MiddleWeb published the following book review by Casey Gilewski, an ICL doctoral student working with Dr. Nicole Thompson.
When teachers hear Common Core and differentiation, they are frozen with fear and questions about what to do. Jill Spencer’s Ten Differentiation Strategies for
Building Common Core Literacy is a warm breath of fresh air to teachers who wish to differentiate in their classrooms using the Common Core Standards.
The author of this book explains the Common Core Standards, the importance of knowing your students and meeting their needs, and many strategies and resources for teachers who are new to the standards and/or differentiation. She does this by focusing on 10 strategies for reading and writing that can be used across all of the content areas:
Reading Strategies
1. When Everyone Must Read the Same Text
2. Providing Less Able Readers Access to Rich Curriculum Materials
3. Building Skills to Cite Evidence
4. Silent Sustained Evidence
Writing Strategies
5. Everyone Writing the Same Essay or Response
6. Supporting Less Able Writers: Student Voice and Choice
7. Building Grammar Skills and Clear Communication
8. Rehearsal Strategies for Success in Writing
