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Common Core State Standards Resources*

Engage NY (the NYSED perspective on CCSS):  http://engageny.org/ 

Common Core State Standards (CCSS):  http://www.corestandards.org/

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Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts

Presenter: Ms. Susan Bodgan-Ritty, New York State Reading Association Advocacy Chair

• Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC): http://parcconline.org/
• Cognitive Strategy Instruction:  http://cehs.unl.edu/csi/index.shtml
• Read Write Think:  http://www.readwritethink.org/  (reading and writing lessons)
• The BERC Group videos:  http://www.bercgroup.com/default.aspx
• Nell Duke texts:  Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based Practices
• Jossey Bass Common Core Curriculum Maps:  http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/  (some examples free online)

Common Core State Standards in Mathematics

Presenter: Ms. Rita Floess, Albany Public Schools

• Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe: Understanding by Design
• John VandeWalle:  Teaching Student-Center Mathematics series
• Catherine Twomey Fosnot, et al:  Young Mathematicians at Work series
• NCTM:  Developing Essential Understanding series
• Steven Leinwand:  Accessible Mathematics: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement and Sensible Mathematics:  A Guide for School Leaders 
• Miki Murray:  Teaching Mathematics Vocabulary in Context 
• Thomas P. Carpenter, et al:  Thinking Mathematically: Introducing Arithmetic & Algebra in Elementary School 
• Suzanne H. Chapin:  Math Matters: Understanding the Math You Teach 
• National Research Council:  Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
• ASCD:  Priorities in Practice
• Utah Education Network:  http://www.uen.org/commoncore/  (a great general CCLS resource)
• NYC Department of Education:  http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/SeeStudentWork/default.htm%20 (CCLS aligned performance tasks and instructional supports (units))
• Illustrative Mathematics:  http://illustrativemathematics.org/standards/k8  (a small but growing list of sample activities for the CCLS)
• Tools for the Common Core Standards:  http://commoncoretools.me/category/progressions/%20 (some still in draft form but its getting there)
• Institute for Mathematics and Education:  http://ime.math.arizona.edu/commoncore/  (bring together some of the best minds in education... )
• Inside Mathematics Classroom Video Visits:  http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/classroom-video-visits  (a collection of videos, open-ended problem solving tasks)
• Unpacking the Content Standards for Math K-8:  http://nymathstandards.pbworks.com/w/page/45609650/Unpacking%20the%20Content%20Standards%20for%20Math%20K-8  (NYS math teacher-created break down of each standard)
  

Additional Resources

• Center on Instruction webinars: http://centeroninstruction.org/resources_searchresults.cfm?searchterms=common+core
• Courtrade and Browder: Aligning IEPs to the Common Core State Standards for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
  

* The Curriculum Library does not necessarily own or endorse these resources, but is providing this information as a service to those wishing to learn more about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The CCSS resources listed here were recommended by presenters of the Breakfast, Conversation, and New Education Standards sessions (coordinated by Liz Yanoff and Drey Martone in January and February 2012) as well as by School of Education faculty.

If you have additonal resources you would like to have included on this page, please contact Mary Lindner (email).