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May 6 * Common Core's Curriculum Maps for ELA have exceeded 2 million page views. February 24 * Common Core's Lynne Munson writes on "What Students Really Need to Learn" in the lastest issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership. January 5 * Common Core's Curriculum Maps for English Language Arts have exceeded one million views.

I don't teach 10th grade...but I just looked at the map and it is entirely different than anything our school has ever addressed...

And, please know that our district is in the infancy stages of transitioning to the common core standards. Mrs. Groller and the principals have a plan for systematic implementation. So, nothing has been decided "exactly" at this point. Wonderful thing is . . . we are building the first conversations around common core for our district, pulling together a lot of great resources, with annotations thanks to Diigo I might add, and will be the most knowledgeable as we move forward. It's always good to be in that spot! At the end of this week, I'm going to blog about our teAch21 Diigo research project on the common core and share it with the rest of the staff. Keep up the good work everyone. You are learning and doing great things with Diigo!

Don't forget to keep utilizing the SAS website for information about the Common Core Standards.

Common Core's Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts translate the new Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade into unit maps that teachers can use to plan their year, craft their own more detailed curriculum, and create lesson plans.

Former administrator Ben Johnson writes in this blog that the Common Core State Standards focus on literacy will benefit students' problem solving. Johnson offers a real-life example in which he fixed a broken lawnmower by using what was believed to be useless junk stored in his garage. The junk -- like information stored in the brain -- was necessary to find the solution, or resolve the problem.

Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice

lots of stuff

Although this site links to many other sites for classroom worksheets, it doesn't address the Common Core Standards. I've removed the commoncore tag and changed it to worksheets.

See Resource Link for lots of ideas

I like how the page you linked to uses a Wordle to show the key content knowledge in the elementary common core maps.

This is a good You Tube video on classrooms who have already begun to adapt to the common core standards. Below the video are also many tags to check out.

To the right are many, many additional video links about the common core standards. Thanks, Mary. Sometimes it's better to watch a video than to simply read.

Great link! Thanks, Mary!

Has some great ideas of how to incorporate information texts into the classroom.

quoted information from the page: "While English classes will still include healthy amounts of fiction, the standards say that students should be reading more nonfiction texts as they get older, to prepare them for the kinds of material they will read in college and careers. In the fourth grade, students should be reading about the same amount from "literary" and "informational" texts, according to the standards; in the eighth grade, 45 percent should be literary and 55 percent informational, and by 12th grade, the split should be 30/70."

Wow! Do I ever applaud the emphasis on reading for information. Why, kids could use reading trick to educate themselves for a lifetime, and in other disciplines - just imagine!

Find out what your child should be reading to help meet the Common Core Requirements for English, Language Arts (ELA). Really excited to find this one!!!

Good compilation!

This wiki includes resources for Common Core Curriculum work. Their crosswalk comparisons are available by clicking on either the "English Language Arts" or "Math" links to get a downloadable Excel spreadsheet. Arizona has recently revamped their Standards Page, and it now includes Crosswalks.

If you scroll over and click on the PA tab, you will be directed to the work that that Capital Area Intermediate Unit has done in the transitioning process to CC

Although I am a droid...I am intrigued by this app - especially the thought of older students actually downloading the standards for their grade. What a great way to manage their own learning and hold teachers and administrators accountable!

An article that combines several articles written by other newspaper about common core in the classroom. It has a link to a book list of suggested titles to use for the common core curriculum.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills Common Core Toolkit. PDF download at the bottom.