Tag Archives: Common Core Standards
Finding the Area of Geometric Shapes Using Google Earth
Google Earth is a great tool for teaching geography and Social Studies content, but it becomes apparent very quickly that the almost endless features lend themselves to other subject areas and interdisciplinary activities.
In a recent webinar, Google Earth Revisited, I covered a Common Core-based activity on finding the area of geometric shapes and … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Common Core, Math
Tagged Common Core Standards, Geometry, Google Earth, interactive whiteboard, SMART Board Resources
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4 Ways SAFARI Montage Supports Common Core
The Common Core State Standards offer educators an opportunity to rethink and refocus the ways in which they facilitate learning in and out of the classroom. Schools and districts using SAFARI Montage can leverage the platform in several ways to support and deepen the implementation of the Common Core.
- Access to high quality content that
Common Core: Check!
The adoption of the new Common Core Standards might have you feeling the need for some order! If you’re feeling overwhelmed about covering the standards, check out the resources at The Curriculum Corner.
This site has checklists for each grade level that breaks down every strand of the standards. These checklists will help you … Read more
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Tagged Common Core Standards, Curriculum Corner
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3 Projects Supporting the Common Core
Implementing the Common Core has brought about changes in the way we approach instruction, not only for ELA and Math, but for content areas as well. Along with this is a need to re-envision assessment of student performance. Here are some ongoing projects in support of the shifts we’re making in our schools.
1. New York … Read more
Posted in Common Core, Social Studies
Tagged Basal Alignment Project, Common Core Standards, Edmodo, PARCC Assessment, Social Studies Framework
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Reading Success and Technology: Footsteps2Brilliance
The development of early reading skills is fundamental to future academic success. Footsteps2Brilliance supports early reading success through a curriculum designed around the use of 18 ebooks. Because these books are accessible from any computer or using the iPhone/iPod/iPad app, students can work with the books both in school and at home which is a … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Common Core, ELA, Web Tools
Tagged Common Core Standards, Footsteps2Brilliance, Reading
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4 Great Common Core Activities from Smarter Balanced
The sample items found at Smarter Balanced are designed to prepare students for the next-generation Common Core assessment. These sample items and performance tasks provide an early look into the depth of understanding of the CCSS that will be measured by the Smarter Balanced assessment system. This online assessment contains many click-and-drag activities which work … Read more
Posted in Common Core, Math, Web Tools
Tagged Assessment, Common Core Standards, Interactive Lessons, SMART Board Resources, Smarter Balanced, Web Tools
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Improving Research with Citelighter
We do research every day. Whether we’re writing a term paper or an essay for school, trying to decide which car to buy, or leafing through the ads in the Sunday paper to find the best bargains – we’re doing research. In the past, we could get by with just a few books or encyclopedias … Read more
Common Core Grading with Essay Tagger
The September issue of Educational Leadership, a publication of ASCD, focused on aspects of feedback for learning with the central idea being that feedback must be specific and instructive and the student must have a chance to use that feedback to improve performance.
Those articles brought to mind a time when my daughter … Read more
Common Core Cheat Sheet
As an ELA teacher, I am always on the look out for resources to make understanding the Common Core Standards easier.
Lauren Tarshis, an editor with Scholastic Storyworks, has created a cheat sheet with 10 Things to Know About Common Core Standards for ELA. This helpful guide outlines the ways that she thinks the … Read more
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Tagged Common Core Standards, Depth of Knowledge Framework, Lauren Tarshis, Norman Webb, Scholastic, Storyworks
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Common Core Learning with LearnZillion
Many teachers are working to find Common Core-aligned content that provides their students with materials to help them learn and review. LearnZillion is a free site that provides Common Core-aligned video lessons for Math and ELA grades 3-9.
When you visit the LearnZillion site, you can choose either Math or ELA then search by topic, … Read more
