Tag Archives: Common Core
Annotated Common Core ELA Standards – Grade 4
TweetShareDue to popular demand, I have now written the Annotated Common Core Standards for English Language Arts – Grade 4! This is a FREE download on TeachersPayTeachers, so please take a moment to rate and leave feedback…it is truly appreciated! If you’re feeling confused or overwhelmed by the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, [...]
“Attacking the Common Core Standards” – Informational Texts – Part Four: Determining the Central Idea; Providing an Objective Summary
TweetShareIn Part Four of this series, we are going to take a look at determining a central idea and providing an objective summary of Informational Texts. The Standards: RI.6.2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. [...]
“Attacking the Common Core Standards” Informational Texts – Part Three: Using textual evidence to support inferences within a Non-Fiction Text
TweetShareIn Parts One and Two of this series, we talked about using biographies and historical context to dig into the depths of the Informational Text standards—while avoiding abandoning fictional texts. This article will begin to break down the Informational Texts Standards into practical and accessible “chunks,” giving tips on approaching the standard using Informational Texts. [...]
“Attacking the Common Core Standards” Informational Texts – Part Two: Historical Context
TweetShareIn this, the second article in our series on “Attacking the Common Core Standards,” we’re taking a look at Informational Texts Standards – Part Two in our Informational Texts standards focus. In our first article “Attacking the Common Core Standards” Informational Texts – Part One, we looked at the idea of reading and analyzing simple [...]
Attacking the Common Core Standards: Informational Texts-Part One
TweetShareThe Common Core State Standards are quickly becoming a reality for the vast majority of the country. Many teachers in the U.S. are being faced with the task of aligning teaching materials to the Common Core Standards beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, and while many teachers are just trying to make it through the end of [...]
The Hunger Games Common Core Standards Based Guide Now Available!
TweetShareOne of our most-anticipated, highly requested Literature Guides is now available! Our Common Core and NCTE/IRA Standards-Based Literature Guides for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has now been released! (*Currently only available in PDF/E-Guide download. Print version coming soon!) Over 300 pages of materials, designed for grades 7-9 including: 19 specific Pre-Reading Ideas and [...]
Reference Common Core Standards Here!
TweetShareCheck out the tab “Common Core Standards” above! I have added a cool new widget from MasteryConnect that lets you check out the Common Core Standards by subject and grade level in a snap! To check it out, click the “Common Core Standards” tab above, or CLICK HERE. This would come in handy when lesson [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grades 9-10
TweetShareHere is the annotated version of the Common Core Standards for ELA for Grades 9-10. I hope you find this helpful, as I have worked diligently to make meaning out of some pretty vague and broad standards. The boxes indicate where I have explained/translated/interpreted the particular standard. I hope this helps you feel, well…not so lost when [...]
Annotated version of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, Grade 8
TweetShareAs promised, I have now completed the Annotated Common Core Standards for Grade 8! The more vague standards have been broken down into bite-sized chunks to help you understand them better, and thus, be able to implement them better. Some of the standards were already pretty self-explanatory so I left those alone, but wherever you [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grade 7
TweetShareAs promised, I have now completed the Annotated Common Core Standards for Grade 7! Again, I have tried to break some of the more vague standards into bite-sized chunks to help you understand them better, and thus, be able to implement them better. Some of the standards were already pretty self-explanatory so I left those alone, [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grade 6
TweetShareAre you confused or overwhelmed by the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts? You’re not alone. I have taken some time to annotate the Common Core standards for ELA in order to help you feel, well…not so overwhelmed, or lost, or alone! I have tried to break some of the more vague standards into bite-sized [...]
Common Core Standards – Are you ready?
TweetShareWith more and more states adopting the Common Core State Standards (43 states plus 3 territories so far), you are more than likely going to be faced with the execution and integration of these standards in your own curriculum in the very near future. Several states have slated the 2012-2013 school year for implementation (this [...]
“Throw Up on the Page” – Overcoming Writer’s Block
TweetShareThe time had come. I had finally created a blog. I had been wanting to for months—years, really. I realize I am not the most creative writer; my strengths are in creating (generally dry, structured) curriculum, not poetry…and I certainly don’t consider myself witty. I finally told myself that this was okay and that I [...]
