The Blueprint for Common Core in ELA: from ESL to ABE/ASE
Facilitators: Nicole Elston (Greater Southern Tier BOCES) and Lavern Nelson (NYC RAEN)

• Ice Breakers
• Adult Education Standards – Part 1
• Adult Education Standards – Part 2
• Adult Education Standards – Part 3
• Adult Education Standards – Part 4
• NRS Descriptor 2016 ABE
• NRS Descriptor 2016 ESL
• Reading Protocol
• Table Tent – ABC Activity
• ABC and We Are New York Lesson
• We Are New York Magazine Lesson
• Table Top Direction
• Basic Story Activity
• Intermediate Story Activity
• Advance Story Activity
• Advance Plus Story Activity
• Sight Word Board ESL
• Sight Word Board Participant 1
• Sight Word Board Participant 2
• Sight Word Board Participant 3
• Sight Word Board Participant 4
• Sight Word Board Participant 5
• Sight Word Memory Game
• Frame Game

Content-based Learning: EL Civics and Social Studies in the Common Core Centered ESL Classroom
Facilitator: Robin Morgan (Literacy CNY)

• EL Civics and Social Studies PowerPoint
• Implementing Common Core for English Language Learners
• Emergency
• Binder Contents
• Love and Money Study Guide
• Love and Money Basic Reader (Full Sheet Print)
• Love and Money Basic Reader (Booklet Print)
• Love and Money Words
• Love and Money Pictures

Promoting Higher-Level Thinking in the Math Classroom
Facilitators: Randy Raux (Madison Oneida BOCES) and Celia Volbrecht (Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES)

• Teaching Science in the TASC Era: Evolution PowerPoint
• Evolution in a Word or Two
• Intro to Evolution (Berkley.edu)
• Definitions of Evolutionary Terms
• Geologic Time Scale Handout
• Timeline of Earth Handout
• Timeline of the Life of Charles Darwin
• Timeline of the Voyage of the Beagle
• Map of Darwins Beagle Voyage
• Heredity
• Inheritance and Variation of Traits
• Natural Selection
• Natural Selection on My Mind
• Biological Evolution
• Rabbit Problem
• Answer to Rabbit Problem
• Whale Evolution
• Big Issues (Berkley.edu)
• The Unity and Diversity of Biological Evolution
• Bones: What is it?
• Bones – 5 Pictures
• Biomes Worksheet
• Tuberculosis
• Deadly Lung Disease: TB
• Info Packet: Essay on Antibiotic Resistance
• Graphic Organizer for Info Essay: Antibiotic Resistance
• How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads
• Antibiotics: Use Them Wisely
• McDonald’s Article
• Printable Meterstick (Print Actual Size)

Teaching Science in the Common Core Era: Evolution
Facilitators: Kathy Lent (Syracuse City School District) and Brett Mosier (Syracuse City School District)

• Teaching Science in the TASC Era: Evolution PowerPoint
• Evolution in a Word or Two
• Intro to Evolution (Berkley.edu)
• Definitions of Evolutionary Terms
• Geologic Time Scale Handout
• Timeline of Earth Handout
• Timeline of the Life of Charles Darwin
• Timeline of the Voyage of the Beagle
• Map of Darwins Beagle Voyage
• Heredity
• Inheritance and Variation of Traits
• Natural Selection
• Natural Selection on My Mind
• Biological Evolution
• Rabbit Problem
• Answer to Rabbit Problem
• Whale Evolution
• Big Issues (Berkley.edu)
• The Unity and Diversity of Biological Evolution
• Bones: What is it?
• Bones – 5 Pictures
• Biomes Worksheet
• Tuberculosis
• Deadly Lung Disease: TB
• Info Packet: Essay on Antibiotic Resistance
• Graphic Organizer for Info Essay: Antibiotic Resistance
• How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads
• Antibiotics: Use Them Wisely
• McDonald’s Article
• Printable Meterstick (Print Actual Size)

Technology Resources for the Adult Education Classroom
Facilitators: Valerie Dorfer (Syracuse City School District), Marvin Superville (NYC DOE) and Aris Bird (NYS Accountability)

• Technology Resources for the Adult Education Classroom PowerPoint
• Technology Scavenger Hunt