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Resources related to Common Core State Standards content, implementation, etc.).
Updated on Feb 08, 14
Created on Aug 28, 11
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Interesting view of the debate about ELA CCSS.
Article about close reading and its implications for literacy and critical thinking.
Resources to support instruction for Common Core. Includes lessons and activities.
Links to resources that support implementation of Common Core-aligned teaching tools.
An article from Harvard Education that explains the differences between existing standards and the Common Core Standards.
Summary of both the pro and con views of the Common Core State Standards.
Grant Wiggins discusses creativity and standards.
Resources assembled by Edutopia to support implementation of Common Core.
A 4:30 minute video prepared by the New York Department of Education explains DOK in relation to Common Core and uses the Gettysburg Address to model DOK levels for assignments.
An article from EdWeek that summarizes the key ideas in the recently released statement by the Career Readiness Partner Council, Building Blocks of Change: What it Means to be Career Ready. National education, business, philanthropic, and policy organizations have signed on to the statement, which defines what it means to be career ready. There is a link to the full statement embedded in this article.
LearnZillion just launched their Common Core Navigator to help navigate the skills bands of the CCSS. It also has a searchable database of sample lessons in the Explore Lessons tab.
List of suggested sources for locating informational and nonfiction texts to support implementation of ELA CCSS.
Venn diagram that compares the CCSS for ELA, math, and the K-12 Framework for science.
Resources from ASCD to support implementation of Common Core State Standards.
An article from EdWeek that addresses how Common Core will change how teachers teach and how student learn.
The Center for Urban Education has compiled reading passages organized by Fry readability from grades 3 through high school (scroll down for most secondary passages). It also includes links to non-fiction reading questions, graphic organizers to guide and assess non-fiction reading, and non-fiction reading strategy pre-assessment.
Online Colleges has compiled a collection of resources useful for Common Core-adopting states.
A short post from Eye on Education’s Senior Editor, Lauren Davis, who addresses three misconceptions she kept hearing at NCTE last winter.
An opinion piece in the New York Times that questions the move to informational text by the CCSS.
49 items | 4 visits
Resources related to Common Core State Standards content, implementation, etc.).
Updated on Feb 08, 14
Created on Aug 28, 11
Category: Schools & Education
URL: