Author visits
Hi! Does anyone have any resources on planning author visits? Thanks for your help!See More
Connecticut Association of School Librarians
CCSS
National Links
***** Common Core Crosswalk (will be revised in more detail soon)
New York Common Core Toolkit (April 6, 2012)
Becoming a CORE NINJA: Mastering the Common Core Standards
Massachusetts DOE Common Core page
AASL Common Core State Standards Action Brief
Connecticut Links
Educators' Common Core Implementation Task Force, 1st meeting 3/25/14
Barbara Johnson's blog, advocate for school libraries on the Task Force
Other Rich Links
Common Core State Standards: Printable Resources from Booklist Publications
Kristen Fontichiaro’s 9/2012 workshop
Sample Items and Performance Tasks
School Library Journal: On Common Core column
Library of Congress Meets CCSS
Understanding Facts Visually (Paige jaeger, On Common core, SLJ)
Maryland School Libraries and the CCSS (Scoop.it)
Judi Moreillon’s Matrix for School Libraries (aligns standards & reading, grade levels---excellent)
COMMON sCOREs wiki (great info for elem., MS and HS plus ALA '13 Common Core pre-conference agenda)
CCSS resources at Springfield Township HS
Carolyn Sharkey’s Livebinder Resources on CCSS
CCSS and School Librarians on Pinterest
The Uncommon Corps blog
Why School Libraries wiki
Closer Readings blog
*****Great App: http://ccsselaapp.com/app/about.php
Reading (also check reading tab)
Great Common Core Nonfiction Gr. 6+
Lexiles and Measuring Text Complexity
Assessment Rubrics
Joyce Valenza
Buffy Hamilton
Kristin Fontichiaro
Shannon Miller
Birthdays
Birthdays Tomorrow
Latest Activity
Irene Kwidzinski posted a blog postThe Giver
Thanks to Randy Testa at Walden Media and Gerri Fegan of NESLA & MSLA, today I had the good fortune to watch a preview of The Giver which comes to theaters August 15, 2014. You will be happy to hear that the movie is true to the spirit of the Newbery award winning book written by Lois Lowry. Walden Media has put together some wonderful resources and a guide for educators. Check it out. There will definitely be a new demand for this book and the other three titles in the quartet.…See More
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