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Achieve the Core – ELA Standards
The site describes itself as "full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core and other college and career ready standards." Resources include CCRS-aligned lessons, activities, assessments and more, but also materials to support educators in understanding the standards and the content. Read More
CCRS in the ABE Classroom: Low Beginning ESL
This lesson focuses on CCR Standard Reading Anchor 1, Level A, Speaking and Listening Anchor 1 and 6, and Language Anchor 1. The learners: 1) Ask and answer questions about key details in a text, 2) Speak audibly, express thoughts clearly and succinctly, 3) Follow rules for discussions & responding to comments/questions in an exchange, and 4) Understand and use question words. Read More
CCRS in the ABE Classroom: Intermediate ESL
This lesson focuses on CCR standard Reading Anchor 1, Level C. The learners: 1) Identify and highlight evidence that supports their answers to text-dependent inference questions as evidenced by their responses to the questions and highlighting marks in the text, and 2) Accurately quote or paraphrase specific evidence from the text as evidenced by small group and whole class discussions. Read More
Describing & Distinguishing Shapes
This beginning ESL Math Lesson/Unit Plan focuses on acquiring and using vocabulary to describe the attributes of shapes and groups of objects. Read More
Generate & Analyze Patterns
This Low to High Intermediate ABE (CCRS Level B-C) Math Lesson/Unit Plan focuses on standard 4.OA.5, generate and analyze patterns. Read More
A New Home
This beginning ESL ELA Lesson/Unit Plan and accompanying evaluation tools covers a lesson on housing. Read More
Newsela Article
This pre-GED ELA Lesson/Unit Plan and accompanying evaluation tools cover an analysis of a Newsela article. Read More
Revolutionary War
This GED ELA Lesson/Unit Plan and accompanying evaluation tools cover factors that led to the Revolutionary War. Read More
Writing an Email
This ESL 3/ABE 2 ELA Lesson/Unit Plan and accompanying evaluation tools covers writing an email message. Read More
Representing Variability with Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
This resource gives students practice with calculating the mean, median, mode, and range from a frequency chart. It also requires students to use a frequency chart to describe a possible data set, given information on the mean, median, mode, and range. Read More