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**[|Frequently Asked Questions]** **Common Core Shifts INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS** Below are links to the work of __ //engage ny// __ which isolate nine instructional shifts to consider when teaching the Common Core. The go even further by outlining the shifts for students and parents in the Common Core adoption. Instructional Shifts for teachers Shifts for Students and Parents [|engage ny website] __**Common Core Standards Documents**__ This document lays out the Common Core Standards for each Domain Grades K-12.
 * Common Core Research and Information**


 * Key Talking Points** created by the Kansas State Department of Education that bullets out who created the Core and the Key Design features.


 * Criteria for Developing the Common Core Standards** and their alignment to other standards and entities


 * Curriculum and Publisher Criteria** for the creation of curriculum and purchasing of resources to meet the Common Core standards.

__**Appendixes to the Common Core**__ __**Appendix A Text Complexity**__ The Common Core standards scaffold each year based on Text Complexity. Text Complexity consists of three different areas: //Quantitative: The Lexile of the text.// //Qualitative: How complex the text is written. (Multiple text structures, complex characters, multiple themes and ideas)// //Task and Purpose: What the teacher does with the text// //__Common Core Lexile Recommendations:__// ____ __//Example of Text Complexity Rubric//__ ____

__**Appendix B Text Exemplars**__ This document contains examples of text that fits the Text Complexity at each Grade Level. This is a great tool to use if you are struggling to find the appropriate text complexity. ____

__**Appendix C Writing Exemplars**__ This contains student examples from actual students who meet the Common Core standards for each grade level. (File is too large to place on wiki) []

__**Videos to Support the Understanding of the Common Core**__ [] (A New Foundation for Success) [] (What they are and Who Developed Them) [] (Key Changes and Their Evidence) [] (Writing to Inform and Make Arguments) [] (Literary Non-Fiction) [] (Literary Non-Fiction continued) [] (Literacy in other disciplines) [] (Text Dependent Analysis) [] (Conventions of Standard English) [] (Speaking Listening)

**__Articles and Research on Common Core__** This free ebook is a quick read and gives templates and relevant materials and templates to approach the Core authentically\ [|NINJA]
 * Mastering the Core Like a Ninja **


 * Common Core Pathways**

**__A Caution about "unpacking" or "deconstructing" Standards__** This article was put out by KSDE about being careful to not use the deconstructing or unpacking of standards as yet another tool to teach isolated concepts. It speaks to understanding all the literature on the Common Core.

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