California Standards, Frameworks, & Blueprints

English-Language Arts Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards
-California Department of Education's official Webpage for K-12 Content Standards; provides the scope and sequence for instruction at each grade level.

English-Language Arts Framework
http://www.cde.ca.gov/cf ir/curfrwk.html 
-California Department of Education's official Webpage for K-12 Curriculum Frameworks; a comprehensive document which incorporates standards, strategies, and rationale.

California Standards Test Blueprints
http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/star/resources/blueprints.html
-California Department of Education's official Webpage for K-12 Curriculum Blueprints; assists teachers in making instructional decisions in order to prepare for the annual state assessments (STAR).

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Standards-based Lesson Plans

ABC Teach
http://www.abcteach.com

Ask ERIC
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts
-Features language arts lesson plans and lesson plan writing assistance in all subject areas of language arts.

Best on the Web for Teachers
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/index.html
-Offers a variety of teacher resource sites.

Education World-The Educator's Best Friend
http://www.education-world.com/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication
http://www.indiana.edu/eric_rec/
Provides materials, resources, lesson plans, and bibliographies in the subject area of language arts

Language Arts Lesson Plans
www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html
-Features lesson plans for grades K-12 in the area of language arts.

Los Angeles County Office of Education- Language Arts
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/language.html

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/standards/standards.html

Read-Write-Think International Reading Association
http://www.readwritethink.org
Provides resources such as lesson and standards in reading and language arts instruction.

Reading & Language Arts Resources on the Internet
www.georgesuttle.com/presentations/MSRC/
Offers sites that have suggestions of book titles for teachers and students, reading research, reading disorders, lesson plans, and student writing.

Scholastic
www.scholastic.com
-Provides teacher resources and a variety of activities for children in the area of language arts.

Teaching Ideas
http://servl.ncte.org/teach

TEAMS Electronic Classrooms
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentations/classrooms.classrooms.html
Offers video of lessons of a K – 3 literacy classroom, language arts classrooms, student samples, and lesson ideas for reading and writing.

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Differentiated Instruction for the EL Student

Learning to Read...Reading to Learn
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/ltr-cec/ltr4-cec.html
A resource to help children with learning disabilities to succeed in reading.

 

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Differentiated Instruction for Special Needs

Boggle's World
http://www.bogglesworld.com
Offers activities, lesson plans, songs, flash cards, work sheets, and ideas for teachers who teach elementary and middle school English Learners or ESL.

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Interdisciplinary Instruction

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Provides research, ideas, graphic organizers, lessons, and facts on animals, geography, and thematic activities

Tips for Beginners - Interdisciplinary Instruction
http://www.lmsaonline.org/tipsfor.htm
-Provides tips for beginners of interdisciplinary instruction.

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Formal & Informal Assessment

Rubistar
http://www.rubistar.com
-Allows teachers to produce rubrics for student evaluation in all content areas and subtopics.

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Additional Web Resources

Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com/teaching

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Books & Publications

Publications and Multimedia for Teachers
http://www.nea.org/publications/
-Links to various recommended and well-known teacher publications.

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Teacher Professional Organizations

National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/
-An association that provides teachers with resources in the area of educational research, articles, and teaching ideas.

California EDUCATOR
http://www.cta.org
-A California teachers association that offers information articles on legal, instructional, and teacher issues in education.

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
http://www.ncte.org/pubs/journals/la
-Offers articles and publications in the area of education.

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Family and Community Resources

ISLMC Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
-Provides helpful resources for both children and parents.

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Multimedia Resources

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Instructional Technology Resources

Electronic Resources
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/educ_school2/resources/english.htm
-Language arts resources on the net.

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