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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

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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

Research and Reflections

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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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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Why Re-Humanize Assessment?

What We Pay Attention to Matters

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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most recent articles

Top Posts of 2020

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

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

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

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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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, Tools and Resources
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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

5 ways to meets students' academic and emotional needs
12/16/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Finding and Teaching The Complexity In Read-Aloud Texts

11/25/20, Anne Lyneis
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Are We Forgetting About Fluency?

11/13/20, Anne Lyneis
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks
11/06/20, Fishtank Learning
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students
10/30/20, Aaron Grossman
Group of students talking.
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Building a Culture of Advocacy

Building a culture of advocacy is a continuous effort
10/23/20, Dr. Janice K. Wyatt-Ross
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 2

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

What educators should consider when selecting or using personalized learning approaches to accelerate literacy outcomes
10/09/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Susan Pimentel
Math teacher explains online lesson to students
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things

Exploring what it means to be “good at math"
09/18/20, Brian Dean
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Designing Equitable Learning Environments

Intentional instructional practice decisions, with a specific focus on mathematics
09/11/20, Amber Cook
Teacher giving online school lesson via video conference
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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How to Keep Virtual Live Lessons Running Smoothly? It Takes Two

A two-person model can improve the flow and engagement in virtual lessons
09/03/20, Matt Kerrigan
Teacher teaching mathematics to students in a classroom
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Planning for Math Remediation

Just-In-Case or Just-In-Time?
08/13/20, Sarah Britton, Jami Therrien Wells
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Amplifying Student Voices During Distance Learning

Using asynchronous tools to create a math share-out for the kindergarten classroom
07/17/20, Bethany Lockhart Johnson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait

How teachers can enact change and combat racism through purposeful discussions and literary curricula
06/14/20, Yvonne Thompson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking
06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed
Students engaged in a classroom and raising their hands.
Classroom Strategies
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Refocusing on Your Learners

5 ideas to create a student-centered classroom
05/28/20, Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman
Teacher Hosting Online Class Using Video Conference On Laptop
Classroom Strategies
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Distance Learning with Intention and Purpose

Ideas for engaging and connecting students during distance learning.
05/11/20, Marya Hay
Student participating in a remote math classroom.
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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5 Ideas to Engage K-2 Students in Math Remotely

Using video, interactive platforms, and at-home materials to support math instruction for young students
05/06/20, Chris Fishpaw
Family reading together as part of remote book club during remote learning
Tools and Resources
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Class and Family Book Tasting During Distance Learning

Designing reading activities to engage K-12 students at home
04/28/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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3 Recommendations for Supporting Early Elementary Students Remotely

A kindergarten teacher shares strategies and advice
04/17/20, Lindsay Arnold
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning
03/20/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Helping folks who care about equity do equity.
02/27/20, Dr. Christine Ortiz
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Teaching texts that honor difference and inspire challenging conversations
02/21/20, Rhiannon Hartman Dunn
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

How to create a culture that facilitates powerful learning for ALL learners
02/21/20, Matthew Shea
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Strategies for including all learners in discussions about complex text
02/21/20, Shannon Hahne
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?

Is your reading program working? What can you do to improve it?
02/14/20, Tori Filler, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Tidying Up

Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing
01/22/20, Jon Gustafson
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, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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For the Love of Learning

How a focus on building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction can enrich ELA instruction and engage learners
12/08/19, Carey Swanson
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, Tools and Resources
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I See Me

Building a diverse classroom library with the help of First Book Marketplace
11/24/19, Tamika Peters
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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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, Tools and Resources
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What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom

Resources and guidance for educators
11/13/19, Jill Eisenberg
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading
11/08/19, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Laying a Solid Foundation of Literacy

Building Teacher Capacity with the Reading Foundational Skills
11/04/19, Darla O'Leary
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Planning the Small Group Reading Lesson

Teach and Guide
10/06/19, Dr. Deborah Glaser
Classroom Strategies
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Robust Vocabulary Instruction

Bringing Knowledge-Rich Curricula to Life
09/30/19, Jon Gustafson
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 1

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
09/23/19, Angie Miller
Classroom Strategies
Part 3

Yarn Number Line: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding

A routine for developing conceptual understanding of fractions
04/18/19, Jennie Beltramini, Jody Guarino
Classroom Strategies
Part 2

Choral Counting: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding

A model process for using choral counting to build conceptual understanding
02/28/19, Jennie Beltramini, Jody Guarino
Classroom Strategies
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Giving Students a Choice with Their Learning

Using academic choice boards to build metacognition
12/21/18, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Effective Reading Instruction

Why a text-centered approach, instead of a strategies-based approach, is more effective
11/16/18, Meredith Liben, Sue Pimentel
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
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 5

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 5

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
10/31/18, Rebecca Few
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 1

Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?
10/09/18, Zackory Kirk
Standards-Alignment Information
Part 4

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 4

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
10/04/18, Rebecca Few
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice

An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools
09/19/18, Destiny Eldridge, April Pforts
Standards-Alignment Information
Part 3

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 3

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
09/13/18, Rebecca Few
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students
09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher
Research and Reflections
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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions
08/20/18, Sandra Alberti
Research and Reflections
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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide
08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions.
08/01/18, Claire Rivero
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind

Meet students not only where they are, but also where they're going.
07/30/18, Carey Swanson
Tools and Resources
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Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.
07/06/18, Jeff Crayton
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Inspiring Writers

A process for supporting writing practice with K-2 English Language Learners
06/22/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 4

Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating

Consider alternative ways to re-teach when students struggle with new content
06/12/18, Kristi Gettelman
Research and Reflections
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Illuminating Interims

What makes a good interim assessment program?
06/07/18, Laura Hansen
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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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
Classroom Strategies
Part 2

To Write or Not to Write? There is No Question! Part 2

Activities to support the connection between reading and writing
05/22/18, Dr. Deborah Glaser
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Making enVisionmath 2.0 Work

An Introduction to Adapting enVisionmath 2.0 K-5
04/25/18, Anna Schattauer Paillé, Marni Greenstein
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 4

How much time do you need to create a foundation for literacy?

One coach’s reflection on increasing the foundational skills block
03/21/18, Lauren Hurley Wilson
Research and Reflections
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A Visit to Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary School

Though this literacy program uses leveled readers, it focuses on building knowledge through topic-based units and ensures students are not limited to a single reading level
02/28/18, Barbara Davidson, David Liben
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
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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
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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work

Not all unfinished learning should be treated the same way
12/06/17, Christina Allison
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer

How I use graphic organizers in my classroom to promote student independence
11/30/17, Alison Killy
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment

Concrete strategies to help classroom educators get involved with assessment design
11/21/17, Bryan Drost
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good
11/15/17, Rob Woodworth
Standards-Alignment Information
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Don’t be afraid to ask…

Advice for where to ask--and find answers--to your education questions
11/05/17, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Designing Effective Homework

Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement
10/13/17, Claire Rivero
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
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills

New guidance explains how to assess writing skills through embedded-error passages and multiple-choice items
09/18/17, Laura Hansen, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies
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Creating a Feedback Culture

Using effective feedback to help students master their learning goals
09/13/17, Andrea Raines
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model

Find out how a blended learning station-focused model can help you differentiate instruction and give ALL students the support they need to tackle grade-level work
09/06/17, Susan Hitt
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, Tools and Resources
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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
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Adapting an ELA Curriculum for Standards-Based Learning

05/11/17, Cassie Mense
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Limiting “Teacher Talk,” Increasing Student Work!

A team of teachers share strategies to increase student ownership in literacy
04/24/17, Tori Filler
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
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 1

At the Foundation of Foundational Skills: Structured Phonics

Learn how structured phonics instruction is critical to literacy development and a necessary part of an ELA curriculum
03/17/17, Carey Swanson
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map

A K-12 STEM District Supervisor Explains How He Used the Coherence Map to Improve His District's Math Curriculum
03/13/17, Joshua Zagorski
Classroom Strategies
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Top 5 Questions about ELA Scaffolding in Elementary School

Real-world advice for how to scaffold complex text for struggling students
03/01/17, Adrienne Williams
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part null

The Wild West of Open Literacy Materials

Identifying and using high-quality, ELA Open Educational Resources successfully
02/21/17, Sarah Tierney, Tracey Waters
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
Classroom Strategies
Part null

How to Create Book Baskets

Designing book baskets to boost motivation, enthusiasm and engagement
01/13/17, MJ D’Amelio

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