Articles Tagged with “ELA / Literacy”
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Unlocking the Power of Aligned Materials
How the Louisiana DOE is developing PD and looking for connections to help all districts maximize the impact of standards-aligned materials
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What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available
Where to look for additional ELL resources to support Common Core-aligned lessons
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How Core Knowledge Supports CCSS-Aligned Instruction
Core Knowledge's approach to literacy instruction
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CCSS-Aligned Materials for ELL Students
Where to Find High-Quality Curricular Materials for ELLs in the Public Domain
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Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs
How to determine whether instructional materials support ELL's needs
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The Shifts and ELLs
An ELL expert explains what the Common Core means for teachers of English language learners
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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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Customizing the IMET PD Training for a Local Setting
A training leader explains how she customized the IMET PD training to better match the professional learning needs of her district’s educators.
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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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Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials
An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation
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Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly
A Brookings Institution report explains how much we DON’T know about instructional materials in use in today’s classrooms.
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Using Complex Texts with All Readers
A reading interventionist explains the strategies she uses to help struggling readers benefit from complex texts.
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Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions
A high school English teacher shares 10 ways classroom teachers can influence curriculum
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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.
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Choosing Wisely: A Strategic Approach to Curriculum in Duval County
An interview with Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools
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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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Creating Full-Course Open Educational Resources (OER)
The K-12 OER Collaborative plans to create a year-long open educational resources curriculum.
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Outcomes of the Adaptation Process
New case studies share a look at the process of adapting math and ELA materials
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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
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Including Tier 2 Vocabulary Instruction in Curricular Materials
Building tier 2 vocabulary is critical to comprehending texts across content areas, yet it often receives insufficient attention in existing curriculum options. What can teachers do to fill the gap?
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Call for Common Core-Aligned Units
Achieve and SAP are looking for instructional materials aligned to the CCSS to address weaknesses in existing materials
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The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric
Achieve created a rubric and review process to facilitate peer reviews
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K-12 OER Collaborative’s Request for Proposals
Learn how the Collaborative is planning on creating and vetting materials.
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Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources
The K-12 OER Collaborative is working to create Common Core-aligned resources
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What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: ELA
A panel of experts pinpointed the biggest problems with today’s ELA/literacy materials
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Six Instructional Materials Articles You Should Be Reading
Keep up-to-date with the latest media coverage of instructional materials
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IMET Evolution: ELA/Literacy
An SAP literacy specialist explains how small changes to the IMET can have a big impact on users
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An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project
The challenging, yet rewarding process of adapting instructional materials
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Publishing Review Results
Why Louisiana chose to share all its curricular reviews online and where you can see the findings
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Traditional Reviews vs. the IMET
What are the differences between a traditional review and an IMET review? A teacher who’s done both explains.
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Teachers Create Lessons and Adaptations to Strengthen ELA Learning
Common Core-aligned resources for popular read-alouds, basal stories, and anthology selections
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ELA in the Common Core Classroom
A North Carolina literacy coach explains what the CCSS ELA Shifts mean for classroom materials
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Building a Review Team that Represents Students and Supports Teachers
How Milwaukee built a review team that reflected the needs of the teachers and students
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Open Educational Resources in Action
Washington's work to identify OER and put them to use in classrooms
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Introduction to Open Educational Resources
What are OER? Where can you find them? How should you use them?
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Lament of a Review Team Member
Conducting a review was harder than expected, but it illuminated how critical this information is for publishers
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Introduction to the Publishers’ Criteria for ELA/Literacy
Sue Pimentel, one of the lead writers of the Common Core, introduces the Publishers’ Criteria
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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
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How Reviewing Materials Changed My Classroom Practice
A teacher explains the unexpected connection she uncovered between materials reviews and the classroom
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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.
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Should We Bother with Other People’s Reviews?
As instructional materials reviews are made public, how should states and districts use that information?
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Building the Right Review Team
Today’s review teams will function differently than review teams of the past, requiring new skills and experience
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Top 5 Tips for Building and Training Your Review Team
Advice on selecting and training strong review teams
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What My District Gained From Collaboration
Even when districts approach materials review processes from different perspectives – and with different objectives – collaboration provides important benefits
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Knowing the Common Core = Knowing the Shifts
The Shifts are a powerful frame to help drive understanding of the Common Core
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If You’re Not Purchasing, Should You Still Review?
Even though many districts are not in a position to purchase new materials in the short-term, training reviewers now is a smart long-term investment
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Working Toward Alignment
Welcome to Aligned, a publication dedicated to the conversation about Common Core-aligned instructional materials
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Searching for Aligned Materials Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely
Breaking district and state lines in the journey toward finding Common Core-aligned materials
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New Standards, New Approach to Reviews
Details Louisiana's instructional materials review process
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Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET)
Designed by some of the lead writers of the Common Core, the IMET is a free tool that states and districts are using to evaluate the alignment of instructional materials to the Common Core
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Why We Chose this Work
One district leader explains how joining the Instructional Materials Task Force offered an opportunity for collaboration, professional development and deeper clarity on the Standards
