Standards Simplified. Achievement Amplified.

Rigorous. Challenging. Complex. These are words typically associated with the Common Core State Standards. They’re often good descriptors of a district’s transition plans as well. But with the introduction of Common Core Enhancement Packs, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has added a new word to the Common Core lexicon: simple.

Depending on which Houghton Mifflin Reading program you are currently using, a Common Core Enhancement Pack consists of just three or four resources—a streamlined, simple solution.

• Teacher Support Books

  

  Teacher Support Books

  The additional lessons in the Common Core Enhancement Packs target key Common Core State Standards at each grade for which teachers and students are likely to need more support.

  Challenging Standards

  For example, how does a Kindergartener use inflections such as –ed or –s and affixes such as re– or –ful to figure out the meaning of an unknown word? This can be challenging when most Kindergarteners are just learning to decode simple CVC words. That standard calls for some support!

  Simple to Teach

  The Teacher Support Books for each grade focus on standards that are challenging, never-before-seen, or slightly different from what individual state standards have traditionally required. In addition, the Teacher Support Book lessons provide the robust, clear, and explicit instruction that you've come to expect from your Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading program. From Think Alouds to differentiated ELL notes, the Teacher Support Book lessons make some of the toughest Common Core State Standards a snap to teach.

• Reading Adventures Student Magazines

  The Reading Adventures Student Magazines feature high-quality narrative and informational text that your students will love to read. A natural accompaniment to the Student Edition that you already use with your Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading program, the Reading Adventures Student Magazines feature brand-new selections that are perfect texts for focusing on key Reading Standards for Literature and Reading Standards for Informational Text. Just like your Student Edition, the Reading Adventures Student Magazines also include engaging, age-appropriate instruction and activities.

  Activity Central

  On Activity Central pages, students engage with a range of Common Core State Standards from Foundational Skills to Language, from reading words with long vowel sounds at Kindergarten to participating successfully in collaborative discussions at Grade 6.

  Your Turn

  The Writing Standards receive special attention on the Your Turn pages. Students take their turn at learning about and applying key aspects of writing, including writing opinions at K–5 and arguments at Grade 6. They use technology to publish and produce their work and conduct short research to deepen their knowledge of a topic.

  Simple to Apply

  Activity Central and Your Turn pages take your students right to the heart of the Common Core State Standards, all in an engaging magazine format that makes applying the Standards not only simple, but fun, too!

  

• Integrated Planning Guides

  You've got enough to do without the hassle of gap analyses or figuring out how to fit new lessons into your existing teaching plans. Rest easy. The Integrated Planning Guides that are part of the Common Core Enhancement Packs have done the work for you.

  Correlations

  Grade-level correlations show you where each Common Core State Standard is taught at your grade, whether in your existing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading program or in the Common Core Enhancement Pack student and teacher materials. You can locate instruction on any Standard anywhere in your program with ease.

  Daily Planners

  Wish your existing lesson planners told you which Common Core State Standards you were covering each day? The Integrated Planning Guides have got you covered there, too. The lesson planners from your existing Teacher Edition have been coded with CCSS, so you're able to identify the Standards you're already teaching every day with your existing program. The planners also prompt you to use the new Common Core Enhancement Pack teacher and student materials with each theme or unit.

  Simple to Align

  A Common Core Enhancement Pack is an alignment solution that is, quite simply, simple.

  

• Common Core Writing Handbooks and Teacher's Guides

  Equip your students to produce the full range of writing required by the Common Core State Standards with Common Core Writing Handbooks and Teacher's Guides.

  Minilessons

  The Common Core Writing Handbook Teacher's Guide provides minilessons for every student lesson and handbook topic, along with additional pages to clarify and support writing practice aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Minilessons follow an I Do, We Do, You Do format with modeled, collaborative, and independent writing practice. Tips for corrective feedback and a feature that further explores the lesson's writing traits are also included.

  

  Writing Models

  The Common Core Writing Handbook contains 30 interactive writing lessons that provide leveled information and practice on opinion/argument, informative/explanatory, and narrative writing—all components critical to understanding the writing process and achieving success with the Standards. In Grades 1–6, information on the writing traits, process writing, writing workshops, technology, and research is provided, as well as checklists and rubrics. Writing models along with interactive practice scaffold students' understanding of arguments, explanations, and narratives—better preparing them for success with the Standards.

  Simple to Produce

  The Handbook is the perfect writing supplement to your Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reading instruction, and offers students the write-in practice and support they need all year round.

Houghton Mifflin Reading Common Core Enhancement Pack

Common Core Enhancement Packs include a Teacher Support Book that provides clear instruction for key Common Core State Standards at each grade, an Integrated Planning Guide to help teachers smoothly integrate the new Common Core lessons into their core instruction, and a class set of Reading Adventures Student Magazines.

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