Common+Core+Resources

|| with texts and tasks. It also examines how close readings of complex texts scaffold students understanding and allow them to develop the skills necessary to read like a detective. || [| (K-12) Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading] ||
 * Common Core Standards || [|Official Common Core Site] ||
 * PA Common Core Standards ||  ||
 * IU 17's ELA and Math Common Core Wiki - this space serves as a repository for some of the resources shared at our Common Core workshops. || iu17commoncore.wikispaces.com ||
 * Live Binders - Can quickly access Common Core Resources by State || [] ||
 * Delaware Unpacking the Common Core Standards - These are the "Know-Understand-Do" for each standard. LOVE THESE as a way to get started with curriculum development. || [|DDOE Unpacking Standards and Additional Resources] ||
 * North Carolina's "Unpacking the Standards" tool. || http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/common-core-tools/#unpacking ||
 * Text Complexity || [|Text Complexity Delaware Department of Ed] ||
 * Articles || [[file:5 Things Every Teacher Should Know about CC.pdf]]
 * Webinars || [|Five Things Every Educator Should Be Doing] ||
 * Professional Reading Text: Pathway to the Common Core (K-12) - With piercing insights, Calkins, Ehrenworth, and Lehman dive deep into the CCSS to debunk myths, extract meaning, and provide needed guidance for each and every standard. Pathways to the Common Core is a necessity for the principal, curriculum leader, professional developer, and teacher seeking a thorough analysis of the standards from which to launch an informed approach to this critical initiative. ---**Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs,** author, consultant, and director of the Curriculum 21 Project || (K-12) [|Pathway to the Common Core] (K-12) ||
 * Professional Reading Text (K-5) - The quality of instruction is the most important factor in helping students meet the Common Core Standards. That's why **Gretchen Owocki**'s //Common Core Lesson Book// empowers teachers with a comprehensive framework for implementation that enhances existing curriculum and extends it to meet Common Core goals."Children," writes Gretchen (author of The RTI Daily Planning Book), "need teachers who believe in the power of meaningful reading as a context for instruction." She breaks the CCSS reading standards into manageable chunks that emphasize engaged, authentic reading and differentiated teaching. For each standard, she offers:
 * a clear description of what it asks from students
 * an instructional decision tree that connects assessment to planning
 * instructional strategies that gradually release responsibility to students
 * techniques for intensifying instruction when readers need more support. || [|(K-5)The Common Core Lesson Book, K-5: Working with Increasingly Complex Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Reading Skills] ||
 * Professional Reading Text - The introduction of the Common Core State Standards has also placed a spotlight on text complexity. This book focuses on the quantitative and qualitativefactors of text complexity as well as the ways in which readers can be matched