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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum
Recommendations for how to search for a new ELA/literacy program
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Top Blog Posts of 2018
Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.
We’re Bullish on Bookworms
A reflection on the free Bookworms ELA curriculum for K-5
Choosing Text Excerpts for Close Reading
A teacher's recommendations for how to select text excerpts that make students love reading
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Wit & Wisdom: Implementation Dos and Don’ts
Lessons learned from teachers who've implemented the curriculum
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.
Making enVisionmath 2.0 Work
An Introduction to Adapting enVisionmath 2.0 K-5
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.
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
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Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students
How Wit & Wisdom Supports English Language Learners
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Inside Implementation of Wit and Wisdom
Bringing complex content and instruction into a high-needs school district
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
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Students JUMP at the Opportunity to Learn
Building confidence with JUMP Math’s guided discovery approach.
Designing content-infused, year-round professional learning in math
A math specialist illustrates the importance of providing ongoing professional development centered on quality programming.
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
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Eureka Math – A View from Second Grade
An honest reflection on Eureka Math's strengths and challenges
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A Third Grade Teacher’s Perspective on Eureka Math
What does Eureka look like in the classroom?
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Empowering Primary Math Teachers
How one school moved from contention to ownership of their math curriculum
Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook
A high school teacher explores the lessons learned after moving away from a textbook-based curriculum.
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Math in Focus: The Search for an Aligned Math Program
One district’s implementation of a new elementary math program
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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.
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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.
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Everyday Math Kindergarten Tips
A kindergarten teacher explains how she adapted some of the Everyday Math Daily Routines to challenge her students more.
Introduction to EdReports
Identifying excellence in instructional materials
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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
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Adapting Journeys Common Core
A veteran Journeys user shares recommendations to improve basal lessons and better support teachers and students.
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators
Learn about OUSD’s piloting process and find out what teachers thought of three popular ELA/literacy programs
Choosing Alignment over Familiarity
How a district made the decision to select a new textbook provider instead of a long-used vendor
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Common Confusions about CCSS-Aligned ELA Materials
Core Knowledge's Linda Bevilacqua explains where purchasers can improve their CCSS understanding to make better decisions
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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.
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A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide
How administrators can help teachers sort through the clutter in today’s math textbooks
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.
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.
A Publisher’s View on the Changing Instructional Materials Landscape
An interview with Anne Schreiber, Senior VP of Learning Strategies, Renaissance Learning
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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
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Lament of a Review Team Member
Conducting a review was harder than expected, but it illuminated how critical this information is for publishers
Introduction to the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA/Literacy
Sue Pimentel, one of the lead writers of the Common Core, introduces the Publishers’ Criteria
Using What You Have
An introduction to supplementing and adapting instructional materials
Reviewing Is a Journey and the Benefits Aren’t What We’d Expected
Educators from Granite Falls uncovered benefits to reviewing that they hadn’t anticipated
How Reviewing Materials Changed My Classroom Practice
A teacher explains the unexpected connection she uncovered between materials reviews and the classroom
When to Use the IMET
When is the right time to use the IMET? Whether you’re purchasing, supplementing, designing, or simply building capacity, the IMET can help.
Why Not Just Crosswalk?
Reviewing instructional materials for CCSS alignment means looking for evidence of the Standards and the Shifts
Should We Bother with Other People’s Reviews?
As instructional materials reviews are made public, how should states and districts use that information?
Building the Right Review Team
Today’s review teams will function differently than review teams of the past, requiring new skills and experience
