Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: English Language Arts and Literacy -- CHAPTER 1: About the Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards for Grades K-2 -- CHAPTER 2: Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text -- CHAPTER 3: Reading Foundational Skills -- CHAPTER 4: Writing -- CHAPTER 5: Speaking and Listening -- CHAPTER 6: Language -- PART II: Mathematics -- CHAPTER 7: About the Common Core Mathematics Standards for Grades K-2 -- CHAPTER 8: Counting and Cardinality -- CHAPTER 9: Operations and Algebraic Thinking -- CHAPTER 10: Number and Operations in Base Ten -- CHAPTER 11: Measurement and Data -- CHAPTER 12: Geometry -- PART III: Lesson Planning and Sample Lesson Plans -- CHAPTER 13: Guidance for Instructional Planning -- SAMPLE LESSON 1: Understanding Author and Illustrator Purpose in Books About Plants and Seeds -- SAMPLE LESSON 2: Reader's Theater and Lon Po Po -- SAMPLE LESSON 3: Reading Soap Bubbles and Practicing the Habits of Effective Readers -- SAMPLE LESSON 4: Decomposing Numbers up to 10 into Pairs -- SAMPLE LESSON 5: Composing Two-Dimensional Shapes -- SAMPLE LESSON 6: Collecting and Representing Measurement Data -- References -- About the Authors -- ASCD and Common Core State Standards Resources.