INSTRUCTIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Most of the files below are in "pdf" format. To read them, you must have Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer.  All of the following files were obtained from the California State Board of Education, and are in the public domain. They are included herein as instructional reference documents, and, while by no means exhaustive, they were the most recent files available at the time this page was produced. If you wish to use them as working documents in the future, you should go directly the California State Board of Education web site and obtain the most recent versions of (and/or any additions to) these documents.

   CONTENT STANDARDS:

  

California State Content Standards, Dance
California State Content Standards, History / Social Science
California State Content Standards, Math
California State Content Standards, Music
California State Content Standards, Physical Education (draft)
California State Content Standards, English / Language Arts (also in html format)
California State Content Standards, Science
California State Content Standards, Theatre               
California State Content Standards, Visual Arts
California State Content Standards, Visual and Performing Arts

By Grade:

Pre-kinder   Kinder   Grade 1   Grade 2   Grade 3   Grade 4   Grade 5   Grade 6  

Grade 7   Grade 8   Grades 9-12   Glossaries

By Subject, 9-12 only:

ELA   History/SS   Math   Science   Dance   Music   Theatre   Visual Arts

   CHALLENGE STANDARDS:

  

Challenge Standards for Foreign Language

   ELD, CREDENTIAL, AND TEACHING PROFESSION STANDARDS:

  

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards
California English Language Development (ELD) Standards (Spanish version)
California Professional Growth Manual  for SS and MS Credentials
California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)
Classroom Management: A California Resource Guide
Education Technology Planning Guide
Model Curriculum for Human Rights and Genocide

   FRAMEWORKS:

  

Framework for Foreign Language
Framework for Health
Framework for History/Social Science
Framework for Physical Education
Framework for Reading/Language Arts
Framework for Mathematics

Framework for Science (in 7 parts):  1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Framework for Visual and Performing Arts

   READING NOTES / OTHER:

  

One Suggested Reading Curriculum Timeline (from “Every Child A Reader”)
Essential Reading Components (from “Teaching Reading”)
Summary Reading Recommendations (from “Every Child A Reader”)
Teacher's Guide to the CA H.S. Exit Exam for English/Language Arts (draft, 1/01)