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=Kelly Cramer's Picks= [|A Quick Guide to the Common Core] How the Common Core Will Change the Way Teachers Teach and Students Learn

[|Common Core and Informational Text] In this video interview, nonfiction children's author and historian Marc Aronson talks about why he thinks the new Common Core State Standards could be transformational to teaching and learning. Aronson says that the Common Core supports close, rigorous reading of informational text and encourages students to ask "what's the evidence?"

[|Key Shifts of the Common Core] In this article written for Colorín Colorado, ELL expert Susan Lafond provides an overview of the ways in which Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy differ from the standards that states currently use. She also discusses the ways in which these shifts will impact ELL instruction.

[|Common Core State Standards for ELA and Literacy] A video to learn about the key features and differences of the new standards.

[|Literacy Design Collaborative] Excellent video explaining the LDC premise. Great overview of an effective teaching structure geared toward upper elementary through highschool content area teachers.

[|Teaching Channel] Common Core Resources and Videos