Common Core 

The purpose of this page is to equip you with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) resources that foster instructional planning and practice. Common Core may seem daunting at first, but with more exposure and practice applying the concepts, the better you will become at implementing the standards. I want to encourage you to start from where you are, but don't stop there. Like everything else in life, balance Common Core implementation with patience and urgency. Regardless of how anyone feels about the Common Core State Standards, they are here and we all know that what gets legislated, gets implemented. So let's get started... 
ELA/Literacy
  1. CCSS ELA writing samples (narrative, informative, argumentative)
  2. CCSS ELA/Literacy and Math in Spanish
  3. CCSS ELA lessons for grades 6-12 from the Anthology Alignment Project
  4. CCSS ELA practice problems for grades K-12
  5. Sample Common Core ELA lessons for K-12 (full lessons included!)
CCSS ELA Step Ladders
File Size: 863 kb
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CCSS ELA Progression Skills Map
File Size: 118 kb
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Rubrics_Text Complexity
File Size: 89 kb
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Text Complexity_Reader and Task
File Size: 69 kb
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Text Complexity Placemat
File Size: 102 kb
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CCSS ELA Anchor Standards
File Size: 332 kb
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Planning Tools
Click links to access resources:​
  1. Common Core Placemats for ELA and Math
  2. CCSS Lessons and Resources​
  3. CCSS worksheets for ELA and Math (science and history included)​
  4. CCSS lessons, templates, and assessments for ELA and Math​​
  5. CCSS video that is short and informative
  6. CCSS overview in a 3-minute video​
  7. Short video explaining Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
  8. Sample SBAC performance tasks in ELA and Math 
  9. New: User-friendly DOK Charts for Math, ELA, Science, and Math
  10. ​New: DOK and English Learners - sample lesson ideas for each DOK
  11. ​New: DOK for Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) guide
  12. ​New: DOK Fine Arts guide
  13. ​New: DOK for World Languages guide
CCSS Acronyms_General Terms
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CCSS Look Fors in the Classroom
File Size: 52 kb
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Marzano Six Step Process_Vocabulary.pdf
File Size: 33 kb
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Vocabulary Placemat for Six Step Process.pdf
File Size: 38 kb
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Math
  1. CCSS Math performance tasks for grades K-12​
  2. CCSS Math assessments for grades 6-12
  3. CCSS Math tasks/lessons for grades K-12
  4. CCSS Math practice problems for grades K-12
  5. CCSS 3 Act Math tasks grades 6-12
Mathematical Practices_Poster 1
File Size: 4844 kb
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Mathematical Practices_Poster 2
File Size: 518 kb
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Mathematical Practices_Poster 3
File Size: 831 kb
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Mathematical Practices_Student Handout
File Size: 490 kb
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Rubric_Problem Solving.pdf
File Size: 183 kb
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Mathematical Practices_Question Starters
File Size: 77 kb
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SBAC and PARCC
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
  1. SBAC practice tests, resources, and events
  2. SBAC assessment memo​
SBAC Summary
File Size: 619 kb
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SBAC ELA Claims
File Size: 227 kb
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SBAC Math Claims
File Size: 190 kb
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SBAC 101
File Size: 2195 kb
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Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
  1. PARCC practice tests, resources, and events​​
  2. ​Sample annotated test questions for grades 3-11 (ELA and Math)
PARCC ELA Claims
File Size: 215 kb
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PARCC Math Claims_Grades 3-8
File Size: 104 kb
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PARCC Math Claims_High School
File Size: 221 kb
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PARCC 101
File Size: 2602 kb
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