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[|One Page Many CC Resources!] || Common Core Conversations || Here is at least one place that could be your "one stop shop". The links to many of the most popular resource sties are available here. Some are free, others require a fee. Remember, the DOE does not endorse or recommend these sites. ||
 * New Resources added 5-20-13

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 * - [|Core Task Project] || Professional learning resources ||
 * - [|Text Project] || Emphasis on Standard 10 that prioritizes text complexity; Website includes research articles, teacher resources, webinar links and presentation slides ||
 * [| Works] || Sample lessons for grades K-6; Passages and book suggestions are included; Must create an account but it's free ||
 * [|Achieve the Core] || This site is here to provide free, high-quality resources to educators now doing the hard work of implementing these higher standards. ||
 * [|Web English Teacher] || #|Lesson plans, videos, technology integration, and classroom activities for English, K-12 ||
 * [|Smithsonian Education] || Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies ||
 * [|Teachers First] || Lessons, units, web resources for all subjects, K-12 ||
 * [|Before/During/After Reading Strategies] || AdLit.org ||
 * [|WikiSpaces Blog] || Wealth of resources can be accessed from this blog - websites, lessons, discussion forum ||
 * Guilford County Common Core || Lessons for most grade levels for reading and math ||
 * [|Reading and Writing Project - Common Core Standards] || Teachers CollegeReading and Writing Project including units of study, videos, and #|student samples ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Assessments - Reading and Writing Project] || The #|Teachers College Reading and Writing Project has posted a number of assessments for reading and writing that are aligned to Common Core Standards ||
 * The Teaching Channel || Videos on strategies, lesson design, and analysis of master teachers at work. ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great links to the National Writing Project || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphic Organizers ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Secondary [|Writing] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elementary Instructional Videos <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comprehension and Vocabulary || Strategies and #|ideas for teaching most of the major reading, writing and thinking skills in high school ||
 * ==State Resources== || ==Useful Links Within State Sites== || ==Description of resources== ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Arizona] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Examples of tasks for all of the standards]. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Delaware] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Literacy Concept Organizer]: || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explains exactly what students must know, do, and understand for each standard. Great for breaking down standards with students. Also a great resource for vertical articulation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Florid][|a] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Differentiated Writing Lessons]; [|FL WIN: Florida Language and Writing Initiative Network]:[|Online Writing Lessons:][|Rubrics and Portfolios] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mini lessons on the craft of writing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Hawaii]** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Resource Page]: || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sample units, performance tasks, and templates. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Idaho] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Standards Explained] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Idaho breaks down each standard with explanations. Great for unpacking standards...if you are into that. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Illinois]* || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">#|Teaching and Learning Strategies[|K-5][|6-12] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For each standard, they provide learning/teaching strategies, assessment strategies, and ideas for differentiation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Indiana ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Kentucky]* || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Literacy Without Limits] || Videos of strategies for a variety of literacy skills ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|New York]* || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Video Series] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York education leaders speak with David Coleman about the major shifts with the Common Core ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|North Carolina] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Lists of Text Exemplars for each Grade Level]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ohio] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|"I Can" statements and standard progression] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drake County in Ohio has created "I can " statements for all of the standards. Great strategy for goal setting. They also show the complexity progression. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Oregon] ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Rhode Island] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Strategies for ELL Students] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Language Advocacy Project identifies what works with ELL students and provides tips on how to make it work. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Tennessee] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Common Core resources in ELA] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tennessee has created video resources that are accessible through iTunes ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Utah]* || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Web Resources] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong list of web resources that will help you find complex and relevant texts for your students. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Vermont] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Rigorous Practice Tests] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These tests provide open-ended questions and multiple choice tests, which is part of the framework being developed by PARCC ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Virginia] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Secondary[| Reading]