Guide to the Common Core Learning Standards

Recommendations of excellent nonfiction books for grades 6 and up.

Blog dedicated to sharing knowledge of non-fiction literature.

A blog interested in rethinking nonfiction for kids.

News about tools that are being developed to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.

Website of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

English Language Arts Standards

Mathematics Standards

EngageNY is a website dedicated to providing resources for New York State teachers. EngageNY has a great deal of information and resources pertaining to the Common Core. These include a curricular maps, rubrics, and assessment resources.

Free, high-quality resources assembled by Student Achievement Partners for educators implementing the Common Core Learning Standards.

A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills. The Toolkit shows what aligning P21 skills and CCSS looks like through examples & sample lessons.

The Framework presents a view of teaching and learning that combines a focus on student outcomes with innovative support systems to help students master the multi-dimensional abilities required of them in the 21st century.

NYS Learning Standards searchable by standard, performance indicator, grade level, subject area, or keyword. You can browse and search the standards and educational resources including lesson plans, activities, web-based resources, interactive documents, manipulatives, simulations, etc. for free.

Official Library of Congress' free resource about the Common Core. Materials include lesson plans, themed resources, primary source sets, presentations and activities, and collection connections. Teacher resources: https://www.loc.gov/teachers/

Funded by a Library of Congress grant the Teaching with Primary Sources Program is an engaging, project-based learning program that uses digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress to foster student inquiry and personal connections.

Great Minds curricula are becoming the most widely used in the United States. Here you'll find curriculum files, lesson plans, core and supplemental materials, video series and more.

Illustrative Mathematics illustrates the range and types of mathematical work that students experience in a faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards.