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CORE provides three types of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation tools: Curriculum Analysis Templates Lesson Planning/Design Templates Observation Rubrics GET THE IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS

In this video, the teacher guides students through reading of decodable text to practice the Long E sound spelled ee. Notice the teacher’s periodic check for meaning. This lesson aligns to Step 5 (Apply to Decodable Text) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, p. 175.

In this video, the teacher provides 4th and 5th graders practice with decodable text reading opportunities with a small group. The students read a paragraph at a time, once by themselves for accuracy and the second time together for fluency practice. Notice the teacher providing a student-friendly definition and example of an unknown word. This […]

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The teacher guides a small group of 4th and 5th grade students through a dictation lesson where students sound out words and sentences and write them. Notice the correction of one student’s spelling of were. What could the teacher have done differently to prepare the student to write the correct version of were? This lesson […]

The 2017 Supreme Court Ruling on Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 re-affirmed that special education can, and should, deliver more to students with disabilities. The way to achieve improved outcomes is with fewer but better IEP goals and progress monitoring. Unfortunately, IEP goals have become a procedural compliance process disconnected from intervention […]

In this video the teacher introduces the concept of open and closed syllables to 2nd and 3rd graders. Notice her review of the sound spelling cards before she starts the lesson to review long and short vowel sounds. Watch for the teacher’s clear and effective reinforcement techniques. This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading […]

In this video, the teacher introduces a more advanced concept of multisyllabic reading – vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel (VCCV) syllable division to a second grade class. Watch how the teacher guides them through the process step by step. This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 276-282.

Learning mathematics is not a spectator sport. The rigorous mathematical knowledge sought for at all levels of instruction requires deep thinking and persistent sense making from students. Communication about mathematics among students and between students and the teacher is the vehicle for bringing thinking to the surface, clarifying ideas, moving ideas forward, revealing misconceptions, and making key mathematical connections clear, […]

In this video, the teacher follows a step by step process for how to divide syllables following the vowel, consonant, vowel (VCV) pattern. Open and closed syllables are also reviewed. How could pacing have been improved? This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 283-287.

Watch this hour-long recorded webinar to learn actionable strategies to make the demands of academic language more accessible to every student in the classroom, particularly English Learners, and raise student achievement.

In this video, the teacher introduces prefixes and how to read words with prefixes to second graders. This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 304-307.

Watch this hour-long recorded webinar about how you can make math more accessible to every middle and high school student in the classroom, particularly English Learners, and raise student achievement. Dean Ballard, Director of Mathematics for CORE and an experienced math educator, shares practical techniques for overcoming language barriers for EL students in math while […]

In this video, this 4th grade teacher introduces a multi-step strategy for flexibly reading big words. Notice how the teacher enunciates clearly and has the students do the same to hear all the sounds in the word. This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 308-313.

In this video, the teacher introduces 5th grade students to the comprehension strategy, Question Answer Relationships (QAR). The teacher guides students through the process of deciding what the relationship is. Notice at the end how the teacher summarizes the four types of questions and sets them up for doing this again with their teacher. This […]