EDUCATORS…. Find out more!

* Teacher Institutes and Resources

* The Common Core Standards

* Leveled Books and “Just Right Books.”

The Library of Congress

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photographs by Carol M. Highsmith

• Learn more about Primary Sources.
• Explore the Digital Collections available at your fingertips.
• Find out about the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute.  Although the application is currently closed, the applications are available towards the end of the year and in January.

Colonial Williamsburg

• Find out about Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institute.
• Educators can register for the Teacher Community at http://teachers.history.org/.    Registration is free!

COMMON CORE STANDARDS

• Visit the Common Core Standards website at www.corestandards.org.

English Language Arts (ELA) Information:

• *  Click here for the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA Grades K-2.
• *  Click here for the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA Grades 3-12.

Math Information:

• *  Click here for the Publishers’ Criteria for Math Grades K-8.

SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM:

Visit the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) at www.smarterbalanced.org.

• *  Click here to read more about the Sample Items and Performance Tasks.
• *  Click here for Sample Items in English Language Arts.
• *  Click here for Sample Items in Math.

RESOURCES:

*  Columbia University Teachers College:  Reading and Writing Project

• *   Book:  Pathways to the Common Core by, Lucy Calkiins

*  Staff Development:

Visit The Leadership and Learning Center http://www.leadandlearn.com/about-us/professional-development to learn more about designing curriculum for the Common Core Standards.

• *  Book:  Rigorous Curriculum Design by, Larry Ainsworth

NATIONAL  BOARD  FOR  PROFESSIONAL  TEACHING  STANDARDS

• Visit the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards at www.nbpts.org.

National University

National University offers a National Board Certification Program.

National University “NB Wave”*

• Visit The National University Professional Development Teaching Center at http://www.nuptdc.org/online-information-meetings.html.

 PHIL MICKELSON EXXONMOBIL TEACHERS MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY

July 26, 2013:  NBC Today Show’s Matt Lauer Interviews Professional Golfer Phil Mickelson

Congratulations to Professional Golfer Phil Mickelson for winning his first British Open last Sunday, July 21st.  In his interview on NBC Today Show, he talked about his new golfing strategies and how it relates to math and science .  Mickelson and his wife, Amy, started the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, a professional development program for teachers to advance math and science education.  During the interview, he said that “we are trying to give them (teachers) techniques to inspire their students and to use (their) abilities so that they are involved in the learning process rather than just telling them from a textbook.”

For the NBC Today Show interview on U-tube, visit  NBC Today Show Interview with Phil Mickelson.

As a 2010 Fellow of the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, I encourage Grades 3-5 teachers to apply.  Visit the  Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy at http://www.sendmyteacher.com/index.html.

Other websites:  http://philmickelson.com/    and   http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/   and  http://www.stemedcoalition.org/

• The Phil Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is a “professional development academy for teachers grades 3-5 that results in approved learning experiences for students enhancing grade appropriate mathematics and science content knowledge.”
• Visit The Phil Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy and the National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) website at www.mickelson.nsta.org.

 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TEACHERS COLLEGE

READING AND WRITING PROJECT

– LUCY CALKINS

• Visit The Reading and Writing Project (Columbia University Teachers College) at http://readingandwritingproject.com/.

• You’ll find information about The Reading and Writing Summer Teacher Institutes.
• Learn more about Literacy Lifeboats to help schools affected by Hurricane Sandy (2012).

 INTERNATIONAL  LITERACY  ASSOCIATION

• The International Literacy Association (ILA), formerly The International Reading Association (IRA), has been “a non-profit global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy.”

• Visit the IRA website at www.ira.org.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE  SOCIAL STUDIES

AND

THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

• Visit the National Council for the Social Studies at http://www.socialstudies.org/.*
• Visit the California Council for the Social Studies at http://ccss.org/.

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY TEACHER RESOURCES

Model Lessons and Curriculum Guides

by, Dr. Priscilla Porter,Ed.D.

(Note: The American Indians Curriculum Guide for Grade 5–

Grace Nall was among the contributors for the Grade 5 American Indians Curriculum Guide)

Visit the Porter History-Social Science Resource Room at

http://porterroom.csusb.edu/modelLessons/index.html.

Grade 3:  Exploring the Geography of the Coachella Valley

Grade 3:  Exploring the Landscape of San Diego

Grade 4:  Geographic Features of California

Grade 5:  The American Indians

Note:  Dr. Priscilla H. Porter, Ed. D, is the former Director for the Center for History-Social Science Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills.  She was a classroom teacher for over 20 years and is the author of numerous curriculum guides and publications.  Dr. Porter is the senior author of Reflections, a Kindergarten to Grade 6 Social Studies textbook series published by Harcourt School Publishers @ 2007 and adopted by the State of California.  Dr. Porter serves as the Director of the Priscilla and Charles Porter History-Social Science Resource Room located on the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino.