Common Core Snapshot: Administrator's Guide to the Common Core

By Nancy Peterson

This handbook is a comprehensive guide to the key focus areas of the Common Core State Standards specifically designed for site and district administrators. Its condensed format and focus on only the key elements from curriculum shifts, classroom "look fors", Smarter Balanced assessments, effective classroom strategies, Depth of Knowledge, highest value technology skills, and a list of online teacher resources is a handy "all in one" guide for administrators as they monitor and support teachers through the implement the Common Core State Standards.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Aug 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483538150

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Common Core State Standards

Essential Components

Lead high-level, text based discussions

Focus on process, not just content

Create assignments for audiences outside the classroom with real purpose

Teach argument, not persuasion in writing and oral discussions

Increase text complexity

Require students to cite evidence in written and oral assignments

Emphasize academic and content specific vocabulary

Three major areas of emphasis: Annotation, Citation and Argumentation!

Common Core Shifts in ELA/ Literacy

Shift 1: Knowledge in the Disciplines

• Science and Social Studies teachers emphasize reading and writing activities.

• Students learn through texts in Science and Social