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: