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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Avi

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Genre:
Historical Fiction, Mystery / Crime
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Crispin is falsely accused of murder and must flee his medieval town to save his life. But, just as he’s leaving, he learns from the village priest that his parents’ origins – and fates – might be more mysterious than he ever imagined.

International Reading Association

A Critical Analysis of Eight Informal Reading Inventories

There are a number of current informal reading inventories — each has its strengths, limitations, and unique characteristics, which should be considered in order to best fit a teacher’s needs.
Half portrait of a young girl with glasses looking up stock photo
Daniel T. Willingham

Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?

Learning critical thinking skills can only take a student so far. Critical thinking depends on knowing relevant content very well and thinking about it, repeatedly. Here are five strategies, consistent with the research, to help bring critical thinking into the everyday classroom.

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Linda Urban

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

This very different take on music features 11-year old Zoe, who dreams of being a concert pianist, until her Dad brings home an organ. Zoe learns to play and even enters a competition.

Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Tonya Bolden

Crossing Ebenezer Creek

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA

When Mariah and her younger brother Zeke are freed from slavery, Mariah packs her belongings and her brother into a wagon driven by Caleb, a free Black man, who helps them join General Sherman’s treacherous march through Georgia until he is forced to leave them behind when he must cross with the troops at Ebenezer Creek and leave Mariah trapped as Rebel forces draw near.

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Crossing the Wire

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Fifteen-year-old Victor decides to cross the U.S.-Mexican border to earn money for his family. The border patrol is only one of his worries, which also include drug dealers, extreme temperatures, and fellow migrants. This is an eye-opening look at what draws many immigrants to the U.S. and the risks they take.

Achieve, Inc.

Cross-Disciplinary Proficiencies in the American Diploma Project Benchmarks

Students must graduate from high school with not only a firm foundation in mathematics and English, but also with the ability to approach with confidence new and unfamiliar tasks and challenges in college, the workplace and life. Embedded within the American Diploma Project benchmarks are four cross-disciplinary proficiencies — Research and Evidence Gathering, Critical Thinking and Decision Making, Communications and Teamwork, and Media and Technology — that will enable high school graduates to meet these challenges.