Common Core Information
Core Updates
Core Updates
An Introduction to the Standards
An Introduction to the Standards
- The Basics
Educore breaks down and explains the new standards in this short video from the Hunt Institute
- Specifics
Looking for more specific background on the Common Core Standards and their development in different subject areas? This link offers multiple, short videos that provide clear explanations.
- Literacy in All Subjects
This discussion of the shifts toward literacy is good for all subject areas and gives high school examples as well as elementary and middle school.
The Common Core Standards
The Common Core Standards
Resources for Teachers
Resources for Teachers
- Literacy Design Collaborative
Literacy Design Collaborative and Understanding by Design are complementary frameworks and templates for literacy lesson planning in all subject areas. - Achieve the Core
Variety of resources for preparing for the Common Core including: lessons, student writing samples, and curricular resources in addition to PD power points and links to free itunes U courses on the Common Core. - EngageNY
EngageNY, the New York State Dept. of Ed. website, provides valuable sample units for literacy and math that provide teachers full units to teach the skills of the Common Core.
Assessments
Assessments
- Smarter Balanced Website
To get a picture of what student assessments will look like, take a look at the SmarterBalanced website. There you can take practice tests & see graded responses. We are completing the process of all District juniors taking the SBAC.
For Parents
For Parents
- PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
The national PTA (parent-teacher association) has great resources for parents, including tips about talking to your child's teachers and preparing for college.
Demonstration Lessons
Demonstration Lessons
- "Wingman"
Here's a great strategy for engaging "reluctant" students in small group discussions. - Higher Order Thinking
This 6th grade teacher shows how students use Costa's and Bloom's (with frames and starters) to create questions about texts. - Kick Me
This strategy gets students up and moving and can be used in a variety of ways with vocabulary, content and concepts. - Socratic Seminar
In this video, we see inner-city kids engaging in a high level discussion, good for both the structure of the seminar and frames for agreeing, disagreeing, etc. - Close Reading and Analysis
In this 12th grade English class, students prepare for a group discussion by analyzing text, creating questions and engaging with classmates.
Text Complexity
Text Complexity
- Text Complexity
Appendix A of CCSS provide criteria for choosing complex texts-both informational and literary. These rubrics represent 1/3 of the criteria for choosing texts, the Qualitative component. - Qualitative Rubrics
Additionally, teachers consider quantitative measures as well as the text’s relevance for the reader and task.
Literacy Design Collaborative
Literacy Design Collaborative
- Literacy Design Collaborative - Module Jurying Rubric
Literacy Design Collaborative is a Stanford-based curriculum development group to which teachers around the country submit teaching modules based on CCSS.
Literacy Design
Literacy Design
- Literacy Design Collaborative, Character Relationships and Theme in Hamlet
This Close Reading Unit Module is designed within the LDC framework for English Instruction in grades 11-12. It includes an overview as well as a detailed unit and lesson plans
RC Unit Plan
RC Unit Plan
- Odell Education- Reading Closely for Textual Evidence
This 11-12 grade unit from Odell, subtitled "Developing Core Proficiencies - English Language Arts/Literacy Unit," is a complete unit, including all ancillary documents, graphic organizers and daily lesson plans.
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