Common Core Teacher Resources


 

This page is designed to support you in implementing the new Common Core Standards.

Visit the Common Core for Students page for exemplars and other primary source documents.

 

New Jersey Core Curriculum Content standards main page

http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/

The Home page for the New Jersey Common Core Standards

Common Core Standards Main Page

http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards

The main page for the Overview of the Common Core Standards. Look for links for additional resources.

Council of Chief State School Officers Videos

http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Digital_Resources/Common_Core

_Implementation_Video_Series.html

A series of video vignettes that explain the Standards in depth.  See this Resources link for other tools

EngageNY

http://engageny.org/common-core/teachers-get-

started-with-the-common-core/

EngageNY is designed as a one-stop shop for New York teachers to share resources and get information and help in implementing the Common Core standards. Visit this page to get started with a step-by-step overview

Achieve the Core

http://www.achievethecore.org/

Free resources to help you understand and work with the new common core standards

EduCore

http://educore/ascd.org

Range of resources to assist teachers in aligning instruction with the Common Core Standards

Common Core Toolbox

http://www.mhecommoncoretoolbox.com/home.html

From McGraw Hill, this website has lots of content to clarify and understand the standards

Math Common Core Coalition

http://www.nctm.org/standards/mathcommoncore/

 

MasteryConnect

http://www.masteryconnect.com/learn-more/features.html

Free Version:

Common Assessment Sharing - Common Core
Participate in the Online Learning Community

Watch and share videos keyed to standards

Literacy Design Collaborative

http://www.mygroupgenius.org/literacy

The Literacy Design Collaborative [LDC] offers an approach to incorporating literacy into middle and high school content areas. Includes a document that lays out the framework to which content can be added.

Edutopia Blog:  Persuasive Writing and the Common Core

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/common-core-standards-persuasive-writing-heather-wolpert-gawron

Persuasive writing is a Key Focus in Common Core standards from Edutopia

Close Reading and the Common Core State Standards

http://www.mhecommoncoretoolbox.com/close-reading-and-the-ccss-part-1.html

Definition and explanation of the term "Close Reading"

Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core

http://www.cgcs.org/domain/36

Find six page overviews of standards for Math and ELA at various grade levels.

Sample Performance Items from PARCC

http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes

See sample items and examples of assessments

Sample Performance Items from Smarter Balanced

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/ 

See examples of the required summative assessments

 Teaching Objects

http://teachingobjects.net/

Teaching Objects is a simple, focused and responsive tool to help you organize your lesson plans and resources and track alignment with the Common Core Standards.

Great Common Core Nonfiction Books

http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com/

Reviews of nonfiction books that meet the criteria for literary nonfiction.

Conceptual Framework for Science

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards

_Framework_Homepage.html

 

The framework identifies the key scientific ideas and practices all students should learn by the end of high school.  It will serve as the foundation for new K-12 science education standards, which will be developed by a group of states to replace standards issued more than a decade ago.  The framework is also designed to be useful for curriculum and assessment designers, teacher educators, and others who work in K-12 science education.

Common Core Rubric Creation Tool

http://www.essaytagger.com/commoncore

Select elements and create your own rubric from EssayTagger.com

Libguides to Common Core Resources

http://sdst.libguides.com/commoncore

 

Visit here for many different links and resources

Collection of common core rubrics from Kathy Schrock

http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html

Great collection of rubrics geared toward common core