Recently I created an interactive focus wall for CCSS and reading in the content areas.  It combines the utilization of reading strategies...

I recently received an email from commoncore.org telling me that an exemplar unit for math is available for grades 2 and 5.  The second gr...

Oh the places you'll go if you run and do not walk to the collaborative workspace for the North Carolina Department of Instruction .  ...

The CCSS for ELA have brought fundamental shifts in our instruction.   I have just created and posted a bulletin board on TPT to highlight...

There's a famous Gary Larson cartoon called Math Phobic's Nightmare where you arrive at the pearly gates and you can't get in w...

* * * SPECIAL SALE * * *  Take a look at my TPT for my Common Core layered flipbooks for both ELA and Mathematics for all grades K-8....

As I became familiar with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, I immediately saw the correlation with the QAR (Question Ans...