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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.10

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Make sure that your pupils have mastered complex literary nonfiction by the end of the year and use this resource to help get them to that point. After a brief description of the Common Core standard, a list of age-appropriate...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.5

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Working on revision? Check out this resource on Common Core standard W.9-10.5, which focuses in particular on the writing process. After reading some information about the specifics of the standard and how to implement it in the...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this resource's pairings of classical literature and paintings to practice the skill of comparing different artistic mediums with your ELA class. Addressing standard 7 for literature in the Common Core, the resource encourages your...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Your students already know when they like a story and when they don't, but they may not know that the plots of these stories are shaping that opinion. Like all resources in this series, the two activities and quizzes provided here deal...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5: Structure of an Argument

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Imagine a cross-curricular project that not only rewards learners for examining the textbooks used in their other classes but builds literacy skills as well! Groups compare the formats and writing style in their various textbooks. Teams...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How do you assess what your pupils have learned over the course of the year? Find out how competent they are at reading and analyzing age-level literature with the ideas presented here. Included in this resource are two suggested...
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Unit Plan
American Press Institute

Introductory News Literacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Aspiring journalists learn about media literacy, journalism, and the press. Units come complete with handouts, assignment rubrics, notes, and extension suggestions. Each unit also comes with a list of vocabulary words and learning...
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Printables
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ELA Unit Planning Template Style One

For Teachers K - 12th
Work with your department or on your own to create organized unit plans that connect to all parts of the Common Core standards. The three-page template includes space to summarize the unit, list standards for each category of the ELA...
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California Department of Education

Workplace Skills

For Teachers 7th Standards
What skills do employers look for in potential employees? Introduce scholars to the skills that pay the bills during the second of six career and college readiness lesson plans. Once they have defined critical 21st-century skills, groups...
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Assessment
Math Learning Center

Second Grade Assessments and Scoring Checklists, Common Core State Standards

For Teachers 2nd Standards
How are your second graders progressing in their math skills? Find out with a series of math assessment activities. With baseline assessment score sheets for each skill, you can track how well your kids are adding, subtracting, telling...
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Math Learning Center

Grade 1 Assessments and Scoring Checklists, Common Core State Standards

For Teachers 1st Standards
Track your learners' progress in addition, subtraction, counting, and interpreting word problems with a series of assessments. The packet includes scoresheets to note learners' strengths and weaknesses as you address each skill.
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Third Grade Assessments and Scoring Checklists, Common Core State Standards

For Teachers 3rd Standards
How are your learners doing with place value? Track their skill levels with a set of math assessments. The packet includes worksheets to hand out to your class, scoring checklists, a calendar for implementation, and instructions for use...
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Curated OER

What Science Suggests About 'Weather Weirding'

For Students 4th - 8th
Here is an activity that you can use to help upper elementary or middle schoolers to meet Common Core literacy standards for science and technology. Youngsters read the article on extreme weather patterns, "Weather Runs Hot and Cold, So...
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Mission Complete, Houston

For Students 4th - 8th
It was a bittersweet event when the space shuttle Atlantis touched down for the last time on July 21, 2011. Space science learners read an article about this event in The New York Times and then write answers to who, what, where, when,...
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2011 Nobel Prize Winners Announced

For Students 6th - 8th
This assignment has young scientists read four different news articles about the 2011 Nobel Prize winners. Six questions are posed for children to write the answers. It is a relevant activity for getting middle schoolers to meet the...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Semicolons and colons are tricky, and the Common Core creators knows that. If you are stuck on what to teach to make sure your learners can master Common Core skill L.9-10.2 use this resource to fine-tune your content. The multiple...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your assessment is to figure out if I am being figurative or connotative with this statement: This is a great resource. Can’t do it? Then you had better review how to break down Common Core skill RL.11-12.4. In simple language that you...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
With a nice description of what the standard means, an idea for a class activity, and a quiz with answers, this resource should deepen your (and your pupils') understanding of the targeted Common Core standard. The provided activity is...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need something for group work, homework, or a way to assess your learners on your lessons for Common Core skill RI.9-10.3? Then you have come to the right place because this multiple choice quiz challenges learners to analyze the...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
If you're completely lost on what grammar you should cover for Common Core skill L.9-10.1, look here! You will find some ideas and examples on what to include, making sure your learners can master the skill. The multiple choice quiz is...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
New to teaching and the Common Core? Then you need to check out how the skill W.9-10.4 is broken down into easy-to-understand steps for your learners to dominate and conqueror. Included is a script to present to your class that details...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
All the Common Core standards are important, but they all build off the ability to cite textual evidence to support analysis. See how to scaffold this standard into three steps of development, along with assessment ideas with the ideas...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your students have mastered using textual evidence in literature, but what about using this skill in informational texts.  Uh oh! That is right—they are not the same thing. Darn the Common Core! See options on how to differentiate...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Although it does not properly address how to use the Common Core standard, this resource does provide a decent writing prompt that explores how minor characters influence Hamlet's decisions throughout the play. The prompt can be used for...