Common Core and 21st Century Learning

Google Play allows teachers to search for apps for Chromebook/Chrome Browser by grade level and by Common Core Standard.

Informational Text at our fingertips -- and relevant to today's world

Great lesson for evaluating Internet Site validity. Common Core Writing standards 7 & 8.

shared by TB

The one sample lesson I looked at was very complete. Worth looking at.

"Common Core Close Reading Sample Lessons These exemplars contain full materials for two to five lessons each, including: Readings with teacher and student instructions Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax tasks for challenging words and phrases Writing-based formative assesments Fiction and non-fiction lessons, searchable by grade levels. "

Awesome video about student engagement (and rigor that goes with that). In my mind, it goes back to the student-centered task -- the evidence of learning. Powerful statements in the video are: What's wrong with education is we think of end results, content we have to chung and plug, with deadlines. We plan our calendars in the summers before we even get the kids in our classrooms. It's as if the kids don't matter. Engagement is what matters. Is the kid engaged? What is the learning experience we want the kid to have? -- SO, it starts with the kid (instead of the outcome). Make room for curiosity. In the traditional classroom, there's not time for curiosity, inquiry, ... Take the time to fail, risk to innovate, be curious, inquire, and LEARN! Have a passion for learning! Hook the kids to want to learn! Engage them! "Content is the context for participating." -- What do we want kids participating in? -- Connect the content with student task. = Engagement

good to share with parents

"21st century learning and technology integration are part of the Common Core design." This post includes Tech in Common Core Prezi & webinar links/resources by Nancy Frey on Speaking and Listening (academic conversations).

"Common Core Resources for Parents Materials developed for parents of K-12 students"

"The Common Core standards don't just suggest novel technology use as a way to "engage students," but rather requires learners to make complex decisions about how, when, and why to use technology-something educators must do as well."

The Common Core State Standards expect students to use evidence from texts to present careful analyses, well-defended claims, and clear information. A central tool to help students develop these skills is text-dependent questions: questions that can only be answered by referring back to the text. On this page teachers can find tools to help write and evaluate text-dependent questions, as well as a link to lesson materials with examples of text-dependent questions included.

REVIEW FORM FOR SELECTING TEXTS SUITABLE FOR CCSS INSTRUCTION 

Smarter Balanced Practice Test -- take it for a test drive

This is based on the PD we did on Tuesday morning with AJHS.

close reading sample lessons -- it has literature and nonfiction -- some is for science, some for Social Studies, some for Eng class... so scroll through the list for your grade level and content area Note: I haven't gone through all of them and I don't know if they have all the steps, but it's a start to work with