Reading Sage: North Carolina's Common Core State Standards

NC CCSS MATH and ELA Test Prep and Resources Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and End of Course Test Prep and Resources | North Carolina Common Core State Standards Course of Study has been completely overhauled and new standards are to be implemented in classrooms beginning in 2012-13.

Common Core Practice Test Math and ELA

Grade 3 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 3 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

Grade 4 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 4 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

Grade 5 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 5 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

Grade 6 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 6 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

Grade 7 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 7 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

Grade 8 ELA Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
Grade 8 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions

1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade

NC CCSS ELA Classroom Resources | Grade K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,8 and EOC Test Preparation, Lessons Plans, Curriculum Maps, and NC CCSS ELA Posters

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards are being implemented fully this year and CCSS ELA begins testing in 2014-15! Teachers, Administrators, Parents and Students need to prepare for the more rigorous CCSS ELA standards with careful examination and study. The CCSS ELA resources below are tools for teachers to use in the classroom with students.

NC CCSS ELA English Language Arts Graphic Organizers | Reading Comprehension

Argument Graphic Organizer

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

Dialectic Response

Inquiry Chart Graphic Organizer

Synthesizing Information Graphic Organizer

Vocabulary Graphic Organizer for Tier 2 Words

CCSS ELA Close Reading Poster PDF

Standards Progression for grades K-8 and English I-IV
Created by NC DPI, these documents show the progression of Anchor Standards for Kindergarten through Grade 8 and English I-IV.

Standards Progression K-5.pdf

Standards Progression Grades 6-8.pdf

Standards Progression Eng. I-IV.pdf

NC CCSS ELA Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources

CCSS ELA POETRY Sample Texts.doc

A Close Reading of an Excerpt from Linda R. Monk’s Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution. New York: Hyperion, 2003.

Middle-School-Exemplar-Monks-Words-We-Live-By.

A Close Reading of Richard Feynman, “The Making of a Scientist,” Cricket Magazine

High-School-Exempla A Close Reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Common Core Test Prep ELA

Unpacking Standards
Math | English/Language Arts
Crosswalks
Math | English/Language Arts

Common Core State Standards
ELA Progression Document | Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects
Text Exemplar Documents
English/Language Arts
Graphic Organizers
Math | English/Language Arts

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Common Core State Standards Resources
(pdf, 361kb)
Glossary of Terms
Math | English/Language Arts

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH UNPACKING STANDARDS

English Language Arts Unpacking Standards

Kindergarten
(pdf, 276kb)
1st Grade
(pdf, 274kb)
2nd Grade
(pdf, 286kb)
3rd Grade
(pdf, 278kb)
4th Grade
(pdf, 282kb)
5th Grade
(pdf, 298kb)
6th Grade
(pdf, 315kb)
7th Grade
(pdf, 300kb)
8th Grade
(pdf, 340kb)
English I & II
(pdf, 303kb)
English III & IV
(pdf, 302kb)

Math Unpacking Standards

Kindergarten
(pdf, 6.7mb)
1st Grade
(pdf, 11.8mb)
2nd Grade
(pdf, 8.8mb)
3rd Grade
(pdf, 889kb)
4th Grade
(pdf, 1.4mb)
5th Grade Math
(pdf, 1.9mb)
6th Grade
(pdf, 2.1mb)
7th Grade
(pdf, 909kb)
8th Grade
(pdf, 1.9mb)
Algebra
(pdf, 229kb)
Functions
(pdf, 260kb)
Geometry
(pdf, 224kb)
Number and Quantity
(pdf, 294kb)
Statistics and Probability
(pdf, 181kb)

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards MATH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CROSSWALKS

English Language Arts Crosswalks

Kindergarten English Standards Arts Standards
(pdf, 309kb)
1st Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 314kb)
2nd Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 297kb)
3rd Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 311kb)
4th Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 321kb)
5th Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 342kb)
6th Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 321kb)
7th Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 324kb)
8th Grade English Language Arts Standards
(pdf, 334kb)
English I
(pdf, 176kb)
English II
(pdf, 173kb)
English III
(pdf, 181kb)
English IV
(pdf, 175kb)

Math Crosswalks

Kindergarten Math Standards
(pdf, 142kb)
1st Grade Math Standards
(pdf, 160kb)
2nd GradeMath Standards
(pdf, 166kb)
3rd Grade Math Standards
(pdf, 188kb)
4th Grade Math Standards
(pdf, 179kb)
5th Grade Math Standards
(pdf, 182kb)
6th GradeMath Standards
(pdf, 220kb)
7th Grade Math Standards
(pdf, 180kb)
8th GradeMath Standards
(pdf, 191kb)
Algebra I Standards
(pdf, 745kb)
Common Core Math I Standards for Assessment
(pdf, 181kb)
Algebra II Standards
(pdf, 953kb)
Geometry Standards
(pdf, 656kb)
Common Core Integrated Mathematics I
(pdf, 234kb)
Common Core Math I Standards for Assessment
(pdf, 181kb)
Common Core Integrated Mathematics II
(pdf, 277kb)
Common Core Integrated Mathematics III
(pdf, 227kb)

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards
TEXT EXEMPLAR DOCUMENTS

Statement Regarding the Use of Leveled Text
(pdf, 166kb)
ELA Text Exemplars
(pdf, 289kb)

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

English Language Arts Graphic Organizers

Argument
(pdf, 103kb)
Compare and Contrast
(pdf, 76kb)
Dialectic Response
(pdf, 127kb)
Inquiry
(pdf, 72kb)
Synthesizing
(pdf, 132kb)
Vocabulary
(pdf, 74kb)

Math Graphic Organizers

Number Lines in the Common Core
(pdf, 614kb)

North Carolina's Common Core State Standards
GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Math Glossary of Terms
(pdf, 149kb)

English/Language Arts Glossary of Terms
(pdf, 196kb)

PARCC Prototype Test Items for Common Core Assessments | PARCC Assessments Released Items | PARCC Released test sample ELA Grade 3, 6, 7, 10 | PARCC Released test sample MATH Grade 3, 4, 6, 7, High School

ELA/Literacy Sample passages, items and rubrics