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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Helping Our Students See Themselves and the World Through the Books They Read in Our Classrooms
The impact of text selection on students
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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?
The Professional Learning Core Content in ELA/Literacy
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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
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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
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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs
Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
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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.
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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.
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The Essential Elements of an ELA Curriculum
Standards co-author Susan Pimentel explains how the elements of a high-quality ELA program contribute to student learning. She pinpoints where many current programs are missing the mark.
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Building a New Curriculum from Existing Materials
Public Prep Charter Schools created a new curriculum based on their teachers’ recommendations. Can you?
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Getting to Know Mini-Assessments
Learn about free, high-quality mini-assessments for math and literacy.
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Which text set approach is right for you?
Compare the features of popular text set sources
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Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET
New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria
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Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets
Discover why text sets work and how to use them to build student knowledge
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Adapting Journeys Common Core
A veteran Journeys user shares recommendations to improve basal lessons and better support teachers and students.
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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
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Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts
Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts
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Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments
Common Core-aligned assessments must capitalize on teacher-student relationships
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Designing a Review Driven by Local Needs
How the Oakland Unified School District designed a teacher-centered materials review selection process
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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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Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs
How to determine whether instructional materials support ELL's needs
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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New Standards, New Approach to Reviews
Details Louisiana's instructional materials review process
