Common Core Lesson Plans–K-5

This book is for classroom teachers, technology integration specialists and lab professionals, as a resource for aligning their technology program with the Common Core State Standards now implemented in states across the country. You will find it a foundational tool for scaffolding technology into the areas of math, language, reading, writing, speaking and listening. Overall, these lesson plans provide authentic approaches to student-centered learning, asking the student to be a risk-taker in his/her educational goals and the teacher to act as guide. It can be used as a resource book, to provide exciting new lessons that seamlessly blend technology with curriculum and involve the many new tools available to enrich educational experiences, or as a road map, plotting the vertical planning and differentiated instruction fundamental to CCSS goals.

Lessons are divided by grade level. Each includes: 1) Common Core State Standard alignment, 2) Essential Question the Big Idea, 3) Overview, 4) Objectives and Steps, 5) Sample (where appropriate), 6) and additional grade levels suitable for the lesson.

• audio stories
• blogging
• brainstorming
• collaborative writing
• how-to directions
• creative book review
• digital storytelling
• essential ingredients to stories
• explore the world
• parts of a whole
• write stories in comics
• estimate, visualize, verify
• arrays
• GE Literary Tour
• GE research
• math
• online communication tools
• practice letters and words online
• research–source authenticity
• shapes are everywhere
• timelines
• word recognition

If you need some great ideas on how to update your lesson plans to the Common Core, this is the book for you! “Key to Aligning Your K-5 Class With Common Core State Standards” is my favorite tool in my efforts to re-map and update my computer lab curriculum. Written by someone who has been in my shoes and knows what kinds of projects teach the students the skills and the concepts they need to use technology for authentic purposes. –Amazon customer

This is a very good idea resource for integrating technology. I would recommend it! It has some excellent ideas and some that not so excellent but it is a great resource for finding some good CCS integrated technology projects. –-Amazon Customer

Love it! Thanks. —TPT customer

I own most of the SL series, as I am an IT Teacher in Bangkok, Thailand at an American International School. What I really like about this book in the series is how perfectly aligned to the new Common Core Standards all the lessons are. I have shared this with our elementary and middle school teachers, as we begin our journey toward moving over to the CCS in literacy and mathematics especially. The scope and sequence in all the SL books are great, but this book further breaks down lessons in to the skills and strands in each lesson, starting in Kindergarten. There is a wonderful variety of lessons, easy for the novice technology teacher to use. I look forward to learning more about the CCS and how technology and the NETS standards apply. Very helpful resource to make learning fun and meaningful, in addition to truly integrating in to the core subject area curriculum. I highly recommend this text if you are a seasoned Tech teacher, a novice, or just a classroom teacher whose goal is to improve tech literacy in the lessons you teach.  —Amazon customer

This is going to help my district to move towards the common core! Thanks! —TPT customer

The is awesome. Can’t wait to use it. Great idea. –TPT Customer

Like it very much! —TPT customer

Wonderful resource. Thanks for you help keeping me up-to-date on CC! —TPT customer

Thanks for this resource. I am excited to launch the computer lab next year. I have been planing for next year and can’t wait to get started. —TPT customer

Thank you for a great resource! Looking forward to using it this year as I bring in the CCSS. —TPT customer