CCSS Resource Clearinghouses

• Share My Lesson
  Developed by teachers for teachers, this site offers a free platform that gives access to teaching resources and tools and provides an online community for teacher collaboration. The site has a significant resource bank for CCSS, covering all the aspects of the standards. Share My Lesson was developed by the American Federation of Teachers and Total Education Solutions (TES) Connect.

• EngageNY
  This site includes useful information and resources for CCSS implementation. Though it is designed for New York educators, this site has nationwide relevance.

• America Achieves
  This is a video and lesson resource project. The video modules on this site exemplify the key shifts that the Common Core is bringing to pedagogy in classrooms across the United States. America Achieves is a non-profit organization that will shine a spotlight on successful educators and programs, distill lessons learned and the evidence base, and support promising state and local efforts that drive large-scale improvements in education and outcomes for young people.

• CC.BetterLesson
  This site provides free, high-quality resources created through the National Education Association's Master Teacher Project.

• ReadWriteThink
  The mission of ReadWriteThink is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.

• LearnZillion
  LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting.

• Teaching Channel Videos of Common Core Lessons for Teachers
  There are over 100 free videos related to Common Core instruction available on the Teaching Channel. The videos provide lesson ideas, an overview of the English language arts (ELA) and Math standards, and demonstrations of teaching practices.

• Teaching Channel Video Series Playlist: English Language Learners
  These videos were produced in conjunction with Stanford University’s Understanding Language initiative and examine the key shifts found in the CCSS. The videos highlight opportunities to grow students’ disciplinary knowledge and English language skills in heterogeneous classrooms.

• ReadWorks
  This site provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literacy passages. The ReadWorks curriculum is aligned to the CCSS.

• Edutopia Resources for Understanding the Common Core State Standards
  An educator's guide to Web sites, organizations, articles, and other resources looking at the new system of standards and how they will be assessed.

• OER Commons Building the Promise of the Common Core Together
  Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons provides educators with open source tools and resources needed to engage teachers in making education content localized and adapted to their own environments.
  
  • OER Commons Common Core Reference Collection
    OER Commons has compiled CCSS implementation plans, transition guides, assessment tasks, exemplars, and curriculum, indexed from across the U.S.
  • OER Commons Common Core Aligned Resources
    OER has compiled K–12 resources aligned to the CCSS. Add your resource quality ratings and comments.
    • OER Commons CCSS Aligned English Language Arts Resources
    • OER Commons CCSS Aligned Mathematics Resources

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