Common Core

Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12 by John Almarode

In the best science classrooms, teachers see learning through the eyes of their students, and students view themselves as explorers. But with so many instructional approaches to choose from—inquiry, laboratory, project-based learning, discovery...

Meeting Common Core Technology Standards: Strategies for Grades K-2 by Valerie Morrison

In this book, you ll learn how to shift your educational practice and integrate technology standards found within the Common Core into your curriculum. The authors clearly explain the standards and demonstrate how to incorporate them through...

Meeting Common Core Technology Standards: Strategies for Grades 9-12 by Valerie Morrison

In this book, you ll learn how to shift your educational practice and integrate technology standards found within the Common Core into your curriculum. The authors clearly explain the standards and demonstrate how to incorporate them through...

Meeting Common Core Technology Standards: Strategies for Grades 6-8 by Valerie Morrison

In this book, you ll learn how to shift your educational practice and integrate technology standards found within the Common Core into your curriculum. The authors clearly explain the standards and demonstrate how to incorporate them through...

Meeting Common Core Technology Standards: Strategies for Grades 3-5 by Valerie Morrison

In this book, you ll learn how to shift your educational practice and integrate technology standards found within the Common Core into your curriculum. The authors clearly explain the standards and demonstrate how to incorporate them through...

Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms: Essential Practices for Developing Academic Language and Disciplinary Literacy by Jeff Zwiers

Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms describes seven research-based teaching practices for developing complex language and literacy skills across grade levels and disciplines: using complex texts, fortifying complex output, fostering academic...

Common Core Sense: Tapping the Power of the Mathematical Practices by Christine Moynihan

The Standards for Mathematical Practice provide an excellent foundation for encouraging students to think, reason, and persevere like mathematicians. Many elementary school teachers, however, face a challenge unpacking these practices and figuring out...

Uncommon Core: Where the Authors of the Standards Go Wrong about Instruction and How You Can Get It Right by Michael W Smith

Uncommon Core puts us on high-alert about some outright dangerous misunderstandings looming around so-called "standards-aligned" instruction, then shows us how to steer past them--all in service of meeting the real intent of the Common Core. It counters...

Understanding Common Core State Standards

Now that the Common Core standards are coming to 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, it is essential to understand their content and implications. Understanding Common Core State Standards tells you everything you need to know about...

Teaching the Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core: 55 Words That Make or Break Student Understanding

The 55 critical words students need to know and understand to be successful with Common Core State Standards.

Common Core Standards for Middle School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start Guide

This succinct look at the content, structure, terminology, and emphases of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts at the middle school level provides the information teachers need to begin adapting their practices and planning lessons...

Common Core Standards for Middle School Mathematics: A Quick-Start Guide

This concise yet comprehensive look at the structure, terminology, and emphases of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics at the middle school level provides the information teachers need to begin adapting their practices and planning lessons...