Common Sense for the #CommonCore: Weekly Roundup

• Zhao on Entrepreneurship, the Common Core, and Bacon – BookMarks – Education Week

  Dr. Yong Zhao doesn’t like the Common Core standards. And in this interview he explains why. I’ve said it many times, what we need is some serious critical thinking and dialogue about the Core where ALL voices are listened to–voices from both sides of the argument. So even though I’m optimistic about the CCSS, I still enjoy reading articles like this one. I like bacon, too.

  tags: commoncore CCSS

• Teaching the Core — A Regular Teacher Blogging through the Common Core State Standards and Beyond

  I’ve recently subscribed to this blog. Looks valuable as a resource for ELA teachers.

  tags: commoncore CCSS ELA

• Common Core State Standards

  This site, from the Elk Grove (CA) Unified School District, looks like an exemplary resource. Also demonstrates what I think national standards should be all about–sharing, collaborating, and publicly displaying our work. This site is worth a look.

  tags: commoncore CCSS resources mathematics math ELA reading writing

• http://commoncore.org/maps/documents/Art_in_the_Maps.pdf

  All of these ideas here are tied to the units created by the folks at commoncore.org (which is NOT the official CCSS website…corestandards.org). However, even if you’re not using their curriculum, this offers some interesting ideas about how to integrate art in a more in-depth, standards-based manner.

  tags: art commoncore CCSS

• 5 Easy Strategies for Increasing Text Complexity, Barbara Blackburn

  Text complexity…it’s a key to the ELA standards. This short guide by our friend Barb Blackburn can help. 

  tags: CCSS CommonCore ELA textcomplexity

• Does the Common Core Allow for Creative Writing? » Teaching the Core | Teaching the Core

  A great question…this thoughtful post probes deeper in an attempt to find out.

  tags: commoncore CCSS writing ELA

• Middle School (Grades 6-8) Activities, Lesson Plans, Educational Worksheets & Handouts – Share My Lesson

  Found this via Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher on twitter). Tons of lessons and activities and more. Aligned to CCSS

  tags: CCSS commoncore lessonplans middleschool

• BIE-iEarn Global PBL and Common Core – YouTube

  There are some brilliant Common Core related ideas out there. This is one of them! Tying project based learning and global projects to the CCSS really demonstrates the powerful shifts that the new standards can bring about. This video is worth the watch.

  tags: commoncore PBL projectbasedlearning globaled globalcollaboration goingglobal CCSS

• Educational Leadership:Strong Readers All:Summarize to Get the Gist

  Detailed article about the value of summarizing complex texts. Makes some great points I hadn’t considered before and provides excellent tips for teaching summarizing as a skill.

  tags: commoncore reading writing ELA CCSS summarizing

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.