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CCSS ELA Resources

CCSS ELA Resources

The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (“the Standards”) are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to fulfill the charge issued by the states to create the next generation of K–12 standards in order to help ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school. (2012, Common Core State Standards Initiative) 

For that reason we have organized the following areas under the ELA umbrella that can be used in all core subject areas:

Close Reading

Resources

 

Text-Dependent Questions (TDQ)

Resources

Writing

Resources

 

Constructed Response

Resources

 

 Background

1. Doug Fischer intro. Part 1

2. Doug Fisher intro. Part 2

Background:

1. Intro to text-dependent answers

2. Guide to creating text-dependent questions

Support Resources

1. CCSS aligned writing samples

2. Appendix C:  samples of student writing

Constructed response resource page

K-2nd

1. Kindergarten close reading example

2. Close reading with informational text

3. Close reading-vocab focus

K-2nd

Grade 1 TDQ development & instruction

Genres

1.  Reading literature videos  

2. Narrative videos  

3. Informative/explanatory videos

4. Opinion/argument videos

5. Reading informational videos

Analyzing a prompt  

3rd-5th 

1.  4th grade close reading example

2. 5th grade close reading example

3.    Primary close reading example

3rd-5th 

Grade 5 TDQ example

Exemplars

1.Opinion/Argument

2.   Informative  

3. Narrative  

Sample constructed response prompts & anchor papers (3rd-8th)

6th-8th   

1. 6th grade annotation example #1

2. 6th grade annotation example #2

3. 8th grade close reading example

6th-8th

Engaging the adolescent learner

 

Constructed response book