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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Shaking Up High School Math

Executive Functions and Literacy Skills in the Classroom

Connecting and Communicating With Families to Help Break Down Barriers to Learning

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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Culture, Community, and Collaboration

Vertical Progression of Math Strategies – Building Teacher Understanding

“Can I have this? Can I have that?”

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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Textbooks: Who Needs Them?

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?

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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Let’s Not Make Power ELA/Literacy Standards and Talk About Why We Didn’t

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Research and Reflections

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

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Summer Reading Club 2023

Collaborating for Multilingual Learners in the Real World

Thoughts on The Right to Read

Achieve The Core

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What’s Working for Virtual Literacy Instruction?

Four K-2 teachers weigh in

12/04/20, Tori Filler

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Is it Possible to Use Personalized Learning to Accelerate Students’ Literacy Outcomes in the Time of COVID?

Examining the research base

10/06/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Susan Pimentel

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Laying a Solid Foundation of Literacy

Building Teacher Capacity with the Reading Foundational Skills

11/04/19, Darla O'Leary

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Striving for Foundational Excellence

Country Heights' Journey Through Foundational Skills Instruction

10/22/19, Shiryl McAdams, Allie Lindow

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Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.

12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners

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We’re Bullish on Bookworms

A reflection on the free Bookworms ELA curriculum for K-5

12/10/18, David Liben, Meredith Liben, Sue Pimentel

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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

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Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction

Introducing a new tool to observe the components of foundational skills instruction

10/23/18, Carey Swanson

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To Write or Not to Write. There is No Question!

The benefits of integrating reading and writing practice

05/07/18, Dr. Deborah Glaser

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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

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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

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Adding Fun to Your Phonics Block

Incorporating strategies to make phonics time the best time of day

02/02/18, Christina Cotter

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Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading

Why using decodable readers can be powerful

01/12/18, Carey Swanson

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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners

Reading to Learn

Strategies to build a love of learning through content-rich nonfiction

05/04/17, Carey Swanson

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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

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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.

01/19/17, Susan Pimentel

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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners

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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

04/22/16, Linda Bevilacqua