Years of experience and study have led her to teach students to think strategically within a workshop model framed by active literacy practices the common core companion grades 3 5 lays out a road map to incorporating these research based practices so kids can perform at their optimum meet and exceed the ccss and even more importantly become lifelong literate thoughtful readers and thinkers. The common core companion the standards decoded grades 3 5 what they say what they mean the standards decoded grades 3 5 what they say what they mean how to teach them corwin literacy authors leslie blauman jim burke publisher corwin press 2014 isbn 1483364488 9781483364483 length 288 pages subjects education general education general export citation bibtex . The common core companion the standards decoded grades 3 5 what they say what they mean how to teach them corwin literacy 1st edition by leslie a blauman author james r burke author 47 out of 5 stars 135 ratings isbn 13 978 1483349855. With the click of a mouse anyone has access to the standards so aligning our instruction should be a snap if only it were that simple jim burke anticipated the challenges and developed the common core companion series for k 12 in his next smart move he deferred to the talents of leslie blauman to be author of the 3 5 volume. The common core companion the standards decoded by jim burke provides schools districts and departments with a common language or set of reference points for effective school wide implementation of the common core state standards the book available in middle and high school editions clarifies what each standard says what each means and how to put the standards into practice across