Since the
adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) throughout the U.S.,
teachers have been scrambling to find quality teaching materials and Common
Core resources that are straightforward and effective, and truthfully provide
the help and guidance they claim to. Curriculum maps and mediocre
district-created handouts give little support to teachers who are struggling to
decode and understand multi-layered standards in order to teach the precise
skills their students need to master. Laminated checklists that regurgitate the
standards, found in a simple Internet search, are no more helpful to teachers
than ambiguous “I can…” posters are at reflecting what students actually know
and can do. Further, students urgently need more exposure to the terminology
and syntax of the Common Core requirements, as well as practice deciphering,
interpreting, discussing, and responding to suitable and relevant lessons,
activities, and practice assessments attuned to the rigor and demands they will
encounter in standardized Common Core assessments. Teachers are facing mounting
pressures to provide these opportunities for their students, yet are given
little support and few resources to address these concerns - until now.
Secondary
Solutions SmartFlip™ Common Core Reference Guides for English Language Arts
were created with these challenges in mind. Each grade-leveled SmartFlip™
provides teachers with not only every English Language Arts Common Core
standard in its basic format, but also with specific, plain-language,
manageable objectives – “annotated” standards that give teachers an
understanding of the complexities of the entire standard, not just one aspect
of the standard. Additionally, literally hundreds of standard-specific question
stems and customizable prompts have been provided for each grade level, which
are ready to be integrated into lessons, activities, and assessments as the
teacher sees fit. Because Secondary Solutions SmartFlip™ Common Core Reference
Guides are flexible and can easily accommodate diverse teaching and learning
styles, any teacher, school, or district can use SmartFlips™ to craft and
incorporate with confidence truly standards-aligned verbiage, syntax, and rigor
into any lesson plan or assessment.
SmartFlips™ are
spiral bound, color-coded, and tabbed to help teachers instantly “flip” to the
standard they need – the “smart” way for those who are serious about
integrating the Common Core into their daily lesson plans and assessments. No
more guessing, no more time spent researching what the standards actually mean,
no more spending hours trying to find the “perfect” wording for a question.
Secondary Solutions' innovative SmartFlips™ are the key to the Common Core ELA
Standards – and the answer for any teacher who is serious about eliminating the
confusion and alleviating the pressure of the Common Core in his or her
classroom.
To get an inside
view of our Common Core SmartFlips™, flip through our sample pages or view our
two-minute Introduction to Common Core SmartFlips™ below: