Links and Resources

Living in A Connected World

Among some of the greatest tools for professional growth are the professionals across the hall, across the building and across the country. Connecting face to face, or across the country provides a great opportunities to expand our practices and our learning network. See the list of content area resources in the right hand menu to find resources in your content area. Or, consider the following general resources:

Twitter

@ovlive Twitter feed

@TeachThought - GREAT RESOURCE!

#COLchat - every Monday at 9pm

50 Accounts worth following on Twitter

Local Opportunities can be found through the MAISD website.

Share your resources to help add to this list by e-mailing the curriculum director.

K-5 Resources

Check the MAISD website for links available.

English

English Resources

Common Core ELA Main Page (Link)
Kelly Gallagher - Article of the Week (Link)
Fountas and Pinnell CCSS Resources (Link)
Michigan Mission Possible Adolescent Literacy (Link)
Tween Tribune (Link)
Kansas Department of Ed. CCSS ELA Resources (Link)
Writers College K-8 Writing Rubric Continuum for Opinion/Argumentative writing (Link)

Units of Instruction

Curriculum Crafter Tool (Link)
MAISA Units - Opinion and Argumentative Writing K-12 (Link)
Achieve the Core - Close Reading Text (Link)
North Carolina CCSS Support Tools (Link)
Utah CCSS Math and ELA Resources (Link)
Hawaii CCSS Math and ELA Resources (Link)
Reading Works CCSS Units (Link)

Video Collections to Help with ELA Common Core

Technology and the Common Core Video (Link)
Engage NY Video Series (Link)
Teaching Channel CCSS ELA and Math Videos (Videos) 130 + videos

Math Curriculum Resources

MATH COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

The Mathematics Standards (Link)
Standards for Mathematical Practice
Overview of the Content and Practice Standards (Link)
Key Points of the Common Core Standards

MATH COMMON CORE CONTENT SPECIFICATIONS

The content specifications were developed by SBAC to ensure that the assessments cover the range of knowledge and skills in the Common Core State Standards. Once finalized, the content specifications will serve as the basis for the Smarter Balanced system of assessments.

In the December 9, 2011 draft, see pages 60-67 for the test emphases.

Major clusters (m) will comprise about 70% of tests.
Additional clusters (a) comprise about 20% of tests.
Supporting clusters (s) comprise about 10% of tests.

Tools for the Common Core (Link)

Blog of Bill McCollum. Bill is the Math Team Coordinator for the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and a professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Arizona.

The Illustrative Mathematics Project (Link)

This site illustrates the range and types of mathematical work that students are expected to experience under the common core.

Features include:

drill down through categories and domains to standards
explore problems, samples and tasks

Create a free account to access all the features.

Mathematics Assessment Project - Assessing 21st Century Math

The project is working to design and develop well-engineered assessment tools to support US Schools in implementing the CCSS in Mathematics. **Use drop down to select grade band.

Features include: