
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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To Teach the Truth

Helping Our Students See Themselves and the World Through the Books They Read in Our Classrooms


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?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn



Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math


Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions

Developing the Math Language Routines


Choosing Text Excerpts for Close Reading

Wit & Wisdom: Implementation Dos and Don’ts

The Connection Between Math Materials and Assessment

enVisionmath 2.0: Focusing the K-5 Mathematics Curriculum


Three Ways You Can Improve Your Math Textbook Tomorrow

Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students

Inside Implementation of Wit and Wisdom

Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs



High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level

The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Creating Professional Learning for Eureka Math

Students JUMP at the Opportunity to Learn

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

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

Eureka Math – A View from Second Grade

A Third Grade Teacher’s Perspective on Eureka Math


Empowering Primary Math Teachers

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


Everyday Math Kindergarten Tips

Building a New Curriculum from Existing Materials


Getting to Know Mini-Assessments

Everyday Math: Small Routines Build Bigger Understanding

Which text set approach is right for you?

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

Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets

Adapting Journeys Common Core

Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators

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

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

What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available

Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs


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

A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide

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

Outcomes of the Adaptation Process

Adapting Basal-Based Literacy Programs

Call for Common Core-Aligned Units

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

An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project

Publishing Review Results

Teachers Create Lessons and Adaptations to Strengthen ELA Learning

Lament of a Review Team Member

Introduction to the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA/Literacy



