Core CurriculumPatti McClimans, M.Ed.

Common Core State Standards

•Leveled Books•Accelerated Reader (AR)•Lexile•Scholastic Reading Counts! (SRC!)•Fountas/Pinnell

•Common Core State Standards•Early Learning Education•Gifted Education•Math

Leveled Titles

Accelerated Reader (AR)

Lexile

Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC!)

Fountas/Pinnell

Common Core State Curriculum

Common Core State Standards

School and Library Catalog

Common Core State Standards

Kane Miller Catalog

Common Core State Standards

UBAM Catalog

•Nationwide educational standards to help students become ready for college or career.

•Approved in 48 states and territories

•Currently implemented in a few states

•Training in most states currently

What is Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

English Language Arts and Mathematics Science is currently being developed Many states aligned (or in process of

aligning) current curriculum with new standards

If your state isn’t in the “list” maybe not adopted yet or already similar – check your state’s DOE website

Subscribe to your state’s DOE email list for updates

Reading:Literature (RL)Reading:Informational Text (RI)Reading:Foundational Skills –only K-3 (RF)Writing (W)Speaking and Listening (SL)Language (L)

Code.GradeLevel.StandardNumber

English Language Arts(K-5 and 6-12)

Standard:Reading Foundational SkillsLevel:Kindergarten

# of standard categories: 4Print ConceptsPhonological AwarenessPhonics and Word RecognitionFluency

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Code.GradeLevel.StandardNumber

Counting and Cardinality (CC) Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) Numbers and Operations in Base 10 (NBT) Measurement and Data (MD) Geometry (G) Numbers and Operations – Fractions (NF) Ratios and Proportional Relationships (RP) Statistics and Probability (SP) Expressions and Equations (EE) The Number System (NS) Functions (F) Highschool standards – trig,polynomials,etc…

GradeLevel.code.StandardNumber

Mathematics (K-8) & Highschool

Standard:Measurement and Data

Level:Kindergarten

# of standard categories: 2 # of standards:3Describe and Compare measurable attributesClassify objects and count the number of objects in each category

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A couple of titles specifically mentioned:

First Encyclopedia of Human Body andAll About Scabs Greek Myths, Stories from Around the

World, Folk Tales, Aesop’s Fables, Shakespeare

Great info to know for schools but also home shows

Things to Know…

Mention it in library meetings Set up meetings with grade level reps Public libraries Gives us credibility

How can this help us with schools and libraries?

How can this help us with Home Parties?

Helps moms pick out books for their children

Don’t need a copy of the list with you Just let them know we are aligned and

we can help you pick out appropriate books for their child

Homeschooling families will appreciate Get leads for schools

Early Learning Education

Animals are awesome

Colors, shapes, alphabet, numbers

Active play

Award winning read-aloud collection

Creepy Crawlies

My Community and My Home

Dinosaurs

On The Farm

Holidays

Manners

Big Machines

Monsters and Make-Believe

Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

Let’s Read – Phonics

Space

Teacher/Parent Resource Guides

All About Water

Weather

Read Aloud Collection

Themes

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All grouped in one file with tabs at bottom…

List of books to help you sell around a theme

Use LFL for HeadStart and Early HeadStart programs

Help preschools pick out books to coordinate with current curriculum

How can this help us?

Gifted Education

Creativity and Problem Solving are key themes in gifted education national standards

www.NAGC.org Most states have gifted programs but not all

have gifted funding Great opportunity for “mini-bookfairs” for those

classes since they don’t get funding Home show moms love materials for gifted

children

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Mathematics

Problem Solving Math/Science Nights Home parties

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How can we use this in our business?

Summary

Why is this important to us?How can we use this to increase sales?Resources

Your local state DOE websitewww.corestandards.orgCIA link on our log-in pages