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The following tools and resources will support educators as they implement the Common Core State Standards.
New!! CCSS Practice Guides -- Lists of resources for implementing the CCSS
A Solution-Finding Report from the Center on Innovations in Learning
Common Core State Standards - College and Career Ready Anchor Standards - Chart
CCSS ELA/Literacy Anchor Standards Chart - Standards Categories with CCR Questions
Common Core State Standards - CCSS Myths vs. Facts - MDE
Analyze current practice through the CCSS lens; plan for implementation - Tool
Seeing the Future: How the Common Core Will Affect Mathematics and English Language Arts in Grades 3-12 Across America
May 2013, Prepared by the Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS
Overview of the Michigan High School Content Expectations and CCCS Alignment - Post Secondary Success and Overarching Expectations
MDE MMC ELA Course Credit Requirements (Rev. 2013)
MDE MMC ELA Unit Framework (Revised to Address CCSS) - Chart
MMC ELA Unit Framework Common Components with CCSS - Chart
Areas of Focus in ELA/Literacy CCSS - with reflective questions for teachers
CCSS Shifts - Chart developed by COOR ISD
Adolescent Literacy Research - Summary Recommendations
Lesson Review -- EQuIP Rubric
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products
Submit a Lesson for Peer Review
Link to Teaching Channel Videos
Using Peer Review to Build Better Lessons -- The ELA EQuIP Rubric
Strengthening Lessons for the CCSS
Download EQuIP Exemplar Lessons
Wayne RESA ELA Common Core Rollout Page
- CCSS Reading and Writing Continuum Documents
- Complex Text Resources
- Writing Placemats
- Close and Critical Reading
- PowerPoint presentations
Mid-MI Regional Literacy - Close Reading Ppt May 2013
ACT Tools
The Alignment of the Common Core and ACT's College and Career Readiness System - Comparison Chart
Characteristics of Complex Text - ACT Bookmarks
Reading Between the Lines Research Report
On Course for Success Research Report
A First Look at the Common Core and College and Career Readiness
ACT College Readiness Resources and Standards
CCSS Implementation Resources from Professional Organizations, and Authors
National PTA - Parent Resources
Achieve the Core - Guides and sample lessons for CCSS implementation (very practical tools)
Student Achievement Partners have recently upgraded their website (www.achievethecore.org) to include:
- Address CCSS shifts
- Three Core Actions - Reading Comprehension (Additional actions for foundational skills)
Core Action 1 - Focus each lesson on a high quality text (or multiple texts).
Core Action 2 - Employ questions and tasks that are text dependent and specific
Core Action 3 - Provide all students with the opportunity to engage in the lesson.
Achieve the Core - Close Reading Model Lessons and supporting resources
Publisher's Criteria for CCSS Literacy Resources (CCSS writers D. Coleman and S. Piimentel)
K-2
3-12
Achieving the Common Core (Achieve, Inc.) - Implementation Resources organized by
- Advocacy and Communication
- Instructional Support and Alignment Resources
- Implementation Planning Tools
- State Materials and Websites
Excellent New Resource - Children First Network New York
IRA Guidelines for Implementing the CCSS
Literacy Implementation Guidance for the Common Core State Standards
International Reading Association
Oakland County ELA Common Core Site Curated by Les Howard
21st Century Literacy and Learning Site Curated by Les Howard
Kent ISD - Glogster of PD Resources
Carol Jago
Carol's recent article on teaching more poetry, fiction, drama, and literary nonfiction in English classes (CCSS)
"What English classes should look like in Common Core era," Jan 2013
Carol Jago 's - Power Point on the CCSS
Carol Jago's - With Rigor for All (Chapter 1)
NCTE Resources on the Common Core State Standards
School Improvement
Macomb ISD RtI Weebly
New!! CCSS Practice Guides -- Lists of resources for implementing the CCSS
A Solution-Finding Report from the Center on Innovations in Learning
Common Core State Standards - College and Career Ready Anchor Standards - Chart
CCSS ELA/Literacy Anchor Standards Chart - Standards Categories with CCR Questions
Common Core State Standards - CCSS Myths vs. Facts - MDE
Analyze current practice through the CCSS lens; plan for implementation - Tool
Seeing the Future: How the Common Core Will Affect Mathematics and English Language Arts in Grades 3-12 Across America
May 2013, Prepared by the Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS
Overview of the Michigan High School Content Expectations and CCCS Alignment - Post Secondary Success and Overarching Expectations
MDE MMC ELA Course Credit Requirements (Rev. 2013)
MDE MMC ELA Unit Framework (Revised to Address CCSS) - Chart
MMC ELA Unit Framework Common Components with CCSS - Chart
Areas of Focus in ELA/Literacy CCSS - with reflective questions for teachers
CCSS Shifts - Chart developed by COOR ISD
Adolescent Literacy Research - Summary Recommendations
Lesson Review -- EQuIP Rubric
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products
Submit a Lesson for Peer Review
Link to Teaching Channel Videos
Using Peer Review to Build Better Lessons -- The ELA EQuIP Rubric
Strengthening Lessons for the CCSS
Download EQuIP Exemplar Lessons
Wayne RESA ELA Common Core Rollout Page
- CCSS Reading and Writing Continuum Documents
- Complex Text Resources
- Writing Placemats
- Close and Critical Reading
- PowerPoint presentations
Mid-MI Regional Literacy - Close Reading Ppt May 2013
ACT Tools
The Alignment of the Common Core and ACT's College and Career Readiness System - Comparison Chart
Characteristics of Complex Text - ACT Bookmarks
Reading Between the Lines Research Report
On Course for Success Research Report
A First Look at the Common Core and College and Career Readiness
ACT College Readiness Resources and Standards
CCSS Implementation Resources from Professional Organizations, and Authors
National PTA - Parent Resources
Achieve the Core - Guides and sample lessons for CCSS implementation (very practical tools)
Student Achievement Partners have recently upgraded their website (www.achievethecore.org) to include:
- New resources in ELA/literacy and mathematics including additional Common Core–aligned materials and resources for struggling students;
- Essential actions for school and district leaders, accompanied by CCSS-aligned tools and resources;
- Two new professional development modules including PowerPoints, videos, facilitator’s instructions, and hands-on activities;
- Evidence guides for instructional practice, designed as developmental tools, that provide specific guidance for what the CCSS for ELA/literacy and mathematics look like in planning and practice; and
- Information on how educators can support the Common Core beyond their school community.
- Address CCSS shifts
- Three Core Actions - Reading Comprehension (Additional actions for foundational skills)
Core Action 1 - Focus each lesson on a high quality text (or multiple texts).
Core Action 2 - Employ questions and tasks that are text dependent and specific
Core Action 3 - Provide all students with the opportunity to engage in the lesson.
Achieve the Core - Close Reading Model Lessons and supporting resources
Publisher's Criteria for CCSS Literacy Resources (CCSS writers D. Coleman and S. Piimentel)
K-2
3-12
Achieving the Common Core (Achieve, Inc.) - Implementation Resources organized by
- Advocacy and Communication
- Instructional Support and Alignment Resources
- Implementation Planning Tools
- State Materials and Websites
Excellent New Resource - Children First Network New York
IRA Guidelines for Implementing the CCSS
Literacy Implementation Guidance for the Common Core State Standards
International Reading Association
Oakland County ELA Common Core Site Curated by Les Howard
21st Century Literacy and Learning Site Curated by Les Howard
Kent ISD - Glogster of PD Resources
Carol Jago
Carol's recent article on teaching more poetry, fiction, drama, and literary nonfiction in English classes (CCSS)
"What English classes should look like in Common Core era," Jan 2013
Carol Jago 's - Power Point on the CCSS
Carol Jago's - With Rigor for All (Chapter 1)
NCTE Resources on the Common Core State Standards
School Improvement
Macomb ISD RtI Weebly