Friday 31 August 2012

Annotated Common Core Standards...and More

With Blogger's statistics page, I'm able to see exactly which learning twice posts are being read most often. When I mentioned to my daughter that the most popular posts were Common Core related, her answer was a polite, "Well, duh." What she actually said was something like, "Of course! It's what everyone is most concerned about this year," but I get it.

Since some of the CCSS are, shall we say, a bit dense, it might help to have them broken down into chunks à la Marcia Tate for your planning and for your students' learning.

If you would like to go from this:
RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

to this:
RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
  • Students should demonstrate the ability to articulate the theme or central idea of a fictional text, providing specifics from the text to support the response.
  • Students should be able to respond to questions about a character’s motivations and conflicts.
  • Students should be able to articulate how the speaker or narrator’s point of view reveals the theme or central idea of a text.
  • Students should be able to write a summary of the text.
click on over to Kristen Bowers' Teachers Pay Teachers page and download Annotated Common Core Standards for Grades 3 - 12...for FREE!



PLEASE, if you download, leave Kristen a comment thanking her for her work and generosity, and visit her website to see what else she has to offer. She does have items for sale both there and on her TPT page.

Charity Preston, who is recommended by Kristen, also has some amazing Common Core Lesson Planning Packs with cute themes for K though 5th grade for only $5.95 each on her TPT page. They include annotated CCSS, templates for lesson planning, student checklists, "I Can" statements and posters, etc...upwards of 150 pages each...so affordable!

I hope this helps, and I especially wish for you all a wonderful Labor Day weekend - try to rest a little from your dedicated labor, in and out of the classroom, for your kiddos!