How to Begin the Shift . . .
The following practices are suggested as educators work to align CCSS, the 21st Century Skills Framework and core academic subjects in curricula and assessments:
•1. Use backward-design principles, such as Understanding by Design to design curriculum that encourages inquiry-based learning and enables embedded, performance-based assessments.
•2. Develop interdisciplinary performance tasks and/or projectbased learning units that integrate the full 21st Century Skills Framework in alignment with CCSS; consider capstone performances such as senior portfolios.
•3. Collect and share exemplary student work that demonstrates mastery of college and career ready knowledge and skills. Use these examples to improve professional understanding among educators of “how to identify 21st century knowledge and skills” in student work.
•4. Provide meaningful opportunities for educators to collaboratively review curricula,student work and student performance data, in order to refine the curricula and assessments over time.
Source: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21CommonCoreToolkit.pdf
* Contains additional Common Core Resources and sample lessons for LA and Math
The Complete ELA Standards
Main Common Core Website http://corestandards.org/the-standards
English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
ELA/Literacy Appendix A: Research and recommendations supporting each strand of the CCSS (including a glossary of key terms)
ELA/Literacy Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
Common Core Text Exemplars Downloadable exemplar texts for grades 9-12
ELA/Literacy Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing with Annotations
Check List for year long CCSS planning
https://sites.google.com/a/kcs.k12.nc.us/kcs-curriculum-instruction/CommonCore/ela-common-core-resources
Sample Performance Tasks
The text exemplars included in Appendix B are supplemented by brief performance tasks that further clarify the meaning of the Standards. These sample tasks illustrate specifically the application of the Standards to texts of sufficient complexity, quality, and range.
**Click here to download a printable version of the Sample Performance Tasks (PDF)
ccss_sample_stories_042811.pdf Literature Performance Tasks List
ccss_sample_informational_042211.pdf Informational Performance Task List
NC DPI Training Resources for ELA
http://elaccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
Engage NY Site
This resource contains a wealth of info about the Common Core, including videos and sample units.
http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-video-series/
Common Core Apps for Your Mobile Devices
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-standards/id439424555
Text Complexity Demands by Grade
http://www.uen.org/commoncore/downloads/text_complexity_demands.pdf
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