Common Core State Standards SMUSD

Close reading exemplars from teachers, for teachers

Regardless of the subject, persuasive writing is a key component of Common Core Standards.

Information and resources about the new academic content standards for English language arts and mathematics adopted by the State Board of Education on August 2, 2010.

The International Reading Association's Virginia J. Goatley and Brenda Overturf introduce the ELA CCSS and provide context to those who are new to the standards.

Teachers and curriculum developers find materials reflecting the English/language arts and math standards in short supply. (Some resources are linked within this article!)

Blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares a blended genre unit where students research and write their own persuasive speeches in the TED.com format.

In the second of their series, Virginia Goatley and Brenda Overturf look at how the Common Core State Standards can help teachers build a new language arts curriculum.