CollaborativeResourceProject

CCSSCurricularResources
www.corestandards.org
ThiswebsiteexplainswhytheCCSSare
important,allowsvisitorstoexplorethe
CCSS,providesresources,has
frequentlyaskedquestions,andgives
justificationofhowtheCCSSwere
created.(Marissa)
www.achievethecore.org
AchieveTheCoreisawebsitedesigned
toprovidefreeclassroomresourcesto
helpeducatorsunderstandand
implementtheCCSS.Ithasaccessto
professionallearning,planningand
reflection,aswellasclassroom
resources.(Marissa)
http://educore.ascd.org/
Thiswebsitegivesteacherstools,videos,
webinars,andfeaturedlessonsfor
differentdisciplines.Itscompanymantra
isToolsforTeachingtheCommon
Core.(Marissa)
http://readingandwritingproject.org/resour
ces/assessments/readingwritingassess
ments
Thisdirectlinkhasprovidesreadingand
writingperformancetasksalignedwith
thecommoncore,andarebrokendown
bygradelevels.Theseperformance
taskswerecreatedbytheTeachers
CollegeReadingandWritingProjectfor
NYCDepartmentofEducationandsome
areownedbyNYCDepartmentof
Education,buttheNYCDept.ofEdmade
theassessmentsaccessibletoeducators.
(Marissa)

PD/TeacherResources
www.readworks.org
Thiswebsiteisincredible!Itprovides
teacherswithreadingpassages,lesson
plans,pairedpassages,pairedtextsand
questions,aswellasskillandstrategy
units.Teacherscanalsousethiswebsite
andcreateaclassroster,whichgivesthe
teacherstheabilitytoassignreadings/
activities,andtracktheirstudents
progress.(Marissa)
www.gonoodle.com
Thiswebsitegivesabountifulamountof
videosthatincorporatemovement,song,
physicalactivity,etc.forstudents.
Teacherscanusethiswebsiteasbrain
breaks,duringPEtime,andevenduring
rainydaystopromotehealthybodiesand
brainfunction.(Marissa)
www.newsela.com
Newselaisawebsitewhereteacherscan
findvariousarticlesbasedontopic.Then,
eacharticlecanbeleveledbasedona
studentslexilelevel.Studentscanalso
createanaccountwheretheycanread
articlesorbeapartofaclassroster.
(Marissa)
www.tolerance.org
Thiswebsiteisaninvaluableresourcefor
teachers,especiallywithtodayscurrent
events.Thiswebsitegivesteachers
resources,lessonplans,filmkits,etc.for
teachingtolerancetotheirstudents.
(Marissa)
www.edutopia.org
Thisagreatwebsiteforteacherstoread
articles,watchquickclips,andlearnfrom
othereducators.Youcanalsobeapart
oftheirFacebookgroupwherenewblogs
andarticlesarepostedtoyourFacebook
newspage.(Marissa)

SAMR/Techintegration
Earth.google.com
Thiswebsiteallowsstudentsand
teacherstogoanywhereintheworld!
Whenlearningaboutrocksandminerals,
teacherscanhavestudentstakeavirtual
visittotheGrandCanyonorYosemite.
Thepossibilitiesareendless!(Marissa)
Edu.glogster.com
Glogsterisatechprogramthatallows
teachersandstudentstocombine
images,video,sound,andtextallonone
digitalcanvas.Thisisawebsitethatdoes
haveanannualcost.(Marissa)
www.kidblog.org
Kidblogallowsstudentstopublishwriting
onlinesafely.Teachershavetheabilityto
manageallpostsandcommentswhile
teachingtheirstudentsaboutdigital
citizenship.(Marissa)
www.edmodo.com
Edmodoisasitethatlookssimilarto
FacebookandTwitterwhereteachers
cangathermaterialsforclass,set
collaborativegroupsforstudents,and
wherestudentscanaskquestionsofthe
teacherandtheirpeers.(Marissa)

StudentResources
www.khanacademy.org
KhanAcademyisafreeonlinewebsite
whereoncestudentssignup,theycan
accesstutorialvideosalignedwithCCSS,
practiceproblems,coding,and
instructionalgames.Teacherscanalso
usethiswebsiteandcreateaclass
roster,whichgivestheteachersthe
abilitytotracktheirstudentsprogress
andfrequencyofuse.(Marissa)
www.powtoon.com
Studentscanusethiswebsitetocreate
ananimatedprojectdisplayingtheir
understandingofaconcept.Theycould
makeananimationorvideoofthemain
themeofabook,historicalevent,science
topics,etc.(Marissa)
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/stud
ents/index.html
Thiswebsiteprovidesavastamountof
topicsforstudentstoexploreand
includesinformation,articles,games,and
activities.(Marissa)
www.ixl.com
Thiswebsitehaseachgradelevelbroken
downbytheirmathstandards.Problems
andquizzesareprovidedforeachskill
andstandard.(Marissa)
www.discoveryeducation.com
Thestudentsectionofthiswebsite
providesstudentswithfreeinteractive,
games,videos,labs,andhomeworkhelp.
(Marissa)