When I taught a Common Core webinar this summer, I was surprised by one question: Where are the common core standards, where can I find them? The standards are a free download at CoreStandards.org. Bibliographic Information Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers Title: Common Core State Standards [...]
July 24, 2012
Common Core: What you Teach, NOT How you Teach
I want to tell you a short story about how I got started writing. There are many versions of the story, each true, and I’ve never told this one till now, because I’ve not had quite this audience before. When my first daughter was just four or five years old, I started thinking about her [...]
May 2, 2012
CCSS Professional Development: Great ideas for exploring the Standards
by Andrew Foster Twitter @abfosEd In the last few months I’ve come across some interesting ideas for exploring the Common Core State Standards. The most effective professional development is teacher-led and teacher-focused. Whether you are a classroom teacher doing your own research, a team leader organizing CCSS introductory activities, or an administrator trying to get [...]
April 19, 2012
Reading Anchor Standards: Key Ideas and Details
The CCSS standards for English Language Arts are designed to produce a student who has mastered skills deemed necessary to be successful in college or in the work force. There are cumulative standards and they are the same standards for every grade, just expanded at each grade level to specific and grade-level appropriate standards. What [...]
October 31, 2011
15-part Video Series: Common Core State Standards
Produced in partnership with NYS PBS stations WCNY/Syracuse and WNET/New York City, this series of videos illuminates the Common Core through conversations between NYS Commissioner of Education John King, a former high school social studies teacher and middle school principal; David Coleman, a contributing author of the Common Core State Standards; and Gerson, a Senior [...]
October 17, 2011
Survey: CCSS Challenges
What Challenges do You Face in Implementing the CCSS This simple four-question survey asks you about YOUR challenges in implementing the Common Core State Standards.
May 20, 2011
Science Common Core Standards
UPDATE: Next Gen Science Standards were released in April, 2013. Common Core Standards for Science are in development. The English Language Arts standards addresses science in the Science, Social Studies and Technical Subjects Appendix (pdf download) and how they integrate reading, writing and listening into the subject areas. Essentially, in elementary school, the English Language [...]
May 17, 2011
Writing Narratives: Common Core Standards
Common Core Narratives The new Common Core standards requires narrative writing at all levels. Here are some of the distinctions of narratives (real or imagined) by students at each grade. As always, the frameworks build on the previous grade’s skills, so I’m just highlighting what changes in each grade. K Time order, give character reactions. [...]
