Special Education Links

Assessment Tools

• Answer Pad
• Flippity.net – Google assessment tools
• FlipQuiz – Free classroom review game
• Formative
• Jeopardy Labs
• Kahoot – Free interactive learning games
• Plickers – Collect real time assessment data without student devices
• Purpose Games
• Quizalize
• Quizlet – Live
• Quizizz – Free multi-player quiz games
• Seesaw – Student-driven digital portfolio
• Socrative

• Common Core State Standards for ELA – CA K-12
• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics – CA K-12
• ELA/ELD Framework Summary for CA Public Schools K-12
• English Language Development Standards (ELD) – CA K-12
• Making Meaning of the CA ELA/ELD and Math Frameworks
• Math Framework Summary for CA Public Schools K-12
• Pasco ELA Standards Unpacked – K-8 ELA CCSS Unpacked
• Pasco Math Standards Unpacked – K-8 Math CCSS Unpacked
• Next Generation Science Standards for CA Public Schools K-12

• Learn DC Common Core Resources
• Striving for Higher Order Thinking and Depth of Knowledge 

• Kahoot – A FUN game based classroom response system
• Open Ed –
• Zaption – Interactive video lessons and assessments

• Better Lesson ELA Lessons – K thru 12 ELA lessons aligned to CCSS
• Common Core Conversation ELA Resources
• Common Core Reading Lessons
• eReading Worksheets aligned to the Common Core
• Interactive ELA Sites for Education
• LearnZillion Common Core ELA Navigator
• ReadWorks – Free Common Core lesson plans
• ThinkCERCA – Close Reading & Argumentative Writing

• DailyRead – Leveled eNews
• Dogo News
• eSpecies Fact Sheets
• KQED: The Lowdown – Connecting Newsroom to Classroom
• National Geographic for Kids
• National Geographic Young Explorer – K and 1st grade
• Newsela – Articles written at multiple levels of text complexity
• ProCon – Pros and cons of controversial issues
• ReadWorks.org – Informational Text and common core lesson plans
• Teaching Text Features – Lerner Publishing – An awesome site with lessons for grades 1st – 8th on text features!
• ThinkCERCA – Close Reading & Argumentative Writing
• Time for Kids
• Tween Tribune – Leveled News for grades 5 – 8
• Tween Tribune Junior – Leveled News for grades K – 4
• Wonderopolis
• Wonderville
• Youngzine – A kid friendly magazine site

• Achieve the Core CC Math Lessons
• Better Lesson – K-12 Math, ELA, and Science lessons aligned to common core standards
• CommonCoreWorks – Exemplar Lessons
• Polk Center for Urban Education  – Common Core Resources
• Engage NY CC ELA Lessons – Grades PreK – 12th
• Engage NY CC Math Lessons – Grades PreK – 12th
• Goorulearning – K-12 CCSS Math and ELA lessons and tutorials
• Power My Learning – K-12 Common Core lessons and activities
• ReadWorks – Free Common Core ELA lesson plans
• Share My Lesson – Free registration
• Sophia – K-12 Math and ELA common core aligned lessons
• Yummy Math – High Interest Common Core Math Lessons (3rd – 12th grades)

• Achieve the Core CC Math Lessons
• Better Lesson CCSS Math Lessons – Math lessons grades K thru 12 aligned to CCSS
• CCSS Math.org – CCSS aligned to LearnZillion, Manga High, NCTM Illuminations, and Illustrative Mathematics
• Open Middle – Challenging math problems worth solving
• Common Core Conversation Math Resources
• Common Core Math Lessons by Opus
• Engage NY CC Math Lessons – Grades PreK – 12th
• Get the Math
• Harcourt Math Glossary – Grades K – 6
• Inside Mathematics
• Interactive Math Sites for Education♥
• National Science Digital Library – Common Core Math Sites all grade levels
• Math Charts for Kids – printable posters
• Math Dictionary for Kids – an interactive kid friendly math dictionary
• Math Live
• Tapping Into Teen Minds – Common Core Math Lessons
• Ten Marks
• Learnzillion Math Common Core Navigator
• Yummy Math – High Interest Common Core Math Lessons (3rd – 12th grades)

• Education Week – SPED Tie IEPs to Common Core
• NC Extended CCSS for SPED
• NCSC SPED Wiki
• SpecialEdge – Common Core: The Promise and Peril for Students with Disabilities
• Wisconsin Common Core Essential Elements

• Cornell Notes – MS Word Templates
• Reading Rockets Classroom Strategies

• Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum – Grades K-12
• Common Sense Media Interactive Unit Assessments – Grades K-12
• Online Safety: A Teacher’s Guide to Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Student Privacy by Edudemic

• Educade – A free site with loads of lesson ideas
• Sumdog – An engaging math, reading, and writing game site

Google

• Kaizena – Add voice and text comments to Google Docs

• Mindset Kit – FREE Growth Mindset Lesson Plans, Videos, and Resources

• Florida Center for Reading Research – Student Center Activities aligned to CCSS
• FreeReading – High quality, open source, free reading intervention program
• Intensive Intervention
• Intervention Central – Intervention and RtI resources
• ReadWorks – Reading Comprehension and fluency

Legos

• 100 Free Lego Learning Printables
• Build with Chrome
• How to use Legos with home/school
• Lego Builder
• Lego Homeschooling Resources – Free

• Babies and Kids Channel Youtube – Featured books and songs added weekly
• English Language Learner Bits♥ – Audio Books such as Wizard of Oz, Outsiders, and many more
• EPIC Books♥ – Thousands of popular FREE books for grades K-5
• Just Books Read Aloud
• Kids Bookshelf Youtube – Animated kids’ books
• Listenwise – Current Events read aloud
• Lit2Go
• National Geographic Young Explorer Books
• Speakaboos
• Starfall Talking Stories
• Storyline Online – Popular books read aloud by celebrities
• Storynory
• Tarheel Reader – Free, easy to read, accessible books
• Tumble Talking Reader Books with Quizzes
• Unite for Literacy – Easy to read books