Instructional Resources and Recommendations
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General
Khan Academy Common Core resources--Khan Academy has free online resources and exercises that align with the Common Core and that can be personalized to the needs of individual students. Khan Academy is working with SBAC.
Reading
Close Reading - Excerpted from Text Complexity: Raising the Rigor in Reading, Fisher, Frey, and Lapp, 2012 (p. 107-8)
Multiple Texts: Multiple Opportunities for Teaching and Learning, Laura Robb (Voices in the Middle, May 2002)
Nancy Boyles - Designing Powerful Close Reading Lessons
Handout Nancy shared at MRA Summer Lit 2014
Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week (AoW)
Diane Cauchy's Tech for English Class site for ELA teachers. (Coleman Schools)
Article of the Week articles (adaptation of Gallagher's AoW)
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning - D Buehl Reading Strategy Reproducibles
Literacy and Sound Learning for Thoughtful Reading - D Buehl MN Public Rado
Writing
Writing in Response to Literature, Carol Jago, Crash! The Currency Crisis in American Culture
Resource Evaluation Rubrics
EQuiP - Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products
EQuIP is an initiative of the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network designed to identify high-quality materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Livebinders Resource Collections
Teachersareus Summarizing Strategies Livebinder
Position Statements
Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement of the International Reading Association, rev. 2012
Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices, IES Practice Guide, USED, Aug. 2008
IRA Guidelines for Implementing the CCSS
Alliance for Excellent Education Policy Brief
Engineering Solutions to the National Crisis in Literacy: How to Make Good on the Promise of the CCSS