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California Language Arts Contents Standards
The California Language Arts Content Standards represent a strong consensus on the skills, knowledge, and abilities all students should be able to master at specific grade levels during the school thirteen-year career.
California Standards for the Teaching Profession
This standards guideline was developed to help teachers define and develop their professional roles.
Content Standards for California Public Schools, K- 12
Content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education are available in electronic PDF or HTML versions.
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools.
National Council for the Social Studies National Standards
The Council provides a Standards and Position Statement and an abbreviated version of Expectations of Excellence. The standards are available for purchase through this site.
NCTE/IRA Standards for English Language Arts
The list of 12 standards that offer guidance for the opportunities and resources students should have in order to to develop the language skills they need.
TEAMS provides links to standards and assessments, testing and instruction, and test-taking strategies.
Click on the map to find the educational content standards for any one of the United States.
California Language Arts SCORE Project
Resources, such as lesson plans, literature collections, assessment, portfolios, standards, and more, for language arts instruction based on the California framework.
California Reading Association
California teachers' professional reading association.
Search with the Web Weasel through this incredible wealth of resources by subject or grade level. You will find educational resources and more at this site sponsored by CollegeView.
Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literature
Resources to help you teach American Literature including essays, teaching material, and bibliographies.
General Language Arts Resources
Helpful resources from TEAMS.
International Reading Association
Language Arts teachers from around the world hold membership in this association. Publishes a monthly journal at each grade level which includes recommended books in all categories as well as professional articles.
National Council of Teachers of English
Professional organization of English/Language Arts teachers. Publishes monthly journals including Language Arts for PreK-5, Voices from the Middle for 6-8, and the English Journal for 9-15. Each magazine contains professional articles and recommended books.
Professional Development Resources
A collection of professional organizations and conferences relevant to language arts educators.
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A bimonthly magazine pubished by the American Library Association. It is designed for teachers and other adults interested in connecting children with books. A valuable resource!
Booklists and Book Awards from TEAMS
TEAMS provides access to numerous booklists of award-winning titles and recommended reading.
The history of the awards and information on the award winning books and their authors.
Sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies these books are honored for their treatment of topics related to ethnic minorities and race relations sensitively and accurately.
Children’s Literature Publications
These links refer you to publishers, booklists, and more from McGraw Hill Companies.
The History of the Newbery Awards
The history of the awards and information on the award winning books and their authors.
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Return to topArticles on Portfolios and Assessment
This list of available resources is from the Campus Writing Program library at Indiana University.
A well-worded explanation of the purposes and types of portfolios from Temple University.
Creating Electronic Portfolios
The Alphabet Superhighway offers these tips for creating and using electronic portfolios as a showcase of student work.
Creating Electronic Portfolios Using Hyperstudio
Hyperstudio is a creative way to help students organize student work to create an online portfolio.
New Mexico Regional Technology Assistance Program provides these benchmark rubrics to help score student portfolios.
Electronic Portfolio Development
Dr. Helen Barrett offers her expertise through tutorials and examples to teach you all you need to know, from beginners to experts, to use electronic portfolios as a showcase for student or teacher work.
Tammy Worcester presents a look at computer-based electronic portfolios.
Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life-long Learners
Annette Lamb offers tips and samples of electronic portfolios with lots of helpful resource links.
Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction
Power Point presentation by Roger Farr with helpful information.
Ways to help students organize their own notebooks into portfolios.
The Donner Party Index
Gail and Rhoda's Electronic Classroom
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