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“I don’t know who doesn’t love a teacher,” says Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National Teacher of the Year. Mieliwocki recently spoke at Scholastic about the art of teaching, the dedication of its practitioners—and the simplicity that the CCSS will bring to the classroom. Here are some CCSS-aligned articles, tips, booklists, and other resources that will help you implement the Core successfully.
Go-To Guides for Teachers
The Common Core and You
How will the CCSS affect ELA instruction? Here are 10 things you need to know.
CCSS Glossary
Our handy list of 25 CCSS terms will help you navigate the new ELA standards.
How to Craft Evidence-Based Questions
A teacher offers tips on how to create effective text-based questions for your classroom.
Common Core Lesson Plans
Free eBooks!
Download 5 free eBooks from Storia, Scholastic’s new interactive and educational eReading app. To learn more about using Storia in the classroom, check out the “Teacher’s Guide” link.
Navigating Nonfiction Text (Part I), Grade 3
Teacher blogger Genia Connell offers a fun way to help your students become familiar with text features.
Nonfiction and Literature Booklists
Go beyond the exemplars. Our list of challenging nonfiction, grouped according to themes and grade-level bands, will engage your students and encourage them to deepen their knowledge in the content areas. We also have a great K-12 literature list arranged according to genres.
Paired Texts: Hunting a Killer
Here’s a great CCSS-aligned feature about grizzly bears from Scope, Scholastic’s language-arts magazine for middle-school students.
Informational Text: Deep-Sea Plunge
This CCSS-aligned feature about deep-ocean submersibles from SuperScience magazine is bound to fascinate young readers.
Mathematics Lesson: Multiplication
Scholastic DynaMath’s CCSS-aligned feature about Australia’s endangered koalas offers a lesson in real-world math for elementary-school students.
Current Events
Get national and international news articles, evidence-based questions, map skills, videos, and more for your middle-school social studies classroom.
Solve Math Problems
Instructor magazine offers strategizes for helping students figure out why they aren’t getting math concepts.
Fact vs. Fiction
Think informational text = boring? Think again. Reinvent your reading lessons with dinosaurs, artists, and geologists!
Victory is Yours
Learn about the Common Core with our tool kit of activities. Plus, get advice from veteran teachers about implementing the CCSS.
Your Core Concerns
You asked, we answered. Our experts weigh in on your biggest questions about the ELA Standards.
Reading in Science Class!
These Core-ready activities will help you bring literacy lessons into the science lab.
Boost the Skills of Struggling Readers
Action magazine’s motivating online materials are designed to boost your students’ reading and writing skills.
A Sneak Peek at the ELA Assessments (Smarter Balanced)
With this nonfiction article about an unusual prom, you’ll also find a lesson plan and practice test to help you prepare students for the Smarter Balanced assessments coming in 2014-15.
A Readers Theater Play: After Earth
With this Readers Theater play based on After Earth, the new Will Smith movie, you’ll also find a lesson plan and practice test to help you prepare students for the PARCC assessments coming in 2014-15.
More on the Common Core
Follow Common Core on Twitter at these hashtags: #ccss, #ccchat, #commoncore
Join Scholastic Teachers on Facebook for a classroom view of teaching the new standards
The Scholastic Parents Channel on YouTube has videos for parents on how to be the most effective learning partner for your child
On Our Minds @Scholastic Blog: reflections on the Common Core from Scholastic editors and experts
Scholastic’s Common Core board on Pinterest has activity sheets, booklists, articles, videos, and more
Click Your State
You’ll see key information and updates about the local implementation of the Common Core State Standards. (MN has adopted only the ELA component. AK, NE, TX and VA have not adopted the CCSS.)
In Your State
Click your state to get key information and updates about the implementation of the CCSS.
For Parents 
Learn more about how you can help your child succeed in school—and beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone has a question or two about the Common Core. Here are answers to those we've heard the most.
Books Kids Love to Read
Get young people ready for college, career, and life with these great works of nonfiction and literature.
Common Core Videos
Pam Allyn, an Ambassador for Scholastic's Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. Global Literacy Campaign discusses the Common Core and the importance of reading volume.
Pam Allyn, an Ambassador for Scholastic's Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. Global Literacy Campaign discusses the Common Core and the importance of reading across genres.
2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki on the ELA standards
Scholastic Chief Academic Officer Francie Alexander on the three big shifts in ELA instruction
Literacy Expert Phyllis C. Hunter on the importance of oral language
The Standards lay out a vision of what it means to be a literate person
in the 21st century.
– Common Core State Standards
Reading with your child from an early age is one of the best ways to ensure his or her success in school and beyond.
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