Common Core Aligned ELA Resources

The Sue Stickel at the Sacramento County Office of Education compiled this lists of resources for English Language Arts that are aligned with the Common Core.

This resource provides links and brief summaries of the materials and uses for English.

English Language Arts

Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC)

• Detailed units of instruction in expository reading and writing using highly engaging text.  All “modules” or units are aligned to the CCSS.
• A-G approved course for 11th or 12th

LearnZillion

• Math – 3rd-HS, approximately 2/3 of the lessons are math
• ELA – 3rd-8th (currently), approximately 1/3 of the lessons are ELA
• See “how it works” on the website.
• Lessons include objective, the actual lesson (on video), lesson resources (word doc with script the teacher used and the PowerPoint with slides the teacher used in the lesson), director’s commentary (the teacher explaining why he or she used the particular language, diagrams, etc. as well as common errors that students make).

Close reading exemplars at Achieve the Core.org

• Hunt Institute videos (both informational and instructional videos) and other resources also available at the site.

New York City Department of Education

• Pathway to the units mentioned below: “teacher page” (tab at left); “teaching resources” (tab at top); under “classroom resources” select CCSS; “tasks, units and student work.”  This will take you to “search tasks.”
• Lots of information including detailed curriculum units aligned with the CCSS that include unit overview, rubrics, annotated student work, and instructional support.

The new Basal Alignment Project

• Basal Alignment Project for Grades 3-5
• The Basal Alignment Project offers Core-aligned lessons revisions for 3rd-5th grade Basal reading series. Each lesson has been carefully aligned to the CCSS by a team of teachers, and includes quality text-dependent questions, improved tasks, and a focus on academic vocabulary.
• BAP now offers 267 revised lessons, across these Basal Readers:
• HMH Collections, Journeys, Medallion/Reading, Nation’s Choice, StoryTown, and Trophies
• MH Imagine It!, Open Court, Treasures, and Treasures (CA)
• Pearson Reading Street
• Nearly 13,000 teachers are using these lessons, which are available on Edmodo.
• Introductory videos provide clear overview of project and implications for instruction. 
• Coming Soon: the Anthology Alignment Project for Grades 6-10
• We’re pleased to announce the Anthology Alignment Project, a collaborative effort by teachers to align common Grade 6-10 Anthologies in a similar fashion to the BAP resources. These lesson materials will become available in late Spring, 2013.