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Many people have been asking about textbooks for Common Core/Essential Standards. The CK-12 Foundation is,
A non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web-based collaborative model termed the “FlexBook™,” CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning.
Their website has FREE, ONLINE access to approximately 90 textbooks, all aligned to state standards. While they don’t currently offer textbooks for every area, they are constantly updating their resources. For those teachers concerned about finding cost-effective resources for the new standards, you may want to check out their FlexBooks Website.
How do I get to the flexbooks online for subject areas?
If you click on the link in the post it will take you directly to the Flexbooks website, then you can sort resources by content area. There are more resources for 6-12 than K-5, but there is some K-5 stuff if you look through the options.