Common Core Standards
- California website for Common Core Standards http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/
- CommonCoreStdsCalif_Literacy_40p_2012
- CommonCoreStdsCalif_Math_74p_2012
- National website for Common Core Standards, http://www.corestandards.org/
- Common Core-Literacy links to Science and Engineering Practices in Next Generation Science Standards NGSS_CommonCore_SEP_LiteracyConnections_16p_2013
- Common Core-Math links to Disciplinary Core Ideas in Next Generation Science Standards NGSS_CommonCore_DCI_MathConnections_37p_2013
- Common Core standards can be met in lessons taught in schoolyards, see Nature Lessons for Schoolyards on Resources-for-teachers page; four student readings excerpted below
- Common Core standards for English Language Arts/Literacy related to nature-based learning, drawn from NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas, Common Core-Nature crosswalk_7p
Nature Journaling for art, science and language arts
CNPS_NatureJournaling_JMuirLaws_96p_2012
Student Readings about Local Nature (checked w/ Lexile)
- SDCaN_StudentReading_Shrublands_Grade4_4p_2011
- SDCaN_StudentReading_OakCommunity_Grade5_3p_oct13
- SDCaN_StudentReading_SDNativeHabitats_Grade7_3p_2011
- SDCaN_StudentReading_TellingTreesApart_Grade3-4_3p_oct13
- Opening the World through Journaling: Integrating art, science, and language arts.