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Achievethecore.org: Achieve the Core
This website is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core Standards. It includes practical tools designed to help students and teachers see their hard work to deliver results....
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Illustrative Mathematics: Addition and Subtraction Fluency Set of Tasks [Pdf]
Students explore the relationship between addition and subtraction and develop an understanding of decomposing numbers in different ways in this first-grade lesson plan.
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Achieve the Core: Illustrative Mathematics: The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Pdf]
In this lesson, first-grade students explore counting on and the place value system using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Three Composing/decomposing Problems [Pdf]
In this grade 2 lesson plan, students use base ten blocks to compose and decompose numbers.
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Achieve the Core: Professional Dev: Understanding Text Dependent Questions
Understanding Text-Dependent Questions is a 1-4 hour module designed to promote understanding of how text-dependent questions support the key shifts required by the Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy. It includes the following:...
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Achieve the Core: Ela / Literacy Research and Articles
A collection of articles and literature on the Common Core State Standards in ELA / Literacy by grade levels.
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Achieve the Core: Introduction to Ela / Literacy Shifts
This 1-2 hour module provides participants with an introduction to the key shifts required by the Common Core State Standards for ELA / Literacy.
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Achieve the Core: Introduction to Literacy Shifts in Content Areas
This 1-2 hour module provides an introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for Literacy in the content areas: history / social studies, science, and technical subjects.
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Achieve the Core: The Common Core Shifts at a Glance
A document explaining the biggest changes in mathematics and ELA / Literacy and a quick reference card on the shifts.
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Achieve the Core: Introduction to the Math Shifts
This module provides participants with an introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for Math. Depending on the activities selected, this module could support up to four hours of Math PD.
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Achieve the Core: Deep Dive Into the Math Shifts
This module fosters a careful understanding of the math Shifts. Participants take a deep dive into the major work of grades K-8, build a deeper understanding of the coherence of the Standards, and work through sample problems that...
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Achieve the Core: Why the Common Core? How These Standards Are Different
This 1-1.5 hour module provides background information necessary to understanding how the Common Core State Standards play a role in improving education. It answers the question: How are these standards different than the latest versions...
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Achieve the Core: Common Core 101
A primer for the Common Core State Standards that explains how the Standards were developed and current implementation efforts across the country. Authored by the Alliance for Excellent Education. Common Core 101is a 15-page PDF...
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Achieve the Core: Using the Ela / Literacy Publishers' Criteria
Through close examination of the Publishers' Criteria in ELA / Literacy for Grades 3-12, this 1-2 hour module intends to give teachers and administrators a deeper understanding of the Standards and their implication for instructional...
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Achieve the Core: Introductory Videos on the Common Core State Standards
Collection of brief videos introducing the Common Core State Standards.
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Achieve the Core: Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level
A collection of PDFs detailing the mathematical content emphasized in the Standards by grade level. These can be used as guides to inform instructional decisions regarding time and other resources. Available as single-grade PDFs, or as a...
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Achieve the Core: I Tunes U Courses, Created by Teachers for Teachers
The iTunes U courses linked to below were developed by a group of classroom teachers to explain the Shifts in ELA / Literacy and mathematics required by the Common Core. Presented in partnership with The Council of Chief State School...