English Language Arts and ELA Common Core Curriculum Websites
Achievethecore.org
http://www.achievethecore.org/
This site is here to provide free, high-quality resources to educators now doing the hard work of
implementing these higher standards. Site contains good exemplar lessons for the new assessment.
Annenberg Learner
http://www.learner.org/index.html
Annenberg Learner uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American
schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video
programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.
Arts Edge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx
Since the Kennedy Center’s opening in 1971, schoolchildren, parents and educators have turned to us as the
nation’s premiere cultural resource. Embracing this responsibility, the Kennedy Center instituted
ARTSEDGE in 1996 as its educational media arm, reaching out to schools, communities, individuals and
families with printed materials, classroom support and Internet technologies.
College Reading and Writing Project
http://tc.readingandwritingproject.com/
The Reading and Writing Project LLC was established a decade ago in an effort to extend the reach of
the parent organization, the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. The RWP provides literacy
professional development to schools in a score of other nations, as well as in cities and towns across
America, and develops ideas that are foundational to literacy instruction across the globe.
Common Core State Standards Initiative
http://corestandards.org/thestandards
The website where you can download the ELA Common Core State Standards Go to Appendix C for
writing samples in grades K-12; Appendix A defines reading complex text.
econedlink
http://www.econedlink.org/
EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic and personal finance
lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students. With over 746 lessons to choose from, teachers can
use as many of the lessons as they would like and as often as they would like.
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EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material
on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and
history and social studies.
English Companion.ning
http://englishcompanion.ning.com/
Creator Jim Burke says the following about the English Companion.ning : “A place to ask questions and
get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work. A cafe without walls or coffee: just
friends.” Simply put: this is the #1 site for all ELA teachers.
Facing History and Ourselves
http://facinghistory.com/
For more than 30 years, Facing History and Ourselves has believed that education is the key to combating
bigotry and nurturing democracy.
4Teachers.org
http://www.4teachers.org/
4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and
resources. This site helps teachers locate online resources such as ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes,
rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional
development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or specialneeds students.
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to
structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and
brainstorming.
The Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing
education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler,
principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly
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biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. (3,000
videos covering everything)
The Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/#humanities/history
Humanity and History Videos
Literacy Design Collaborative
http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/
The Literacy Design Collaborative is a loosely affiliated group of partners interested in making sure
secondary teachers have strong supports for teaching literacy in content areas. If all students are to be
prepared for the tough literacy demands of college and the workplace, it’s up to teachers to make that
happen. Links secondary core content to common core state standards.
National Geographic Education
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
Since its founding in 1888 "for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge," the National
Geographic Society has worked to educate audiences about our planet. National Geographic Education
develops programs for educational settings—in and out of school. We do this by targeting two goals: GeoLiteracy and Educational Outreach.
New York City Department of Education
http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm
New York City’s website. Go to “Academics” (Left side) to find the common core library
PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
http://parcconline.org/
PARCC is a 24-state consortium (including New Jersey) working together to develop next-generation K-12
assessments in English and math. This site gives information on the new assessment in 2014.
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Here at ReadWriteThink, our mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with
access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in
free materials.
Reel American History
http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/reels/about/
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The goal of the Reel American History Project by Lehigh University is to stimulate high school, college,
and graduate students to think critically about the ways movies construct our history.
Resources for Implementing Common Core
http://www.livebinders.com/play/present?id=131523
Mona Voelkel's Common Core Resources
RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save
and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this
tool is free.
ScienceNetlinks
http://sciencenetlinks.com/
Science NetLinks is a project of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/
Smarter Balanced is a state-led consortium developing assessments aligned to the Common Core State
Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics that are designed to help prepare all students to
graduate high school college- and career-ready. Smarter Balanced and PARCC are collaborating to
develop a Technology Readiness Tool to support states as they transition to online assessments.
Smithsonian’s History Explorer
http://historyexplorer.americanhistory.si.edu/home/
Smithsonian's History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership
with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and
learning American history.
sharemylesson
http://www.sharemylesson.com/
This is an AFT website. Welcome to Share My Lesson, the space for educators to share free K-12 learning
materials, including activities, worksheets and lesson plans. Discover how you can upload or download
resources on a number of subjects for students at any grade.
Stanford History Education Group
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http://sheg.stanford.edu/
“Reading like a Historian has revolutionized my teaching. It not only changed the way my students think
about history, but it helped me become a more critical thinker as well! Students are engaged and learning
crucial skills for reading and critical thinking, and, at the same time, improving their writing skills greatly.
It is rigorous yet scaffolded simultaneously. I feel so privileged that I was able to encounter this resource. I
use it daily, and cannot imagine not having it. The most amazing part...it's FREE! UNBELIEVABLE!”
Teaching & Learning With the New York Times
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/10-ways-to-develop-expository-writing-skills-with-the-newyork-times/
Have you been knocking your head against the proverbial wall trying to teach – or learn – expository
writing skills? New York Times models can help writers learn how to write an expository essay that is
compelling, convincing and authoritative as well as engaging to read – not to mention authentic. Try a fresh
approach with these 10 tips.
Web English Teacher
http://webenglishteacher.com/index.html
At Web English Teacher educators can take advantage of online technology to share ideas and to benefit
from the work of others. Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration.
Think of it as the faculty library and faculty workroom on a global scale.
Writing Assessment Resources/Rubrics from Georgia
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Resources/Pages/Tools/TestingResources.aspx
Georgia’s performance-based writing assessments are administered to students in grades three, five, eight,
and eleven. Student writing samples are evaluated on an analytic scoring system in all grades to provide
diagnostic feedback to teachers, students, and parents about individual performance.
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