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Welcome! We've taken the Common Core State Standards and broken them down into manageable, assessable elements in order to make it easier to create real-world Common Core-aligned rubrics that will work for your classroom! Pick-and-choose which elements you want to add to your custom rubric. Everything is customizable; you aren't trapped into our interpretation of the standards. Share your rubric... with anyone on the Web print it Macs can save to PDF (via the print interface) download as Excel CSV (new!) Come back and revise your rubric whenever necessary. No registration required. It's just an awesome free tool!

Free interactive resources that are standards based for k-12.

Webtool with standard polling and feedback features. Another neat response option in Mentimeter is the word cloud response. This lets you create an open-ended question for your students to respond to. Their responses are displayed as a word cloud on your screen. Mentimeter includes a profanity filter to preserve a classroom-friendly environment. Again, students join this activity by using a class code or by scanning a QR code.

Great article that explains how PBL can be used to help teachers help their students to be more successful with the new common core standards.

Aligning assessments to common core standards.

Embed a layer of questions, quizzes, and rich media annotations into any reading assignment Track mastery of literacy skills and Common Core standards in real-time

List of vocabulary words with CCSS references