Developing+Local+Curricula

**Elementary** The work on curriculum course guides, pacing guides, curriculum maps, and additional resources to support the implementation of the Common Core and Essential Standards will continue throughout the summer. In preparation for this work, your input is needed. Please complete the following activities as a grade level team or as a content vertical alignment team. Common Core State Standards: ELA & Math [|www.corestandards.org] NC Essential Standards: all other areas []
 * Developing Local Curricula**
 * I. Standards Review**

Using the Common Core Standards for ELA, the Information and Technology Essential Standards (ITES), and the NC Essential Standards for Social Studies and Science, generate 3 to 4 conceptual unit themes that encompass standards from each area. The following are examples provided by Travis Matthews of unit topics that include the five strands of social studies (History, Economics, Civics and Government, Culture, and Geography).
 * II. Group Work – Conceptual Themes**

Examples K – The Seasons = Conceptual Theme: Change (K.H.1.2) 1 – Local Folklore and Celebrations = Conceptual Theme: Culture (1.H.1.2) 2 – Who’s Who in History = Conceptual Theme: Leadership and Courage (2.C.2.2) 3 – Tar Heels Go Walking = Conceptual Theme: Change, Development, Location, Culture, and History (3.H.1.1, 1.2, .1.3) 4 – The Revolutionary War = Conceptual Theme: Revolution and Change (4.H.1.4) 5 – Reconstruction (1865 – 1877) = Conceptual Theme: Reconstruction and Protest (5.H.1.3)

Each Literacy coach should record attendance and submit to the school’s contact for School Link.
 * III. Attendance**


 * |||||||||| **Content Specific Standards**  ||
 * **Conceptual Themes** ||  **ELA**  ||  **Science**  ||  **Social Studies**  ||  **ITES**  ||  **Supporting Resources and Ideas**  ||

=As you develop your curriculum maps to align with the Common Core, check out these resources:=

Resources Designing Local Curricula for the 21st Century Learner
 * Accountability Curriculum Reform Effort (ACRE) || [] ||
 * Online Assessment Website || [] ||
 * Best Practices Guide || [] ||
 * Roadmap || [] ||
 * NC Education(includes tutorials and other informative links – will be the way to access NC FALCON, Online Writing Instruction, Primary Artifact Questions (PAQs, NC Test, etc.) || [] ||
 * Online Assessment Tutorial || [|http://center.ncsu.edu/nctestv3/NCTestSim.html#StudentSignIn] ||
 * ACRE Resources || [] ||
 * Common Core Standards || @http://www.corestandards.org/ ||
 * Common Core Curriculum Maps || @http://commoncore.org/maps/membership/ ||
 * Unpacking the Documents || @http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/support-tools/unpacking/esl/esl.pdf ||
 * Common Core Crosswalk || http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#crela ||
 * Watch Know Learn website with videos linked to Common Core || [] ||
 * Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid || [] ||
 * ELA/Math Shifts in Common Core || [] ||
 * Math Common Core Toolbox || [] ||
 * Curriculum Units || [] ||
 * Naional Science Digital Library-Math Collection || [] ||