Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Science Lesson Plans, Narratives, and Literacy Q&A Lesson Plans and Narratives The goal of the sample lesson plans is to show content-area high school teachers how they can use literacy strategies to help high school students learn core content and concepts. The lessons are accompanied by narrative explanations that describe the lesson in action. Literacy Q&A Literacy experts answered common questions content-area teachers have about integrating literacy instruction into their daily practice. Elizabeth Birr Moje provided the answers to the Literacy Q&A for science. Elizabeth Birr Moje is an Arthur F. Science Literacy Q&A
OCR it :) It is WORKING FREE READABILITY FORMULAS : FREE READABILITY TOOLS : READABILITY SOFTWARE Symbaloo Chicago Public Schools : Raising the Bar: The Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) describe what students are expected to learn at every grade level in order to be prepared for success in college and careers. Adopted by 46 states, including Illinois, CCSS is designed to be relevant to the real world and help students succeed in a global economy. Chicago Public Schools began the transition to CCSS in 2011-12 and will fully implement in the 2014-15 school year, when the state assessment will also be aligned to assess CCSS. We invite you to learn more about these standards and how CPS is planning to implement them in the coming years. Check out this short video that explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo. Learn more about Common Core at CPS If you have an questions, please e-mail us at commoncore@cps.edu.
Mozilla Thimble ღ Common Core - Capture the Core Newsletters Follow us: Skip to Main Content ISBE Home Site Map Funding Opps IWAS ELIS FRIS Inquiry College and Career Readiness Illinois Common Core Standards Capture the Core Newsletters Return to Common Core Home Page Home Page Tools for the Common Core Standards | News about tools that are being developed to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards 11 Free Tools to Teach Human Anatomy in 3D The following are some good resources to help students explore the human body through interactive imaging, games, exercises and more. Build-a Body: This is a great website that allows students to build the human body using interactive elements system by system. Each system has descriptions and provides some facts about diseases. Students will only drag and drop the parts of body such as bones, organs,..ect. BioDigital Human This is a great resource for anatomy. Medical Animations The university of Pennsylvania Health System has a great website offering medical animations, explanations of several medical problems, resources on anatomy, physiology, and the human body. InnerBody This is a website where students can learn about human anatomy and physiology. Zygote Body This is the the substitute of Google Body. Virtual Eye Dissection and Eye Anatomy As its name suggests, this website lets users view photos from an actual eye dissection, and perform virtual dissection on the eye.
The Standards Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning. The standards are: Research and evidence basedClear, understandable, and consistentAligned with college and career expectationsBased on rigorous content and the application of knowledge through higher-order thinking skillsBuilt upon the strengths and lessons of current state standardsInformed by other top-performing countries to prepare all students for success in our global economy and society According to the best available evidence, the mastery of each standard is essential for success in college, career, and life in today’s global economy. For grades K-8, grade-by-grade standards exist in English language arts/literacy and mathematics.
Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts Materials English Language Arts Materials Common Core Content Standards for ELA: Overview PowerPoint Presentation This PowerPoint shows the design and structure for all grades K-12. Download California Common Core Standards: Introduction to the English Language Arts Administrator Snapshot This document will provide administrators a quick look at the English Language Arts Standards at each grade level (K-12). Download California's Common Core Standards An Introduction for Teachers - English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Science and Science and Technical Subjects This presentation is an introduction to California's Common Core content Standards so that teachers will be familiar with the organization and content of the standards. Download