From the other side of the fence, authors of books for kids are working on curriculum guides, lesson plans, and other teaching materials that will align with the Common Core. In this 3-part series, Literary Agent and Writer Jill Cocoran gives authors advice on what to include in such teaching materials. Her articles have links [...]
July 24, 2012
Common Core: What you Teach, NOT How you Teach
I want to tell you a short story about how I got started writing. There are many versions of the story, each true, and I’ve never told this one till now, because I’ve not had quite this audience before. When my first daughter was just four or five years old, I started thinking about her [...]
