RESA Shared Resources

This site provides current events articles. A good source for close reads and "One Page Wonders".

Good site for content area literacy activities in the area of evidence and argumentation. Students use higher-order thinking skills when they learn to critically construct, evaluate, and defend their arguments using the "Showing Evidence Tool". Project examples and strategies are also provided here.

Example of how to teach shades of meaning - using paint chips to represent gradient of words

While this site is limited to four main historical concepts, the teacher and student sections contain valuable information on using primary and secondary sources. This could be used as a guide to create your own literacy activities.

Good example of a blog that posts consistent information about common core.

The Power of Metaphors

There is a correlation between the Historical Thinking Standards and the Literacy Standards for Social Studies.

This brief article describes the benefits and purposes of using read alouds in the classroom.

Good site for data related to economics. You can download the charts into an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis.

This is a free website with some good material - very fitting for the CCGPS literacy standards.  I saw the American Civil Rights Movement: A Time for Justice.  This kit includes a 38-minute video CD plus a CD full of teacher resources.  

The National Archives Experience Docs Teach section contain ready made activities, tools to create your own activities, and a wealth of primary source documents.  Create an account in order to save documents and create custom made activities.

This is a great resource specifically for K-2 teachers to support the CCGPS. Many links to terms and research based practices which may provide guidance where the ELA units have left gaps.

This is a great resource specifically for K-2 teachers to support the CCGPS. Many links to terms and research based practices which may provide guidance where the ELA units have left gaps.

iCivics prepares young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st century citizens by creating free and innovative educational materials. In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor founded iCivics to reverse Americans' declining civic knowledge and participation. Securing our democracy, she realized, requires teaching the next generation to understand and respect our system of governance. Today iCivics comprises not just our board and staff, but also a national leadership team of state supreme court justices, secretaries of state, and educational leaders and a network of committed volunteers. Together, we are committed to passing along our legacy of democracy to the next generation. In just two years, iCivics has produced 16 educational video games as well as vibrant teaching materials that have been used in classrooms in all 50 states. Today we offer the nation's most comprehensive, standards-aligned civics curriculum that is available freely on the Web.

Readers exchange letters with adult pen pals to discuss books that are being read.

Calendar with daily writing prompts. Allows you to go to previous months if you don't see anything you like.

LitCharts is a service that provides condensed outlines and summaries of classic literature. The outlines and summaries are far shorter than those you would find in Sparknotes or Cliffnotes. Most of the outlines and summaries are ten pages, give or take a page or two. What I like about LitCharts is that they color code the themes addressed and symbolism within a particular work. The color coding makes it easy to quickly pick out the themes and symbols in each chapter of a book. LitCharts can be viewed online, downloaded as PDFs, or accessed through iPhone apps.

Teaching Argument

SS Resources

Great resource for incorporating math into other content/STEM areas.