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Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

The Case for Whole Texts in a Remote World


Writing and Implementing Culturally Relevant and Responsive Math Lessons

Meet Students Where They Are Academically and Literally!
Identity, Personal Experience, and Classroom Libraries: How Educators Can Make Thoughtful Decisions About the Texts They Choose
Identity, Personal Experience, and Classroom Libraries: How Broadening the Literary Landscape Can Empower Students
Improving Accessibility for All Students
Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools
Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School
What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?
Is it Possible to Use Personalized Learning to Accelerate Students’ Literacy Outcomes in the Time of COVID?
Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?
Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?
Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things
Designing Equitable Learning Environments
How to Keep Virtual Live Lessons Running Smoothly? It Takes Two
Centering Student Voice & Choice in a Remote Classroom
How Honestly Willing Are We to Create Equitable Opportunities and Experiences for All Students?
What Is “Content-Focused Professional Learning”?
Amplifying Student Voices During Distance Learning
Growing Your Craft, Virtually!
Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait
You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?
Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life
Distance Learning with Intention and Purpose
5 Ideas to Engage K-2 Students in Math Remotely
Class and Family Book Tasting During Distance Learning
3 Recommendations for Supporting Early Elementary Students Remotely
What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum
Coaching through the COVID-19 Crisis
Top 5 Resources for Learning Online
Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn
Not Your Mom’s Professional Development
Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)
Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)
Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)
Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)
How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?
My Experience with Teachers College Units of Study
Top Posts of 2019
For the Love of Learning
Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math
2019 Blog Contest
Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions
What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom
A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments
Laying a Solid Foundation of Literacy
Developing the Math Language Routines
Striving for Foundational Excellence
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 1
Are We Teaching Fractions Correctly?
Professional Learning Design 101
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 2
Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?
Strong Materials in the Hands of Great Teachers
On Curriculum: How Pinterest and TpT Exacerbate Inequity
Designing a Holistic Learning Experience
Press Play
Social Emotional Learning and Academic Content: A Natural Pairing
Student Closing Statements
Kids Gift Us with Their Time
Yarn Number Line: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding
Common Mistakes with Student Writing Prompts
A Switch to Standards-Based Learning
Three Simple Steps to Empowered Word-Learning
Using Data Binders to Increase Student Independence
Choral Counting: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding
Using Exit Tickets Strategically
Creating a Model Process for Hands-On Professional Learning
Providing Feedback on Student Writing
Taking the First Step in Designing Mathematics Intervention
Giving Students a Choice with Their Learning
Top Blog Posts of 2018
Choosing Text Excerpts for Close Reading
Effective Reading Instruction
Designing High-Quality Writing Tasks
Wit & Wisdom: Implementation Dos and Don’ts
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 5
Encouraging a Growth Mindset through Art
Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction
Using Content and Language Objectives to Help All Students in Their Learning
Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 4
The Connection Between Math Materials and Assessment
Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 3
Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom
Engaging Students with #BookSnaps
Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction
Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction
Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners
Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 8
Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 7
Inspiring Writers
Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards In Grade 6
enVisionmath 2.0: Focusing the K-5 Mathematics Curriculum
To Write or Not to Write? There is No Question! Part 2
To Write or Not to Write. There is No Question!
The Role of Educators in Summative Assessment: The Life Cycle of a Question
Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners
The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven (Part 2)
Three Ways You Can Improve Your Math Textbook Tomorrow
The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven
How much time do you need to create a foundation for literacy?
5 Concerns about Inquiry-Based Learning–Answered
English Language Arts Practices
A Visit to Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary School
Welding Literacy into Scientific Instruction
How to Select Math Intervention Content
Adding Fun to Your Phonics Block
The Digital Coaching Menu: Four Reasons Why You Need One
Understanding vocabulary standards: Building students’ skills
Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students
Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading
Inside Implementation of Wit and Wisdom
Materials Alignment Quick Check
Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs
The Math Gap Between High School and College
Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work
Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer
Emerging Effects from CCSS
A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment
3 Steps to Engage Students in Research Writing
Don’t be afraid to ask…
Designing Shifts-Aligned Interventions in the Math Classroom
Four Best Practices for the Math Classroom
Designing Effective Homework
High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level
The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction
Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills
Creating a Feedback Culture
Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model
There has got to be a better way to do this! How to start an interdisciplinary PLC.
Unfinished Learning in Math: How Do You Address it?
Supporting Excellence: Real Support for Teachers Starts With the District’s Curriculum
Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit
Looking At and Learning From Student Work, Part Two: Now What?
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals as an Educator
State of Our Classrooms: Instructional Materials
Building Teacher Confidence through Content-Infused PD
Creating Professional Learning for Eureka Math
Students JUMP at the Opportunity to Learn
Designing content-infused, year-round professional learning in math
Digital Book Baskets for High School Classrooms
Finding Our Way in Fluency – A School’s Journey to Strengthen Math Fluency Instruction
Looking at, and Learning from, Student Writing
Lessons Learned from a High School Mathematical Modeling Lesson
Eureka Math – A View from Second Grade
I have an assessment dream: Leading to conquer the big, bad ELA test
“We’re the best. Just trust us!”
The Power of Strong Assessments — The Danger of Bad Ones
A Third Grade Teacher’s Perspective on Eureka Math
8 Questions About High School Math and STEM
Reading to Learn
Q&A – Supporting Fluency in K-12 Classrooms
Limiting “Teacher Talk,” Increasing Student Work!
A Case for High-Quality Instructional Materials
Demonstrating Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics Using Technology
STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity
Five Places for Trusted Resource Recommendations
Empowering Primary Math Teachers
At the Foundation of Foundational Skills: Structured Phonics
Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map
Top 5 Questions About ELA Scaffolding in High School
Top 5 Questions about ELA Scaffolding in Elementary School
The Wild West of Open Literacy Materials
Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook
Math in Focus: The Search for an Aligned Math Program
Navigating the Spiral in Mathematics Textbooks
Using an EdReports Review to Improve My Math Curriculum
The Essential Elements of an ELA Curriculum
How to Create Book Baskets
Using Mini-Assessments in a Professional Learning Setting
Designing Classroom Libraries that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement
Pinterest: A Useful Tool for the Educator’s Toolbox
Everyday Math Kindergarten Tips
Strategies to Support Learners Who Are Below Grade Level
Taking Ownership over Assessments – A Case Study in Kentucky
Building a New Curriculum from Existing Materials
Getting to Know Mini-Assessments
Determining Reading Fluency
Everyday Math: Small Routines Build Bigger Understanding
Which text set approach is right for you?
Four APPS to Redefine your Math Class
What is Reading Fluency?
Putting Focus into Practice: The Case of Word Problems in Grades K–2
Introduction to Argument Writing
Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET
Four APPS to Redefine Your Language Arts Curriculum
Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets
Assessment Item Alignment Modules
The Rectangle Area Formula—How Does Your Curriculum Introduce It?
Adapting Journeys Common Core
Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators
Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review
Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts
Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments
Digging Deeper into SMP 4 – Model with Mathematics
Designing a Review Driven by Local Needs
Choosing Alignment over Familiarity
Putting the Math Practices into Practice
A Recommendation to Fellow Publishers
Digging Deeper into SMP 3 – Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others
Unlocking the Power of Aligned Materials
What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available
How Core Knowledge Supports CCSS-Aligned Instruction
Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively
CCSS-Aligned Materials for ELL Students
Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs
The Shifts and ELLs
Common Confusions about CCSS-Aligned ELA Materials
Customizing the IMET PD Training for a Local Setting
A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Core Knowledge Language Arts Curriculum
Essential Knowledge for Adapting Math Instructional Materials
Supplementing Your Anchor Math Curriculum with Rich Tasks
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials
A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide
Using Flashcards in Math
Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly
Using Complex Texts with All Readers
Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions
Top Five Ways to Improve Your Basal Reading Program
Top Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Math Materials
Choosing Wisely: A Strategic Approach to Curriculum in Duval County
A Publisher’s View on the Changing Instructional Materials Landscape
Training Materials for the Math IMET
Creating Full-Course Open Educational Resources (OER)
SMP 1: Make Sense of Problems & Persevere in Solving Them
Outcomes of the Adaptation Process
Adapting Basal-Based Literacy Programs
Including Tier 2 Vocabulary Instruction in Curricular Materials
Creating a Coherent Math Curriculum
The Standards for Mathematical Practice & Instructional Materials
Call for Common Core-Aligned Units
The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric
K-12 OER Collaborative’s Request for Proposals
Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources
Collaborative Learning and Updating Materials
What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: ELA
Six Instructional Materials Articles You Should Be Reading
IMET Evolution: ELA/Literacy
IMET Evolution: Math
What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: Math
An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project
Publishing Review Results
Traditional Reviews vs. the IMET
Teachers Create Lessons and Adaptations to Strengthen ELA Learning
ELA in the Common Core Classroom
Mathematics in the Common Core Classroom
Building a Review Team that Represents Students and Supports Teachers
Open Educational Resources in Action
Introduction to Open Educational Resources
Lament of a Review Team Member
Introduction to the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA/Literacy
Reviewing Is a Journey and the Benefits Aren’t What We’d Expected
How Reviewing Materials Changed My Classroom Practice
When to Use the IMET
Why Not Just Crosswalk?
Should We Bother with Other People’s Reviews?
Building the Right Review Team
Top 5 Tips for Building and Training Your Review Team
What My District Gained From Collaboration
Knowing the Common Core = Knowing the Shifts
If You’re Not Purchasing, Should You Still Review?
Working Toward Alignment
Searching for Aligned Materials Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely
New Standards, New Approach to Reviews
Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET)
Why We Chose this Work
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