The Iowa Common Core Standards
K-12 Literacy

Attached is a Word document containing all 76 pages of the Iowa Common Core Literacy Standards for K-12 provided by the Iowa Department of Education.

The Iowa Common Core Standards
K-12 Vertical Alignment

Attached is an Excel document that organizes the Iowa Common Core Standards in a manner that allows for vertical alignment.  Please note the tabs located at the bottom of the sheet, which provides the additional strands for our literacy standards.

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The Iowa Dept. of Ed. - Iowa Common Core Home Page
Iowa Core Curriculum Home Page

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Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo.

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This 5 minute video provides a Grade 5 lesson example on analyzing texts and asking text dependent questions.  There are additional videos in this series which go more in-depth regarding the three components discussed.