workforce. Others have chronicled
our schools’ struggle to meet these standards. Dr. Andrea M.
Nelson-Royes clearly and succinctly addresses Common Core Standards
in Language Arts and clarifies critical information to build and
sustain a solid foundation in our nation’s schools. Success in
School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5 is a
must-have resource for all school professionals.
*Robert Rahamin, Ed.D., director and professor, Academics and
Faculty, Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Nova
Southeastern University*
Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language
Arts K-5 by Dr. Andrea M. Nelson–Royes is a book that is crafted in
a professional style, from which university students and their
professors can acquire essential academic knowledge that all
educators of children in our modern world need.
*Harry Morgan, Ed.D., professor of early childhood education,
University of West Georgia; author of Early Childhood Education:
History, Theory, and Practice*
Dr. Andrea M. Nelson-Royes’s scholarly work is artfully spoken in
the pages of this her latest book: Success in School and Career:
Common Core Standards in Language Arts K-5. It is a compelling and
practical treatment of a challenging topic and should be read by
everyone who cares about education and the future of our
nation.
*Clyde A. Bailey, Ph.D., professional educator of learning and
family therapist, Cooper City Family Center*
In Success in School and Career: Common Core Standards in Language
Arts K-5, Dr. Andrea M. Nelson-Royes addresses the mystery behind
the conundrum of common core for reading/language arts and what it
means for the education community at large.
*Ursula Thomas, Ed.D., assistant professor of early childhood
education, University of West Georgia, and author of Culture or
chaos in the village: The Journey to Cultural Fluency*
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