Curated OER
The Common Core Literacy Standards - Kindergarten Posters
Can we do it? Yes we can! Your class can become Common Core masters with a fine set of posters that state each of the kindergarten literacy standards in a friendly "we can" statement. Each of the posters contains two standards, a "we...
Curriculum Corner
ELA Common Core Checklists for K-6
In the hustle and bustle of life in the classroom, it's easy for teachers to lose track of the standards they have taught, and those that still need to be addressed. This Common Core checklist provides educators with an easy-to-use...
Curated OER
The Common Core Literacy Standards - Pre-K Posters
Knowing the Common Core standards is a must for educators and learners alike. Here is an extensive set of literacy standards based on current kindergarten standards, but modified for learners in pre-school. The set includes display...
Curated OER
“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Writing
"I can" statements are great for wording the Common Core standards in a way everybody will understand. Prime first graders with a writing checklist that addresses eight key expository writing standards taken directly from the Common...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
Student Achievement Partners
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....
Student Achievement Partners
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.
Student Achievement Partners
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics
View a video with the basics of Common Core Mathematics. Teachers and students discussing the benefits of the new standards.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics: Argumentation and Review
Educators will hear experiences of other professionals with opinions of the value of the Common Core Mathematics focusing on argumentation and review in the classroom.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ideas in Action: Visit Other Classrooms
Teachers address the practice of visiting other classrooms to observe student argumentation and criticism in mathematics. [1:19]
Other
Center for Assessment: Cognitive Rigor in Stds, Curriculum & Assessment [Pdf]
Participate in this exercise to determine where an assessment fits on the Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix.
Other
Center for Assessment: Learning Progressions Frameworks in Ela & Literacy [Pdf]
This project has attempted to describe research-based pathways for learning that can guide lesson planning, and curriculum and assessment development K-12. Includes a working definition of learning progressions.
Other
Center for Assessment: Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Examples for Ela [Pdf]
Use this convenient table to compare Webb's Depth of Knowledge levels with Bloom's Cognitive Process Dimensions for English Language Arts. L .9-10.3 knowledge of lang
Other
Ctr for Assessment: Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Examples Math/science [Pdf]
Use this convenient table to compare Webb's Depth of Knowledge levels with Bloom's Cognitive Process Dimensions for Math and Science.
Student Achievement Partners
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.
Student Achievement Partners
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...
Student Achievement Partners
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...
Student Achievement Partners
Achieve the Core: Introductory Videos on the Common Core State Standards
Collection of brief videos introducing the Common Core State Standards.
Other
National Pta: Parents Guide to Student Success
The Parents' Guide to Student Success was developed in response to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics that more than 45 states have adopted. (To find out if your state has adopted the standards,...