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Catlin Tucker is a public high school English teacher, blogger, and google certified teacher.   She is an expert in using technology to support engaged learning in the English classroom.  This is her keynote from a recent educational technology event where she talks about she is meeting the challenge of the Common Core in her classroom.  If you teach English, you will definitely want to follow her blog and follow her on twitter @CTuckerEnglish

Proofread for Project Gutenberg; an excellent "real world" project for English students. Help preserve literature in digital form.

In this section of the PARCC website, sample items are provided for English and Math at a variety of grade levels.

Mississippi is a member state in the Partnershiop for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the organization responsible for developing the next generation assessments which will be used to assess Common Core Standards in English and math.   The site provides a wealth of resources for assessment and teaching for common core standards.

In this article, grant wiggins provides a clear explication of close reading, one of the key terms in understanding the Common Core State Standards for English language Arts. This is definitely worth a "close" read.

Great resource for ESL

A large collection of free video lessons addressing Math and ELA Common Core Standards.   Also includes commentary from teachers, sllides to use on interactive whiteboards, and more.   

This is an excellent collection of short videos demonstrating real classrooms with real teachers and real students.   There are currently 157 clips in the Common Core topic across all grades and subject areas.  There are great teaching ideas here. The videos of lessons also often include the materials for the lesson such as lesson plans, handouts, slides, etc.

The home for the Common Core State Standards initiative.  The website is easy to navigate and provides all of the standards and appendices for Math and ELA.

As part of your PD360 account, you have access to a wealth of excellent resources to help you unpack common core state standards and "see it in action" from real teachers in real classrooms.   The Learning Progression tool makes it easy to browse the standards, see how they spiral from grade to grade, and see videos from real classroom aligned to standards.  Additional videos are being added regularly. 

A collection of interactive maps of history. via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

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Fun ode to Shakespeare. Everyday sayings coined by Shakespeare.

The Teacher Channel aims to provide innovative videos and resources to educators to meet its goals of building teacher-driven professional learning, deepening and improving opportunities for teacher learning, and elevating and celebrating teachers in society. The website includes a growing collection of videos that focus on the Common Core State Standards, some of which focus on the background of the Common Core in certain grades/subjects, while others highlight instructional practices aligned to specific standards. 

One of my favorite bloggers, Catlin Tucker @CTuckerEnglish, describes how she used Google docs to give real time feedback to student writers.

Excellent resource with over 8,000 educational videos on topics/lessons.