Series - Achieve the Core Aligned Materials

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 Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 2

Strong materials in the hands of great teachers

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Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Desmos in the Math Classroom

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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Choosing Text Excerpts for Close Reading

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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 Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 2

On Curriculum: How Pinterest and TpT Exacerbate Inequity

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Research and Reflections

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

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Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Achieve The Core

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

Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information

Part 2

What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: Math

A panel of experts met to pinpoint the biggest problems with today’s math textbooks: here’s what they found

08/28/15, Marni Greenstein

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, 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

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, 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, 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

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

Research and Reflections

Part 9

Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials

An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation

02/26/16, Andrew Davis

Classroom Strategies

Part 10

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction

03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics

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

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