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Teacher Evaluation
Self-Assessment and Evaluation Rubric
Common Core Sample Test Questions (Math and ELA 3-8)
Math Essential Questions and Vocabulary Pre-K-8
Math Flip Books
Illustrative Math
Lessons and Tasks for K-12 Math
Inside Math (You will LIKE this one!!)
K-12
MARS Tasks
Problem of the Month
Grade-level and Standard Exemplary Lessons
NRICH Enriching Math
Enriching math resources for students and teachers.
Math Frameworks for Teaching Common Core
Excellent Lesson Ideas and Teaching Strategies
Middle School Math Resource Guides
Math Assessment Tasks (Middle and High School)
Inside Mathematics
MARS tasks for Math: Assessment Examples
K-5 Free Math Lesson Ideas
Science Resource Guides
Science Assessments
Grade 5
Grade 8
Biology End of Course Exam
Social Studies Assessments
Best of History Web-sites
Assessments
PARCC is involved in the development of the next generation of assessments. Go to PARCC to see test prototypes and sample writing rubrics.
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NEW PARCC UPDATES APRIL 2013
College and Career Readiness Standards
New York Board of Regents
Past Exam Questions (New Standards on Recent Exams)
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Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Journey's Scope and Sequence
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Reading Level Expectations
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September
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January
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March
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May
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Kindergarten
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A/B
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C
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C/D
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1st Grade
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C/D
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F
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H
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J
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2nd Grade
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I/J
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K
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L
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M
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3rd Grade
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L/M
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N
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O
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P
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Crestwood Local Schools Reading Expectations for 2013-2014 School Year.
Suggested Summer Reading from the American Library Association
Rigor - Relevance - Relationships
Personality Test
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Professional Learning Communities
What is a PLC?
“A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is educators committed to working collaboratively
in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the
students they serve. PLCs operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for
students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.”
—adapted from Learning by Doing
Difference Between PLC and Team Meeting
Crestwood PLC Meeting Log Form
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Professional Learning Resources
Great Vocabulary Lesson Idea
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Parents
Reading
Learning to read is an essential skill, and comprehending information from text is necessary for school and career success. Common Core Standards align reading expectations with the following chart.
Lexiles are a measure of text complexity and students should strive to read and understand materials at the designated levels. This does not mean to discourage reading at other levels. Lower level books develop fluency and vocabulary, while higher level books stretch reading ability and challenge comprehension. The key is to read . . . A LOT! Books, magazines, web-sites, labels, manuals, directions, etc. are all ways to expand reading aptitude.
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K–1 |
N/A |
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2–3 |
420L–820L |
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4–5 |
740L–1010L |
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6–8 |
925L–1185L |
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10-Sep |
1050L–1335L |
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11–CCR |
1185L–1385L |
The Common Core Standards advocate a "staircase" of increasing text complexity, beginning in grade 2, so that students can develop their reading skills and apply them to more difficult texts. At the lowest grade in each band, students focus on reading texts within that text complexity band. In the subsequent grade or grades within a band, students must "stretch" to read a certain proportion of texts from the next higher text complexity band. This pattern repeats itself throughout the grades so that students can both build on earlier literacy gains and challenge themselves with texts at a higher complexity level. Lexile measures and the Lexile ranges above help to determine what text is appropriate for each grade band and what should be considered "stretch" text.
Helping Students Select Books to Read
At this site you can enter either a grade level, or lexile level for a list of appropriate books. It will even allow you to select interest areas.
If you put the title or author of a book in the "Quick Book Search" box you can see the Lexile Level of a book you already have. This is a very informative site.