Common Core 360 Free 30-Day Trial Educator Effectiveness System Common Core 360™is the only training tool that will help every teacher in your school or district integrate the Common Core with fidelity in the very first year of implementation. With hundreds of videos, case studies, and footage of real Common Core classrooms, Common Core 360 places you right in the middle of schools and classrooms that are doing the day-to-day implementation of the Common Core Standards. You can receive access to the growing Common Core 360 library and watch training segments and access other content that outlines the foundations, goal, and vision of the Common Core Standards. When you register for your free license, you will gain a free, lifetime membership to the PD 360 community, the world’s largest online PLC with over one million verified educators. Use the form on the right-hand side of this page to begin. With Common Core 360, you receive the following unique resources: Now included in your Common Core 360 Trial
MAP: An Overview for Teachers What is the Mathematics Assessment Project? The Mathematics Assessment Program (MAP) aims to bring to life the Common Core State Standards (CCSSM) in a way that will help teachers and their students turn their aspirations for achieving them into classroom realities. MAP is a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley and the Shell Center team at the University of Nottingham, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The materials from this project will exemplify CCSSM in explicit down-to-earth performance terms. What material is MAP developing? MAP materials are of two complementary kinds: Summative tests or tasks exemplify the performance targets that the standards imply. These materials have been developed in classrooms across the US, using the research-based design and development methods that the MARS Shell Center team has advanced over the last three decades. The team Rationale and methodology External evaluation Formative assessment
Parents' Guide to the CCSS Currently, each state has a separate set of education standards, lists of skills that students are expected to do by the time they graduate each grade. However, in response to concerns about American student achievement and just how prepared students are for college and careers, education leaders in 48 states, along with the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), have written a set of standards for student across the U.S. The common core state standards were released in 2010. Now, 44 states are working to implement them by 2013-2014. Here’s what you should know and how to help your child prepare for the common core: The Common Core Standards are State-Driven The common core state standards are a set of learning skills that all American students should achieve, not a federal curriculum. The Standards are a Progression In general, standards set a progression of skills that students learn as they move through school. Focus on Informational Text
Common Core Curriculum Maps | Digital Resources These digital resources and tools for creating, collaborating, researching, and sharing can be found in the Common Core Curriculum Maps. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list, as the technologies are constantly evolving. Consider it a beginning! Free Online Resources Bookmarking These programs allow teachers to store bookmarks in one place, and allow others to access them. Edmodo Edmodo is an easy and engaging way to manage assignments, provide a way for students to communicate and create an online classroom. Edmodo Glogster Students can easily create and share interactive posters. Glogster Google Docs Google Docs is “storage in the clouds” — a place that allows many students to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. Google Docs Google Earth Google Earth lets students view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, canyons of the ocean, and other features and physical locations from their computers. Google Earth Jing Jing Open Educational Resources Picasa Picasa
The 7 Skills Students Must Have For The Future Are students prepared for the future? Are they graduating ready to innovate? What are some of the skills students should have in order to have a successful future? Those are some of the questions Tony Wagner (follow him on Twitter @DrTonyWagner ) answers in a powerful talk all about the skills students must have for the future. During the half-hour talk, Wagner talks about the “global achievement gap” which is essentially the divide between what our best schools are teaching and what’s actually needed in the future. The Skills Students Must Have So if you’re not able to sit down and watch the full video below, here’s a quick rundown of the student skills Wagner recommends. Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and leading by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and entrepreneurialism Effective oral and written communication Accessing and analyzing information Curiosity and imagination The Video The PowerPoint Presentation A Quick Aside
Common Core Collection Tools to assess knowledge and level of agreement Guiding Principles This document provides the unifying beliefs that address our collective approach to this issue. You may want to share these among the groups with whom you work to build a common sense of purpose. Grounding Assumptions These documents provide the shared agreements across stakeholders groups about CCSS that address the technical side of CCSS. Needs of the Field This tool provides a summary of the insights across stakeholder groups about CCSS. Assessment Needs of the Field This tool provides a summary of the insights provided by the participants in the development of this Collection. Tools to build common knowledge and understanding PowerPoint & Presenter Guides The PowerPoint presentations and accompanying Presenter Guides provide coaching to deliver the PowerPoint as a presentation or workshop. Tools to help you learn and act together Fact Sheet Assessment Fact SheetEssential Elements of Collaboration Your Voice
Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning - Study Skills When authors write, they often include context clues to the meaning of words they use but think that some of their readers may not know. The context clue is usually presented in the sentence or paragraph in which the word occurs. Sometimes a visual such as a picture is provided. Here are six types of context clues used by authors to help the reader understand the meanings of words. 1. The author includes a definition to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. The people of the town were warned not to eat the tainted fish. 2. The author includes a synonym to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. After seeing the picture of the starving children, we all felt compassion or pity for their suffering. 3. The author includes an antonym to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. Joe was reluctant to take on the position of captain of the basketball team. 4. The author includes one or more descriptions to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. 5. 6.
Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Prereading Published Online: April 24, 2012 Published in Print: April 25, 2012, as Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Student 'Prereading' Exercises Sparked by the Common Core State Standards, teachers and literacy experts are arguing about the role of a time-honored pillar of English/language arts instruction: classroom activities designed to help students understand what they are about to read. The attacks on—and defenses of—"prereading" are unfolding largely in cyberspace, through online forums, blogs, and email exchanges. What's triggering them is educators' reactions to the new standards and two key explanatory resources created by their architects: a set of "publishers' criteria" and videotaped sample lessons. That trio has created an impression in some quarters that the intent of the standards is to "ban"—in the words of one blogger—prereading and instead ask students to approach texts "cold," with no upfront assistance. Interpreting the Standards Publishers' Criteria Mr. The K-2 criteria Mr.
TeAch-nology.com Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice This lesson is designed to help students become “rhetorically savvy” through their analysis of their own and others’ grammar pet peeves. back to top ReadWriteThink Notetaker: Students can use this online tool to take and organize notes about any topic. Grammar Pet Peeves Analysis Chart: Students can use this graphic organizer to analyze their own pet peeves, as well as those from Dear Abby's article. Further Reading
Teacher Resources for Making Inferences, Using Context Clues — Learning From the Polar Past How is the process of reading like playing the board game Clue? Both involve assembling “clues” and evidence to make sense of a particular situation or puzzle. However, while the game may be played without conscious or strategic choices, making inferences while reading is a deliberate and purposeful strategy.Research tells us that proficient readers use their own experience as well as the literal text to construct meaning. One way that readers make inferences is by using context clues to figure out the meaning of an unknown word. There are several types of context clues, including direct definition clues, synonym or antonym clues, and inferential clues. It is important to note that the strategy of using context clues is not without limitations. Use the following resources to build your knowledge of the process of making context clues and using inferences. Inferences Into the BookInto the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Context Clues
Implementation | Common Core State Standards | Topic Specific Sources | Web links | MC3 Register | Lost Password Skip to Content Follow us on Facebook ResourcesAbout MC3 Web links > Topic Specific Sources > Common Core State Standards > Implementation Common Core Implementation ExemplarsDate Added: July 24, 2013 Visits: 55 [ Report ] This Achieve document features state practices and models used with implementing the Common Core State Standards. Common Core Implementation WorkbookDate Added: February 6, 2013 Visits: 56 [ Report ] This link to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers' (PARCC's) website provides an implementation workbook developed by Achieve and U.S. Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School Districts' ImplementationDate Added: June 10, 2013 Visits: 15 [ Report ] This link is to a Center on Education Policy report exploring the issues associated with implementing the Common Core State Standards. Common Core VideoDate Added: January 8, 2014 Visits: 98 [ Report ] Back to Top
LESSON PLANS Video “I think everyone should have wings, just like the birds. But since we don’t have wings, we fly kites.” High above Rio de Janeiro’s crowded favelas, kites soar and dive — and attack. Read more… In anticipation of our third annual Student Editorial Contest (to be announced on Feb. 25), we’ve done the math, and below you’ll find the 100 most-commented-upon questions we’ve ever asked that call for persuasive writing. Many of them are, of course, on topics teenagers care about — technology, video games, sports and gender issues. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, the broad topic that seems to engage students the most? So skim the list and pick issues that interest you. Read more… In this short documentary, a talented teenager in the Mojave Desert is torn between her goal of attending art school and wanting to help support her family. Read more… Whom do we trust, and why? Below, his step-by-step process, including the worksheets, photos, articles and editorials he used. Read more… Read more…
Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice The decisions students make about social and political issues are often influenced by what they hear, see, and read in the news. back to top It’s No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons: This interactive activity has students explore the different persuasive techniques political cartoonists use and includes guidelines for analysis. Ciardiello, A.V. (2003).