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SAS/PA Common Core Standards

Select from the following Common Core Standards
English Language Arts (grades 6-12)
Mathematics (grades PreK-12)
 Reading for Science and Technical Subjects (grades 6-12)
 Writing for Science and Technical Subjects (grades 6-12)
 Reading for History and Social Studies (grades 6-12)
 Writing for History and Social Studies (grades 6-12)

Select from the following Common Core Appendices:
 ELA Appendix A
(Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards)
NOTE: Old and new LEXILE READING LEVELS are on page 8, Figure 3 of Appendix A

ELA Appendix B
(Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks)
Grades 9-10 (p. 101-139);   Grade 11 (p. 140-183)
 
Pennsylvania Department of Education - Check for Act 48 credits
 
Standards Aligned System -PDE  If you select Curriculum Framework, you will find the Big Ideas, Concepts, Competencies, Essential Questions, Vocabulary, and Exemplars.

Education Subscription Databases:

                  
Education Full Text (HW Wilson)  {POWER Library/General Reference > click on EBSCOhost, then EBSCOhost Web, then scroll down list} Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996; subject coverage includes Adult Education, Multicultural/Ethnic Education, Teaching Methods, and much more. Home Access
                                                  Access PA POWER Library from Home (For Huntingdon Valley residents only) 
                                      
Access PA POWER Library from Home (For all other PA residents)

                  Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
 by EBSCO {POWER Library/Education} Search over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines (some full text); subject coverage includes Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Teacher Education, and much more. Home Access:
                                      Access PA POWER Library from Home (For Huntingdon Valley residents only) 
                                     
Access PA POWER Library from Home (For all other PA residents)
   

                  Education Week Link directly to the magazine via ProQuest. Keep current on the issues in education by reading current and past issues (full text begins in 2001-present). Home Access: User Name: lions Password: welcome

BLOGS: Create a Blog on Schoolwires - a PowerPoint by Marian Staley that guides you step-by-step in creating a Blog on your Schoolwires page. 
 
CNN Student News  a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program (stories, video, and podcasts) for middle and high school students produced by the journalists and educators at CNN.
 
Free Online College Courses (non-credit) offered by:
                  "The Year of the MOOC" by Laura Pappano. New York Times 2 Nov. 2012. Massive open online courses (MOOC) are the educational happening of the moment. Everyone wants in. No one is quite sure what they’re getting into. LOGIN with Member ID: nyt@lmtsd.org  Password: lions2
                  
Yale University 
                  University of Pennsylvania  Arts & Sciences Courses & Community Home
                  Eastern University
                  OpenCourseWare Consortium
                  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

                  Coursera.org:
Take the World's Best Courses, Online, For Free. Thirty-three universities have partnered with Coursera.
                  
FRONTLINE: TEACHER CENTER: PBS- Frontline's documentaries with a collection of lesson plans and activities.
 
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything  This page will serve as the portal page to many of her technology resource support sites. Ms. Schrock is now a retired technology direcor and still works with Discovery Education.
 
RefDesk.com: Facts Encyclopedia: Education and Teaching  From A-Z everything you want to know about education and teaching
 
RESOURCES FOR LESSON PLANS
                  BBC Learning: Online learning resources. Pick your subject {recommended by LM staff}
                        Lesson Planning Center:  Collection of Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans by Subject and Grade by Education World (periodical)
                        New York Times Learning Network for Teachers  See "This Week" link to "Common Core Prompts" for lesson plans per subject.  Also "Weekly Series of Ideas" utilize Common Core Practice.

Social Studies School Service: Provides quality educational materials from books to multimedia (DVDs)
 
Teaching Diverse Learners
 
WIKIS:  Wiki Instructions PPT How to Create a Wiki Using the website, Wikispaces (not on Schoolwires) created by Marian Staley.  
 
 

Common Core Standards for Pennsylvania School Library Programs:

            
Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs  PSLA Commonwealth Libraries

            
Library Model Curriculum K-12: select a subject; select the grade level. PDE: SAS Portal (Pennsylvania Department of Education: Standards Aligned System)
  

 

Last Modified on January 23, 2013