MULTI-STATE RESOURCES

• Math
• ELA

IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS JUST FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS FROM EDUCORE
Easy access to evidence-based tools and resources to help middle and high school educators implement the Common Core State Standards. The site includes videos and instructional resources from the Literacy Design Collaborative and the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education. Registered users can save their searches, organize tools, and annotate resources.

Center on Instruction
A document, BUILDING THE FOUNDATION – A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards, has been added to the Center on Instruction website. The publication is based on an analysis that determined the sub-skills students need to achieve in each of the Foundational Skills in the CCSS. Each of the grade-level sections target: Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness, Phonics and Word Recognition, and Fluency. It also includes instructional examples aligned to the sub-skills, giving teachers samples of activity types that facilitate acquisition.

PD Online Trainings

Nine ways Common Core will change classroom practice by Robert Rothman -- Harvard Education Letter, July/Aug 2012 

Consortia Provide Preview of Common Assessments by Catherine Gewertz -- Education Week, Aug 2012
As teachers begin shaping lessons for the common standards, many are wondering how to prepare their students for tests that won’t be ready for at least two years. But sample items being drafted for those exams offer early ideas of what lies ahead. Two large groups of states are using federal Race to the Top money to create new suites of exams for the Common Core State Standards. Those consortia have recently begun work with private vendors to develop items—questions and tasks—for the tests. But each group has produced a range of sample test items to help those vendors get an idea of what the states want, and experts say they offer valuable insight into the tests that are expected to emerge in 2014-15.

Common Core helps teachers prioritize -- Ed News Voices, November 15, 2012

Excerpts from “From Common Core Standards to Curriculum: Five Big Ideas” -- Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins 

Professional Development Modules

Student Achievement Partners has released a series of free Professional Development Modulesto support teachers, principals and others educators and leaders in their transition to the CCSS.  Each Module is designed as a ‘ready-to-use’ toolkit and contains:

• Facilitator’s Guide to delivering the module
• PowerPoint Presentation (with and without facilitator notes)
• Hands-on activities, including handouts
• Videos, web resources, and other materials

The seven modules include:

• *New* Why the Common Core? How these Standards are Different: An overview of the background information necessary to understand why the CCSS were developed and how they are different from previous standards we have seen.
• Introduction to the ELA/Literacy Shifts: An introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for ELA and Literacy.
• *New* Introduction to the Literacy Shifts in the Content Areas: An introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for ELA and Literacy, specifically in the content areas (social studies, science, arts, etc.).
• Understanding Text Dependent Questions: A resource for strengthening educators’ understanding of how text-dependent questions support the key shifts called for by the CCSS for ELA and Literacy.
• Introduction to the Math Shifts:An introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for Mathematics.
• *New* Deep Dive into the Math Shifts:A deeper dive into the Math shifts for those familiar with the shifts required by the CCSS for Mathematics.
• Instructional Leadership and the Common Core: A guide for school-level instructional leaders for starting the work of implementing the Common Core in their school. 

Common Core State Standards Technology Integration Instructional Modules from California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP)

This site is designed to assist educational professionals with the task of preparing teachers and students to excel in the Common Core environment, while developing the necessary technology integration skills for mastery of content and performing well on the Smarter Balanced Assessment.