Common Core State Standards &
​Career and College Readiness Resources

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Parent Letter

PTA Sponsored Parent Guide to the Common Core

New standards, called Common Core State Standards, are on the way for all students in California, beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. These standards set high expectations for all students. They are rigorous and internationally benchmarked; research- and evidence-based; aligned with college and career expectations; and they build on the foundation laid by individual states. The aim of this state-led initiative is to develop standards that ensure all students are held to consistent expectations that will prepare them for college and career." 
— California PTA

Find out what your child will be learning, at each grade level, in Mathematics and English Language Arts once the Common Core State Standards are in place. You'll also learn more about how you can support your child's learning and other helpful information.

• Kindergarten [en Español]
• 1st Grade [en Español]
• 2nd Grade [en Español]
• 3rd Grade [en Español]
• 4th Grade [en Español]
• 5th Grade [en Español]
• 6th Grade [en Español]
• 7th Grade [en Español]
• 8th Grade [en Español]
• High School Math [en Español]
• High School English [en Español]

For More information…

• Milpitas Unified School District Educational Services Department:  408-635-2600 ext. 6006
• California PTA:  The California PTA offers a three-minute video in English http://vimeo.com/51933492 and in Spanish http://vimeo.com/51947947

Online Resource

“The Core Task Project” is a professional learning model that challenges assumptions and addresses the “instructional shifts.” Further, it answers the question, “What does it mean to do the Core?”
http://coretaskproject.com/

Brokers of Expertise for online Professional Learning Modules
http://myboe.org/portal/default/Group/Viewer/GroupView?action=2&gid=2996

Read like an historian
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-curriculum

Teaching the Core: “A Non-Freaked Out Approach to the CCSS” blog
http://www.teachingthecore.com/ccr-anchor-standards/in-reading/r-ccr-1/close-
reading-common-core/#more-978

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Assessment Examples, etc)
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/#item

Achievethecore.org (Resources and Exemplars in Content areas, etc)
http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools/close-reading-exemplars

Tulare COE resources (Bookmarks, Exemplars)
http://www.tcoe.org/ERS/CCSS/ela/resources.shtm
http://www.tcoe.org/ERS/CCSS/ela/AnchorStdsSummary_6_12_Literacy.pdf
http://commoncore.tcoe.org/content/public/doc/tcoe_ela_Templates_06.pdf

The Teaching Channel (videos and examples on teaching CCSS)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/

Schools Moving Up/WestEd Webinars-4 Part Series (Secondary Literacy Partnership)
http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/smu/print/htdocs/smu/home.htm

Text Project (webinars, teacher resources, PD resources, text complexity, etc)
http://www.textproject.org/events/common-core-state-standards-webinar-series/

Council of Chief State School Officers (resources, videos, webinars)
http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Publications/Common_Core_State_Standards_Implementation_Tools_and_Resources.html

77 Seconds on Vocabulary
http://www.textproject.org/professional-development/webinars/77-sec-on-text-complexity-what-is-core-vocabulary/

EduCore Tools for Teaching The Common Core (Connections in Literacy) for Middle School Teachers
http://educore.ascd.org/Resource

Lessons Developed by Teachers
http://www.sharemylesson.com/

The Hunt Institute: CCSS: A New Foundation for Student Success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxefsLG2eps&feature=channel&list=UL

California Department of Education: Professional Learning Modules for Educators
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssplm.asp

FAQ’s on CDE
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssfaqs2010.asp

Common Core State Standards Initiative
http://www.corestandards.org/

Council of Chief State School Officers
http://www.ccsso.org/
http://www.ccsso.org/documents/2012/common_core_resources.pdf

eStandards-for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch and for Android devices
http://www.scoe.net/news/library/2012/january/multimedia/estandards_installation_instructions.pdf

Center on Instruction
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/

Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.p21.org/index.php

Marzano’s Webinars on Common Core
http://www.marzanoresearch.com/Free_Resources/event_presentations_webinars.aspx

Stanford: Language, Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas
http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/ela

Common Core Standards; Literacy in Science, Sample Units-Stanislaus COE
http://www.stancoe.org/SCOE/iss/common_core/literacy/literacy_in_science_sample_units.htm

California Department of Education: Common Core State Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/educators.asp

California Department of Education: Special Education: Services and Resources
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/

California Department of Education: English Learners
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/
http://commoncore-espanol.com/