Westbrook Christian School
August 2015
PowerPoint Presentation
Handouts
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ACT Aspire and DOK Overview
WATCH CLASSROOM DEMO Making the Declaration of Independence Come Alive (9 min)
Grades 9-10 / History / Independence
Mathematical Practice Standards
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Additional Content Standards Resources
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Instructional Strategies (Great ready-to-use strategies for grades 3-12 in all content areas!)
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Teaching Channel (Brief Best-Practice Classroom Videos)
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Alabama CCRS Curriculum Guide (with student- and parent-friendly objectives) - NEW!
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Content Literacy Standards for Science, History , and Technical Subjects (Reading and Writing) Content Lit
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Lesson Plans for All Content Areas (ALEX)
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Want to search AL COS lessons by grade, strand, or anchor standard? Click http://alex.state.al.us/browseEnglish.php and then the Alabama Insight graphic. You must create an ALEX account, if you don't already have one! Two-Minute Video Tutorial
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ELA Vertical Alignment Charts - Great way to see how each standard evolves each year.
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Reading Informational Text Standards for History/Social Studies
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Reading Informational Text Standards for Science & Technical Subjects
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Math FlipBooks - This resource developed by the Kansas DOE is intended to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. You will find research, "unpacked" standards from many states, instructional strategies, and examples for grade-level standards in this resource.
Kindergarten FlipBook
Grade 1 FlipBook
Grade 2 FlipBook
Grade 3 FlipBook
Grade 4 FlipBook
Grade 5 FlipBook
Grade 6 FlipBook
Grade 7 FlipBook
Grade 8 FlipBook
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ASPIRE Resources
Grade Level Sample Prompts (Exemplars)
Aspire Predicted ACT Score Correlations
Sample Aspire Student Report
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Classroom Videos
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Close Reading Strategies
Selective Highlighting: Reading with a Purpose
All Grades, ELA, Evidence
TEACHING PRACTICE Selective Highlighting: Reading with a Purpose (2 min)
All Grades / ELA / Evidence
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Literary Analysis Through Interactive Stations
Grades 9-12, ELA, EngagementCCSS: ELA.RL.11-12.2 ELA.SL.11-12.1a ELA.RL.9-10.2
LESSON IDEA (COMMON CORE) Literary Analysis Through Interactive Stations (5 min)
Grades 9-12 / ELA / Engagement