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Illustrative Mathematics: The Escalator, Assessment Variation [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Use this assessment to track students understanding of ratios and rates.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Riding at a Constant Speed [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Assess students understanding of proportional relationships with this assessment using speed.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Fishing Adventures [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students use a model to define variables, write expressions, create an inequality and then interpreting the results in this lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Art Class [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate understanding of proportional relationships when completing an assessment.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Decimal Expansions of Fractions [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students explore how fractions convert to decimals.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Profit of a Company [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Assess students understanding of three equivalent quadratic expressions with this assessment.
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Achieve the Core: "Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution"

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan explores the meaning of the words in the Preamble to the Constitution.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Equations of Lines [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
In this instructional activity, students are to interpret graphs with equations of lines.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Delivering the Mail [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Assess students learning of linear functions with a summative assessment.
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Achieve the Core: Ela / Literacy Research and Articles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Collection of brief videos introducing the Common Core State Standards.
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Achieve the Core: Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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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Illustrative Mathematics: Find 1 [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Students explore fractions under and over one whole using a number line in this lesson.
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Achieve the Core: I Tunes U Courses, Created by Teachers for Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...