1. Creating Meaningful Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Students. CMS Monthly Mentor/Mentee Meeting April 3, 2014 Julia Hagermoser

2. Relating Classroom Curriculum to Standards What is the purpose of this lesson? Why are you teaching this? Why now? Is it part of a larger unit of study? Which standards relate to this lesson? Why did you select them?

3. Relating Standards to Real Life Personal Connections Service Learning Connect to the Community Career Day Volunteering School wide project What are the students supposed to know and be able to do as a result of this service?

4. Looking at Student Work Do you use the common core standards in rubrics? Are those standards posted in student friendly language in your classroom? How many students in your class are meeting the standards? How do you adjust your teaching but not your expectations of what students should know?

5. Common Core Websites Common Core Implementation Kit http://www.metrialearning.org/legacy/ccik/ The English Teacher’s Friend http://www.englishteachersfriend.com/common-core.html Model Curriculum Units http://www.doe.mass.edu/candi/model/

6. Felicitaciones por su nuevo bebé. Jacklyn Wishing your family a happy and healthy life together.