<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>For all substitutes interested in Florida's Core State Standards.This web-site will give you in-sight.Interesting reading. Pres. Marvin <HR id=zwchr> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV class=WordSection1> COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS TOOLKITS Florida’s elementary school teachers have free resources available to support the state’s <A href="http://www.fldoe.org/arra/pdf/CCSSRolloutTimeline.pdf" target=_blank>transition</A> to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2013-14. Following the successful CCSS Summer Institutes for educators, the Department has released the CCSS Professional Development Toolkits for English Language Arts for grades K-5. The helpful toolkits are available <A href="http://deveqtkr.fldoe.org/file/92be533a-7f6a-464f-92c4-ffe9756d37d7/1/ccssUpdate.zip/ccss/index.htm" target=_blank>online</A> and may be used by teachers as they explore the new curriculum and create their English Language Arts lesson plans around the new standards. The English Language Arts toolkits for grades K-5 include student activities, teaching strategies, formative assessment and lesson study materials. The purpose of the toolkit is to provide Florida’s educators with the focused resources they need to support the implementation of the new standards in instruction, development of formative assessments, and integration of these into the lesson study cycle. During the next year, similar toolkit resources will be available to Florida’s K-8 teachers in the areas of Reading for Information, Reading Literary Text, Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Language. Common Core State Standard Resources <A title="external link" href="http://www.corestandards.org/" target=_blank>Learn More About the Common Core</A> <A href="http://www.fldoe.org/schools/ccc.asp" target=_blank>Common Core Summer Institute Materials</A> <A title="external link" href="http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards" target=_blank>Print the Common Core State Standards (2012 Summer Institute Book)</A> <A title="external link" href="http://www.pta.org/4446.htm" target=_blank>Common Core State Standards Parent Guide</A> <A title="external link" href="http://www.parcconline.org/" target=_blank>PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career)</A> Kelly Seay Kelly Seay, M.Ed. Deputy Director of Educator Relations Florida Department of Education Office of Communications 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1524 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400 850.245.5029 </DIV> -- <DIV> </DIV></div></body></html>