New! - ELA Common Core Instructional Samplers Grades K-12: Text Complexity, Academic Vocabulary, and Text Dependent Questions

• ELA Common Core Instructional Samplers Grades K-12

Guide To The Common Core 6 Instructional Shifts

Achievethecore.org - a site with free high quality resources to educators for transitioning and implementing the Common Core State Standards. *Please note that this is continually updated so check the site out often for new information and resources! Here are some examples of some of the Common Core State Standardsresources available:

America Achieves- Lessons, videos, information and links to support the Common Core State Standards

Professional Development Modules

• ELA/Literacy Shift Module:
  
  • Introduction to the Key Shifts for the Common Core State Standards - Facilitator's guide modules, additonal readings and Power Point presentations with notes
  • Handouts and Activities - Modules for educators as they focus on the Key Shifts.
• Text Dependent Questions Module - Modules for understanding of how text-dependent questions support the key shifts in ELA/Literacy
  • Introduction to Text-Dependent Questions - Facilitator's guide modules, additonal readings and Power Point presentations with notes
  • Handouts and Activities - Modules for creating, evaluating and modifying text, guides, checklist and discussion support
• Instructional Leadership Module - designed to guide and support principals, content supervisors, central office leaders, and coaches in the work of planning and carrying out the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
  • Introduction to - Modules designed to support principals, content supervisors, central office leaders, and coaches in the work of planning and carrying out the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
  • Handouts and Activities - Documents to read on reflecting, building capacity, and discussing the Key Shifts for the Common Core State Standards

Achievethecore.org - What to read to know more about the Common Core State Standards

Achievethecore.org - Read the voices of educators doing work for the Common Core State Standards

Achievethecore.org - Close Reading Examplars - These close reading exemplars intend to model how teachers can support their students as they undergo the kind of careful reading the Common Core State Standards require.

Achievethecore.org - Text Complexity - A collection of resources includes a set of qualitative scales and a companion document that explains the qualitative dimensions of text complexity.

America Achieves -

Aspen Institute Digital Library - Aspen recently released new resources for the CCSS: The Tools for Teachers series of professional learning modules are open educational resources designed to meet the needs of teachers, schools, and districts making the key instructional shifts in ELA & Literacy for the Common Core.