Here, teachers of grades 3 5 and elementary school leaders will find information they need to begin adapting their practices to help all students master the new and challenging material contained in the standards. A practical lesson planning process to use with the Common Core, based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Ed., is included, along with six sample lessons. Sample lessons include: Reading and Speaking for Understanding: Penguins on Display (ELA, Grade 3), Using Text Structure to Understand Money (ELA/Social Studies, Grade 4), Reading and Writing Hurricane Katrina: Exploring Theme in HIstorical Fiction (ELA, Grade 5), Understanding Equivalent Fractions (Mathematics, Grade 3), Understanding Angle Measurements (Mathematics, Grade 4), Division of Decimals Through Concrete Models (Mathematics, Grade 5). Contents: Part I English Language Arts and literacy -- About the common core ELA/Literacy standards for Grades 3-5 -- Reading -- Writing -- Speaking and listening -- Language --.