Common Core E/LA Templates

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This post, however, is about the amazing work that has been done by their Office of Education in compiling a vast set of resources for implementing the English & Language Arts Common Core State Standards. Dr. Lori Digisi reminded us at a recent statewide TAS meeting that as educators, we should not reinvent the wheel, but rather find the work that others have done already and build on it. My very-smart-teacher daughter found this amazing site, and I invite you to start building!

Joanna says that the templates found on this page are the best Common Core resource she has discovered thus far as a Reading & LA teacher. After clicking on the link, you simply have to scroll down the page to "ELA CCCSS Templates" and select your grade level. The templates include vocabulary, question stems, and a place to write teaching strategies and notes. Here is the page for 3rd Grade Standard 1:

http://www.tcoe.org/ERS/CCSS/ELA/Templates_03.pdf

Unfortunately, TCOE hasn't made as much progress in Math, but I'm hoping one of my blog readers will point me to a resource like this one, so I can pass it along. In the meantime, I'll be hunting, too.