Tennessee Tools
Kindergarten: ELA / Literacy -- Instructional Resources
Units
- Close Reading Task Template
- Grades K-1: Proud to Be Americans: Patriotic Acts and Symbols
- K-1 Insects Reading Unit
- K-1 Veterans Day Reading Unit
- Tennessee Common Core Reading Unit for Grades K-1: Life Cycles
Tasks
Summer Training Resources
- Accountable Talk Moves and Functions
- Central Drivers Resource
- Culminating Assessment Resource
- Inquiry-Based Discussion Resource
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention Manual (Classes 1-2)
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention Manual (Classes 3-4)
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention Manual (Classes 5-7)
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention PPT (Classes 1-2)
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention PPT (Classes 3-4)
- Phase 2 K-3 Intervention PPT (Classes 5-7)
- Phase 2 K-3C Manual (Classes 1-2)
- Phase 2 K-3C Manual (Classes 3-4)
- Phase 2 K-3C Manual (Classes 5-7)
- Phase 2 K-3C PPT (Classes 1-2)
- Phase 2 K-3C PPT (Classes 3-4)
- Phase 2 K-3C PPT (Classes 5-7)
- Text Structure Identification Tool
- Text-Based Questions Resource
- TNCore Summer 2013 Training - Grades K-3 ELA
- TNCore Summer 2013 Training - Select Literacy Resources
Additional Resources
- Appendix A to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy
- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
- Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality
- Common Core text complexity grade bands table
- Guide to Close Reading
- Guide to Creating Text-Dependent Questions
- Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Primer on Close Reading of text
- Informational Text Qualitative Measures Rubric
- Literary Text Qualitative Measures Rubric
- Reader and Task Considerations Guide
- Supplement to Appendix A
- Text Placement Template
- Common Core Resources Packet
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