Resource Roundup: Common Core Standards

Instructional Strategies: 
Semantic Mapping
Summarizing
Context Clues
Word Analysis
Fluency
Visualizing
Self-Questioning
Modeling
Visual Representations
Interacting With Peers
Understanding Problems
Organizing
Using Precise Math Language
Thinking Aloud

As states shift towards full integration of the Common Core Standards, educational resources and lesson plans aligned to the Common Core have sprung up around the web. A quick online search for Common Core lesson plans yields an overwhelming number of results, so we’ve waded through them and put together a few of our favorites:

Acknowledgment: Special thanks to Rebecca Flynn for helping to prepare this blog post.

 

 

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