Wheatly Portfolio

This website is OVERFLOWING with awesomeness!

It has a ton of curriculum tools, ideas, and resources. You do have to subscribe, and some of it needs payment, but it's still pretty great!

Check it out here!

The Big Read!

The Big Read is run by the National Endowment for the Arts. Its role is to encourage connections to literature in new ways.

It's a really fabulous website that has a TON of great information.

http://www.neabigread.org/

NatGeo!

Lots of big companies are getting involved in Common Core, and creating lesson ideas and unit plans in order to include real-life content.

National Geographic is one of those companies!!

CLICK HERE to check it out!

The specific link takes you to 9-12th grade science lessons, but they also have lessons for Math, Health, ELA, Social Science, even Art!

What a great tool!

Shmoop!

Doesn't that just sound silly? I love it!

This website is kind of like Sparknotes to the 10th power. It has all kinds of resources about ALL the subjects! There are videos, lesson ideas, learning guides, and so much more!

Give yourself time to review it because there is just a wealth of information!

Check out SHMOOP here!

Happy planning!

And we're back!

I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing Holiday break! Now that it's officially 2014, it's time that we make Common Core our everyday reality!

Here is a FABULOUS site for articles about all kinds of topics! There is even a SPANISH section!!

Tween Tribune

The articles here are short, so they are perfect for practicing those close reading skills! Let's hear you ROAR, Wildcats!

Calling All English Teachers!

Today, I found a really cool site for English teachers. It is full of pre-made worksheets and activities that were created by an English teacher. They cover all types of aspects from English, including point of view, purpose, modes, and all kinds of other stuff!

Check it out!

Some are a little redundant, but I think for occasional usage, they're pretty great!

Newsela Non Fiction and Current Events

Looking to work in more non-fiction? Not sure where to find the material, or if they students will be able to understand it?

Enter Newsela NonFicition and Current Events

Mrs. Morales sent this on over, and it's amazing! The articles are really currently applicable. Plus, if you click the article, you can change the reading level!

What an amazing differentiation and ELD tool! The same material, only at various reading levels!

Check it out--you will be glad you did!

Achieve the Core!

In case you haven't noticed, there are SO MANY resources out in the intrawebs that we can use to implement Common Core. In fact, there are too many to properly share! But we are trying our best to bring you as many as we can!

Achieve the Core is another fabulous website full of complete and comprehensive lesson plans/guides for teachers to use for FREE.

Simply specify your position and grade level, and Achieve the core will lead you to a ton of great information.

For instance, I just downloaded a 22-page unit on close reading a piece by Frederick Douglass. It goes step by step, and shows me exactly what to do over a series of days within my classroom. It's awesome!

Edutopia

Edutopia is an awesome website ran by The George Lucas Educational Foundation (I mean, does it get any cooler than that?!)

Here is a link to Edutopia.

It is a wealth of educationally related resources, videos, blogs, and exemplary schools. It even has resources on SEL curriculum, Project-based learning and technology integration!

Right below the main header, you can click Common Core Resources and it will direct you to solely common core stuff. 

Just playing around for a few minutes, I found a link to 21 common core aligned Math apps!

Math (and everyone) resource!

There are so many great websites out there where talented teachers are sharing what they are doing!


Sharemylesson.com is a great place to find pre-written lesson plans.

Here is a subsection of the website devoted to Common Core Math Lessons

Incredible ELA resource

The wealth of information out there in cyberspace is limitless! I can't tell you fun it is to come across incredible resources and share them with you.

Click here for an excellent ELA resource!

A LiveBinder is kind of like a real-life hard-copy binder, where people can compile information and articles and lessons and who knows what!

This ELA livebinder has a ton of great information, from text complexity to unpacking documents to graphic organizers to rubrics!

Happy planning!