ELA Common Core Resources

We attended a Rick Wormeli conference one week ago today.  It was fantastic!  There were so many new things that we learned and one of the take-a-ways for me was this:   We are our best resources.  We have to share with each other.  When discussing the sharing of ideas and resources, Wormeli said, "You have to think of it as: I'm standing on the shoulders of those before me.  Now I can be a catalyst for someone else."

Keeping that in mind, today's post is all about sharing some more resources!  Here are a couple of things you might want to check out.

ASCD Webinars

ASCD offers a series of free Common Core Webinars.  Click on the link below to view archived webinars or register for an upcoming webinar. 

If you're interested in earning college credit, ASCD also has many online courses that are reasonably priced.

OER Commons:  Open Educational Resources

Launched by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, OER Commons has kept up with Common Core. Now, they offer a variety of resources -- from reference materials to outside links -- and you can also browse open ed resources by grade-level.

Click on the link below and scroll down to see featured content.

Achieve the Core

This website is full of free content. It includes practical tools designed to help students and teachers see their hard work deliver results.  Check out their lessons, student writing samples, assessment questions and more! achievethecore.org was created in the spirit of collaboration. Their motto on collaboration is:  Please steal these tools and share them with others.  Gotta love that! :)

Of course, there are our favorites such as:

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Share your favorite resources with us by commenting on the post!  HAPPY COLLABORATING! :)