CCSS

The Common Core does not raise reading difficulty for beginning readers (K-1). Listening comprehension skills at this level can include having teachers read more challenging books and asking probing questions to prepare them for those aspects of the common core.
 * Common Core State Standards Resources **

NEWLY ADDED CCSS Related websites that present instructional guidelines, sample units and lesson plans  that portray CLOSE READING - March 15, 2013 @http://www.ccsso.org/resources/digital_resources/common_core_implementation_video_series.html
 * Council of Chief State School Officers: Common Core Implementation Video Series **

engageny.org
 * EngageNY **

@http://www.achievethecore.org
 * Student Achievement Partners (type **//Close Reading// ** into the search box) **

@http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
 * Common Core Language Arts Standards **

The Council of State Chief School Officers developed this list of tools and free resources to point states to promising practices and tools to support CCSS implementation. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list. @http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Common_Core_Resources.pdf
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**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">NDE Powerpoint CCSS Presentations by Donlynn Rice on November 27, 2012 **



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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11pt;">Download the Frameworks for English Language Arts/Literacy and Math by Grade Level <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-model-content-frameworks
 * PARCC - Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
 * Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium **


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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (PreK-2)** Edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Timothy Shanahan, Karen K. Wixson. The Guilford Press, 2013. //Sample chapter available.// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/morrow6.htm&dir=edu/lit

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (3-5)** Edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Timothy Shanahan, Karen K. Wixson. The Guilford Press, 2013. //Sample chapter available.// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/morrow7.htm&dir=edu/lit


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// Crosswalk of the K-5 Florida Center for Reading Research Student Activities and the CCSS // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11pt;">@http://www.centeroninstruction.org/student-center-activities-aligned-to-the-common-core-state-standards
 * Center on Instruction **

// Register for free and gain access to all the resources // @http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4754
 * Kansas Common Core Standards Resources **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4778#TextRes

// Free webinars on the CCSS // @http://www.leadandlearn.com/multimedia-resource-center/webinars
 * Leadership and Learning Center **

@http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Measures%20ofText%20Difficulty_final.2012.pdf
 * Measures of Text Difficulty: Testing their Predictive Value for Grade Levels and Student Performance **

Common Core Video Series @http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-video-series/
 * New York State – Engage NY Common Core **

// Revised Academic Content Standards and Model Curriculum Development // @http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1696&ContentID=83819&Content=121448
 * Ohio Department of Education Teaching **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/
 * Shanahan on Literacy Blog (EXCELLENT) **

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CCSS Foundational Skills K-5 WHITE PAPER by Jan Hasbrouck **

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Challenge of Complex Texts by Marilyn Jager Adams **

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Common Core Text Complexity: Getting the Size of the First Step Right by Freddy Hiebert **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">K-12 Teachers: Building Comprehension in the Common Core from the Oregon Literacy Plan **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Meeting the Challenge of the CCSS by Timothy Shanahan at the Plain Talk Conference 2012 **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Reconciling Writing Research with the CCSS: Are We Going Astray? by Louisa Moats at the Plain Talk Conference 2012 **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Teacher Knowledge for Common Core: Argument and Text Complexity by Michael Kamil at the Plain Talk Conference 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">@http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LDC-Elementary-Template-Tasks-v1.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Educore Lesson Templates Grades 4-5 ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">EXCELLENT

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">@http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LDCTemplateTasks.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Educore Lesson Templates Grades 6-12 - **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">EXCELLENT

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Links in <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> RED <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">were suggested in the book entitled **Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts PreK-2**. Edited Lesley Mandel Morrow, Timothy Shanahan and Karen K. Wixson, Guilford Press, 2013,

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.achievethecore.org/maps
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Achieve the Core (Useful 'Advice') **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">America Achieves Common Core **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://commoncore.org/maps/
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Common Core Curriculum Mapping Project **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ir257Dfvas&feature=youtu.be
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Common Core Instructional Shifts Hour Long Webinar by Timothy Shanahan **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://www.mhecommoncoretoolbox.com/videos.html <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://www.mhecommoncoretoolbox.com/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Common Core State Standards Toolbox with Videos by Timothy Shanahan, Vicki Gibson, Jan Hasbrouck & Jana Echevarria **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> http://educore.ascd.org/resource/Video/cd2dcd44-8a1c-45a2-a9b4-e7c094b968ca
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">TOOLS for Teaching the CCSS Webinar Grades 7-12 ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">EXCELLENT

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide.aspx?sid=14
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Improving Reading Comprehension in K-3rd Grade IES Guide **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">https://sites.google.com/site/tscommoncore/mcgraw-hill-webinar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Instructional Shifts Webinar including the Powerpoint **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">https://knowledgebase.newvisions.org/Splash.aspx
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Literacy Design Collaborative **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Teaching Channel **