CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN RISK AND RESILIENCE; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Struggling Learners and Common Core State Standards; Common Core State Standards; Instructional Changes; Cooperative Learning; Habits of Mind; Differentiation; E/LA Unit Components and Lesson Plans; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 2 How Does a Just Person Make Decisions in an Unjust World?; Letter from Birmingham Jail -- Creating a Reasonable Argument; Putting It All Together; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 3 How Do We Learn How We Are and Who We Are?
Why Study Identity Formation?To Kill a Mockingbird; Identity Formation: Race; Identity Formation: Class; Identity Formation: Gender; Writing to Be Informed; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 4 How Does a Moral Person Make Decisions in an Immoral World?; The Sunflower; Book Two: "The Symposium"; Writing to Persuade; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 5 How Does a Moral Leader Bring His/Her Vision to Life?; The Four Freedoms Speech: Vocabulary; The Four Freedoms Speech: Rhetoric; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 6 At-Risk Students and Mathematics and the Common Core
Overview of Common Core Standards in MathematicsMath Anxiety; What Do Struggling Learners Need in Order to Succeed in Math?; Suitable Strategies for Success; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; 7 Discouraged Learners and Common Core State Standards in Science; Overview of CCSS in Science; Challenges Facing Implementation of CCSS in Science; Levels of Questions; Writing in Science; Points to Ponder; Reflections; References; Additional References
Summary
This text offers lesson plans, realistic advice, and explanations and descriptions focused on how to move academically discouraged students from failure to thrive to success with the Common Core
