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The Importance of Aligning Content with Common Core Standards

Evelyn Learning

In the developing prospects of education, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) offer a fundamental framework for curriculum development and instruction in the United States. Educational institutions must ensure to align their instructional methodologies with the benchmarks of the Common Core Standards.

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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough. Students who are not performing at grade level in the core subject matters (Dove & Honigsfeld, 2013, pp. Common Core for the not-so-common learner: English language arts strategies grades K-5.

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Use of Blogging to Address the Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts. On the blog, students can access the informational text by replaying the interview.

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Discovery Education's Common Core Academies

A Principal's Reflections

Educators across America are grappling with what the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) mean for their instruction and have key questions around successful implementation: What are the core components of the CCSS and how do they impact me? These Academies will provide educators with the support they need in the Common Core era.

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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Try these ten tech uses. You can use Google Forms or the Google calendar. iPads to share stories students write.

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Common Core Academy Learning Opportunities From Discovery Education

The Web20Classroom

A long time ago, Francis Bacon said that knowledge is power … This summer, teachers can empower their teaching with meaningful and actionable knowledge about the Common Core Standards at Discovery Education''s Academies! Visit the Discovery Education Common Core site to learn more! Discovery Ed'

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Vivid Vocabulary, Common Core, & Tech Integration Tools

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With the shifts of the Common Core , students need to spend time learning both Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in a variety of ways. By interacting with vocabulary, students absorb the word''s meaning and learn to appropriately use it in a variety of contexts ( Common Core Appendix A ).