Nurturing Young Thinkers Across the Standards: K–2 provides multiple practical resources to assist teachers in working with standards across subject areas in ways that bring critical thinking into the everyday process of learning content and skills. The authors provide suggestions for engaging and sustaining children’s interest and illustrate the use of teaching language that actively nurtures the habits of lifelong learning. The book is rich with opportunities for developing tools for design, implementation, and assessment of vibrant integrated curricula for K–2 students that support the development of cognitive skills and increase confidence in their abilities to think and learn.
Wynne A. Shilling is Professor Emerita at York College, City University of New York, USA, and Co-Director of the CUNY Literacy Enhancement Project.Sydney L. Schwartz is Professor Emerita at Queens College, City University of New York, USA, and Co-Director of the CUNY Literacy Enhancement Project.
Chapter 1: The Standards: A Vehicle to Actively Engage Young LearnersChapter 2: Key Learning Processes Standards and How we TeachChapter 3: Nurturing Learning Through Authentic InteractionsChapter 4: AssessmentChapter 5: Embedding Process into Instructional Plan Targeting Content: Grade PreK-KChapter 6: Embedding Process into Instructional Plan Targeting Content: Grade 1-2Chapter 7: The Challenges Ahead