Common Core State Standards - ELA & Literacy Resources

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Common Core State Standards - ELA & Literacy Resources

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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy are the foundation of the K-12 Oregon Diploma; the Essential Skills for reading and writing are embedded within the CCSS. Without these skills, students won’t have access to full content in school.

That is why the CCSS include reading and writing standards customized for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. To be college and career-ready, students learn to read and write in ELA and to apply the skills in all classes.

	Awareness & Understanding Understanding CCSS Content and Organization		Transition Comparing CCSS to Oregon Standards, district curricula, and instructional materials

	Action - Implementing		CCSS in the classroom
	Regional Training Series "Oregon in Action" The statewide Regional Training Series "Oregon in Action" for district and school leaders of CCSS, offers trainings on the Common Core State Standards in both English Language Arts & Literacy and Mathematics.		Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities The documents on these pages provide all educators with resources that focus on the differentiated instruction of students with special needs.
	California's eStandards for CCSS Search the CCSS for ELA & Literacy by keyword		Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners The documents on this page provide all educators with resources that focus on the needs of English language learners. Educators should continue to reference the resources available on other CCSS pages for content-specific information.
	CCSS Webinars Webinars designed to keep teachers, schools, and districts informed about the progress toward implementation of the Common Core as well as the resources available to support them in their efforts		CCSS Toolkit: ELA & Literacy Teachers The purpose of the ELA Toolkit is to assist teachers in implementing the Common Core in their classrooms. The toolkit uses a sequential process and is organized into three phases: Awareness & Transition, Implementation, and Evalute & Refine.
	CCSS Text Complexity Tools (PowerPoint) This PowerPoint summarizes the components of text complexity and describes several tools that teachers can use to help select texts with an appropriate level of rigor. Informational Text Qualitative Rubric Literary Text Qualitative Rubric Suggested Considerations for Reader and Task		Smarter Balanced Sample Summative Items for Teachers Covering all possible item types (selected response, constructed response, extended response, technology enhanced, and performance tasks), these samples include student items, as well as sample student responses and evaluation rubrics where appropriate. Educators can use these items to get an idea of how to design classroom tasks that will prepare students for the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
	Parent Guides for the Common Core These materials provide guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning. Some materials available in both English and Spanish.		ELA Writing Rubrics These writing rubrics from Smarter Balanced include all genres in all grade bands.
	Videos of Instruction - The Teaching Channel Find over 100 video examples of Common Core instruction on The Teaching Channel website by clicking on "Common Core" on the left hand menu.		Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks Text exemplars illustrate CCSS high-quality grade-level texts intended for all students and the application of sample texts to sample performance tasks. (Appendix B)
	Literacy Implementation Guidance for the CCSS ELA This guidance from the International Reading Association zeroes in on specific language in the Standards, including new meanings of key terms and major shifts in instructional focus, and given bulleted recommendations.		Samples of Student Writing by Grade Annotated grade-level writing samples illustrate criteria and level of quality required to at least meet the CCSS for Argument, Informative/ Explanatory Text, and Narrative. (Appendix C)
	"K-5 Teachers: Laying Foundations for the Common Core” Phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency		CCSS Quality Review Rubric The Tri-State Collaborative has developed criterion-based rubrics and review processes to evaluate the quality of lessons and units intended to address the CCSS for Mathematics and ELA/Literacy.
	"K-12 Teachers: Building Comprehension in the Common Core” Comprehension and vocabulary		Suites of Writing Lessons Aligned to CCSS These standards-based Suites of Writing Lessons for grades 5-10 are now aligned to the CCSS.
	Creating Questions for Close Analytic Reading Learn how to distinguish between text dependent and non-text dependent, between quality and trivial questions, and crafting your own text dependent questions.		Learn Zillion LearnZillion offers K-5 lessons, including videos with author's voiceover, and assessments aligned to the CCSS for ELA and Math. Teachers can register for a free password.
	Practical Strategies to Improve Academic Discussions in Mixed Ability Secondary Content Area Classrooms This article by Kevin Feldman and Kate Kinsella outlines 5 key principles to structuring academic discussions so that all students are productively engaged.		EduCore: Literacy Tools Understand the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) framework, learn how to use the templates to create reading/writing assignments, and view sample modules developed by teachers.
			CCSS Sample K-5 Report Cards These sample report cards for K-5 from the David Douglas School District incorporates the Common Core State Standards for both ELA and Math.