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Materials Adaptation

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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most recent articles

Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Re-Humanizing Assessment through Building Internal Capacity

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

See all posts

most recent articles

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Top Posts of 2020

Materials Adaptation

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Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

Teacher working at a laptop

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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most recent articles

Group of students talking.

Building a Culture of Advocacy

Students reading and taking notes

Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Materials Adaptation

Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

The Professional Learning Core Content in Math
10/02/20, Kate Crist, Jun Li
Teacher working at a laptop
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 2

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

The Professional Learning Core Content in ELA/Literacy
09/25/20, Kate Crist, Jun Li
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction
03/13/20, Michael Pershan
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Reaching New Heights

A Framework for Examining Cognitive Complexity in Mathematics
01/06/20, Shelbi Cole, Ph.D, Ted Coe, Ph.D
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Top Posts of 2019

Read the most popular posts of the year!
12/12/19, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math

How Routines for Reasoning can support all students to engage with the mathematical practices
12/01/19, Grace Kelemanik, Amy Lucenta
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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2019 Blog Contest

Creating Equity in the Classroom
11/18/19, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions

A Q&A With Raven Redmond and Jennifer Ahearn
11/15/19, Raven Redmond, Jennifer Ahearn
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Developing the Math Language Routines

Foster Student Participation Through Building Math Language, Practices, and Content
10/28/19, Jack Dieckmann, Renae Skarin
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.
12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
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Choosing Text Excerpts for Close Reading

A teacher's recommendations for how to select text excerpts that make students love reading
11/27/18, Carolyn Durante
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 3

Wit & Wisdom: Implementation Dos and Don’ts

Lessons learned from teachers who've implemented the curriculum
11/07/18, Sarah Webb
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part null

The Connection Between Math Materials and Assessment

What happens when curricula and summative assessments don't match?
09/28/18, Shelbi Cole, Anna Schattauer Paillé
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

enVisionmath 2.0: Focusing the K-5 Mathematics Curriculum

The process and the documents one district designed to support alignment of their curriculum to the standards.
05/30/18, Jaime Pitkin
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Making enVisionmath 2.0 Work

An Introduction to Adapting enVisionmath 2.0 K-5
04/25/18, Anna Schattauer Paillé, Marni Greenstein
Materials Adaptation
Part null

Three Ways You Can Improve Your Math Textbook Tomorrow

A mathematics specialist shares quick adaptations you can apply to any textbook to quickly improve it to better serve students.
03/29/18, Marni Greenstein
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 2

Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students

How Wit & Wisdom Supports English Language Learners
01/19/18, Sarah Webb
Materials Adaptation
Part 1

Inside Implementation of Wit and Wisdom

Bringing complex content and instruction into a high-needs school district
01/04/18, Sarah Webb
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part null

Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good
11/15/17, Rob Woodworth
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
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High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level

An interdisciplinary PLC develops common strategies and rubrics to support student writing.
10/11/17, Mary Burt
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.
09/22/17, Rachel Etienne
Materials Adaptation
Part null

Creating Professional Learning for Eureka Math

Approaching year three of implementation, a math interventionist describes how her district has supported teachers in using the curriculum
07/28/17, Tina Eisenbeis
Materials Adaptation
Part 10

Students JUMP at the Opportunity to Learn

Building confidence with JUMP Math’s guided discovery approach.
07/26/17, Melanie Greene
Materials Adaptation
Part null

Designing content-infused, year-round professional learning in math

A math specialist illustrates the importance of providing ongoing professional development centered on quality programming.
07/18/17, Carie DeBaca
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Finding Our Way in Fluency – A School’s Journey to Strengthen Math Fluency Instruction

A personal story of how educators built their knowledge of mathematics fluency from the ground up, and identified creative ways to help their students master fluency expectations
07/05/17, Amanda Davis, Catie Warren
Materials Adaptation
Part 9

Eureka Math – A View from Second Grade

An honest reflection on Eureka Math's strengths and challenges
06/16/17, Whitney Haynes
Materials Adaptation
Part 8

A Third Grade Teacher’s Perspective on Eureka Math

What does Eureka look like in the classroom?
05/22/17, Jessica Doughty
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Adapting an ELA Curriculum for Standards-Based Learning

05/11/17, Cassie Mense
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 7

Empowering Primary Math Teachers

How one school moved from contention to ownership of their math curriculum
03/27/17, Danielle Brown
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part null

Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook

A high school teacher explores the lessons learned after moving away from a textbook-based curriculum.
02/14/17, Bob Janes
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 6

Math in Focus: The Search for an Aligned Math Program

One district’s implementation of a new elementary math program
02/10/17, Kathryn Lemerich
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 5

Navigating the Spiral in Mathematics Textbooks

A classroom teacher and curriculum coordinator describe how they used the spiral design of their textbook to help them focus on creating coherent instruction.
02/02/17, Bethany Lockhart, Jody Guarino
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 4

Using an EdReports Review to Improve My Math Curriculum

A 5th grade teacher explains how she made small adjustments to improve the Everyday Math Curriculum after identifying its weaknesses.
01/26/17, Ingrid Beaty
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
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The Essential Elements of an ELA Curriculum

Standards co-author Susan Pimentel explains how the elements of a high-quality ELA program contribute to student learning. She pinpoints where many current programs are missing the mark.
01/19/17, Susan Pimentel
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 3

Everyday Math Kindergarten Tips

A kindergarten teacher explains how she adapted some of the Everyday Math Daily Routines to challenge her students more.
12/12/16, Bethany Lockhart
Materials Adaptation
Part null

Building a New Curriculum from Existing Materials

Public Prep Charter Schools created a new curriculum based on their teachers’ recommendations. Can you?
12/01/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part null

Introduction to EdReports

Identifying excellence in instructional materials
11/28/16, Mia Peterson
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Getting to Know Mini-Assessments

Learn about free, high-quality mini-assessments for math and literacy.
11/23/16, Astrid Fossum, Laura Hansen
Materials Adaptation
Part 2

Everyday Math: Small Routines Build Bigger Understanding

A Kindergarten teacher dives into Everyday Math and finds ways to make minor Routines into Major Work of the Grade practice
11/08/16, Bethany Lockhart
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Which text set approach is right for you?

Compare the features of popular text set sources
11/02/16, Shannon Garrison
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Putting Focus into Practice: The Case of Word Problems in Grades K–2

Standards co-author Jason Zimba explains how word problems can build understanding of addition and subtraction.
10/18/16, Jason Zimba
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria
10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets

Discover why text sets work and how to use them to build student knowledge
09/30/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 2

Adapting Journeys Common Core

A veteran Journeys user shares recommendations to improve basal lessons and better support teachers and students.
09/07/16, Karen Vogelsang
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators

Learn about OUSD’s piloting process and find out what teachers thought of three popular ELA/literacy programs
09/01/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts

Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts
08/17/16, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments

Common Core-aligned assessments must capitalize on teacher-student relationships
08/15/16, Bryan Drost
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 1

How to Adapt GO Math!

Guidance Documents to Support the Alignment of GO Math! to the CCSSM
08/03/16, Kevin Larkin
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 6

Digging Deeper into SMP 4 – Model with Mathematics

Learn the difference between modeling the math and modeling WITH math
07/29/16, Sarah Galasso
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

Designing a Review Driven by Local Needs

How the Oakland Unified School District designed a teacher-centered materials review selection process
07/27/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Choosing Alignment over Familiarity

How a district made the decision to select a new textbook provider instead of a long-used vendor
07/18/16, Carolyn Karatzas Eastman
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 5

Putting the Math Practices into Practice

A K-12 math team collaborated in creating tools about the practices to enhance understanding and planning
06/29/16, Wichita Public Schools - Mathematics Department
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 4

Digging Deeper into SMP 3 – Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others

A math teacher explains how to recognize math tasks that help students craft strong mathematical arguments
06/17/16, Sarah Galasso
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 4

What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available

Where to look for additional ELL resources to support Common Core-aligned lessons
06/01/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs

How to determine whether instructional materials support ELL's needs
05/05/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 2

Designing a New ELA Curriculum

How Core Knowledge is different than other curriculum options
05/03/16, Linda Bevilacqua
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Core Knowledge Language Arts Curriculum

First grade teacher, Adrienne Williams, describes the strengths and challenges of Core Knowledge Language Arts.
04/07/16, Adrienne Williams
Materials Adaptation
Part 12

Essential Knowledge for Adapting Math Instructional Materials

What do teachers need to know to make decisions about adapting math materials?
03/23/16, Jody Guarino
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 11

Supplementing Your Anchor Math Curriculum with Rich Tasks

A New York math specialist explains how he’s enhanced his school’s curriculum with tasks from Illustrative Mathematics.
03/16/16, David Michal
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 8

A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide

How administrators can help teachers sort through the clutter in today’s math textbooks
02/23/16, Lauren DelFavero
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 7

Using Complex Texts with All Readers

A reading interventionist explains the strategies she uses to help struggling readers benefit from complex texts.
01/27/16, Katherine Linnehan
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions

A high school English teacher shares 10 ways classroom teachers can influence curriculum
01/20/16, Lauren Trahan
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part null

Top Five Ways to Improve Your Basal Reading Program

If you’re not satisfied with your current basal reading program, here are five things you can do to improve it.
01/11/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part null

Top Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Math Materials

If you’re not satisfied with the quality and CCSS-alignment of your existing math materials, here are five tips to improve them.
01/05/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 6

Outcomes of the Adaptation Process

New case studies share a look at the process of adapting math and ELA materials
11/13/15, Stacy Wetcher
Materials Adaptation
Part 5

Adapting Basal-Based Literacy Programs

A team of 4th grade educators adapted a Pearson Reading Street lesson to better serve their students and enhance CCSS alignment
11/12/15, Rachel Etienne
Materials Adaptation, Uncategorized
Part null

Call for Common Core-Aligned Units

Achieve and SAP are looking for instructional materials aligned to the CCSS to address weaknesses in existing materials
10/15/15, Cristina Marks, Jeremy Thomas
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources

The K-12 OER Collaborative is working to create Common Core-aligned resources
09/25/15, Karl Nelson, Jennifer Wolfe
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 4

Collaborative Learning and Updating Materials

Developing a process for teachers to adapt instructional materials in mathematics
09/22/15, Illustrative Mathematics
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 3

What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: ELA

A panel of experts pinpointed the biggest problems with today’s ELA/literacy materials
09/15/15, Rachel Etienne
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Six Instructional Materials Articles You Should Be Reading

Keep up-to-date with the latest media coverage of instructional materials
09/11/15, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation
Part 1

An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project

The challenging, yet rewarding process of adapting instructional materials
08/20/15, Stacy Wetcher
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 4

Publishing Review Results

Why Louisiana chose to share all its curricular reviews online and where you can see the findings
08/13/15, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Teachers Create Lessons and Adaptations to Strengthen ELA Learning

Common Core-aligned resources for popular read-alouds, basal stories, and anthology selections
08/06/15, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Lament of a Review Team Member

Conducting a review was harder than expected, but it illuminated how critical this information is for publishers
07/07/15, Silas Kulkarni
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Introduction to the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA/Literacy

Sue Pimentel, one of the lead writers of the Common Core, introduces the Publishers’ Criteria
07/02/15, Susan Pimentel
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Working with Publishers

How Louisiana communicated its alignment concerns to publishers
06/30/15,
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Using What You Have

An introduction to supplementing and adapting instructional materials
06/26/15,
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Conducting a State-Centered Curriculum Review

Selecting and training the review team
05/13/15,
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 1

New Standards, New Approach to Reviews

Details Louisiana's instructional materials review process
04/10/15,
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