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State Department Collections

• Louisiana Department of Education: First Grade
• Mississippi Exemplar Units: First Grade
• New York State ELA Units
• Vermont Writing Collaborative: Writing for Understanding Common Core Units for Teachers
• Delaware Literacy Concept Organizers
• Kentucky Literacy Strategies and Organizers

Independent Department Collections

• Achieve: A not for profit, independent group dedicated to raising student achievement; assisted in development of the CCSS: Select EQuIP Exemplars Tab, Grade 1 
• K-2 Read Aloud Project: Quality literature lesson plans with text dependent questions, tier 2-3 vocabulary, and writing tasks.
• ReadWriteThink:  Two Thumbs Up! Getting Students Writing and Publishing Book Reviews
• ReadWriteThink Lesson I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations​
• KCAS Opinion Writing: Ways We Like Books
• Common Sense Media Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: These free K-12 materials are aligned to CCSS and can be accessed in iBooks or in printable form.