The Common Core Teacher Edition includes additional lessons, vocabulary, discussion ideas, manipulatives, teaching tips and
activities to address the CCS Standards with
added rigor and depth.
Using the foundation learned in the first stage, teachers» planning and instruction
adds a focus on rigorous instruction, questions, learning
activities, grade - level assignments, and assessments in the second stage, Increasing the
Rigor of Learning - Focused Lessons: Higher Order Thinking, Reading and Writing.