TOOLBOX: Common Core Lesson

http://storycorps.org/initiatives/military-voices-initiative/

Army Officer Curtis Price interviews his 10-year-old daughter
Emily Price, at Storycorps' MobileBooth in Fort Bragg, NC.

Looking for authentic text, oral stories, or literature

that's both interesting and appropriate for Common Core lessons?

StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative has just what you need.

The Military Voices Initiative amplifies the tales of people 

serving in the military through accounts from family
members or the men and women themselves. 
If you take advantage of them with your pupils, we–as a nation–are listening.

 Check out stories on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/StoryCorps
as well as on Twitter @StoryCorps

Fact Vs Fiction Reading

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/common-core-fact-vs-fiction#top

 Teaching nonfiction reading skills just got moved to "the head of the class"......

The Common Core's focus is preparing pupils for college and career, both of which require a reservoir of knowledge about the natural, physical, and social world around them.  Informational texts have just what's necessary to do that in a child's "reading world." 

Your Reading Lessons Just Got Better

http://www.readworks.org/books/readaloud

Looking for great literature to read aloud to children?  We've got your link:  organize an account at READWORKS.ORG and you're set for information and resources that will improve the outreach with children from K through 6th grade.  The passages available are easily printed, with complete lesson plans. Best news yet?  It is FREE and aligned to The Common Core Reading Standards.

Reading & Math 2013: Moving to Common Core

Links (below) contains a "Roadmap" for the 2013 Illinois Standards Achievement Test for both
English Language Arts

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/2013/isat/roadmap-ela-13.pdf

and Math

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/2013/isat/roadmap-math-13.pdf

"The Reading Room's" on Pinterest!

We welcome you to follow "The Reading Room" on Pinterest.
You'll find news you can use! 

http://pinterest.com/pkselemrdgroom/

Second Grade Common Core

The professionals in Parkside's "Reading Room" teach to standards in The Common Core.  We strive to prepare youngsters to acquire skills and competencies that will ensure a lifetime of learning.
Resources we use to present lessons are included in Common Core State Standards:  http://corecommonstandards.com/core-curriculum/second-grade-common-core-workbook-download/

The Common Core Standards

The Common Core Standards for English Language Arts address topics in five domains: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language (conventions and vocabulary), and Foundational Reading Skills (K-3).  Within each domain, several themes, or categories, are identified.

We want you to have the most up-to-date information available to understand our goals for Parkside students:     http://ctl.uoregon.edu/pd/cf10/presentation/1017