Instructional Materials

Making Connections by Cambridge University Press

Making Connections teaches an extensive range of reading skills and strategies in order to prepare students for college reading. The series takes students from a high-beginner to an advanced level of academic reading proficiency. The series contains a strong focus on vocabulary-building, including teaching words from the Academic Word List. It emphasizes critical thinking and increased reading speed. The series has a unique unit structure. At the outset of each unit, students are presented with and practice key reading and vocabulary-building skills. As students read the texts following these sections, they apply these skills by completing exercises in boxes in the margins of the readings, so that students literally have to apply the newly-learned skills ‘while reading.

myPerspectives ELD Companion by Pearson

myPerspectives ELD Companion is a digital program for Grades 6?12 that helps students get to grade level proficiency with English Language Development instruction that combines independent, self-paced, and teacher-led instruction. Differentiated instruction and practice supports all language levels to help students acquire foundational skills, build content knowledge, make meaning, develop language, and use effective expression. Thematically-aligned instruction builds background and content knowledge making learning in the class more accessible. The program includes: explicit academic language instruction; modeled close reading; performance-based assessment practice; many opportunities for classroom conversation; and regular opportunities for independent learning linked to assessment. Instructors can develop ELL students’ vocabulary and language skills with a single computer used as a presentation station and the ELD Companion print components. A central underpinning of all instruction in the ELD Companion is Built-in SIOP framework for sheltering content instruction.

Nearpod EL by Nearpod

Nearpod EL is a comprehensive digital classroom solution that combines over 1000 ready to teach supplemental lessons with a flexible instructional platform for teachers to scaffold and differentiate lessons to support language acquisition and content area learning. Nearpod tools include Virtual Reality Field Trips, drawing features, embedded audio support, translation, and more. Teachers can edit any Nearpod lesson using these tools to offer students the proper scaffolds while ensuring lessons are engaging and immersive.

Our World Second Edition by National Geographic Learning

Our World  is a best-selling, seven-level young learners series from National Geographic Learning for the content-rich classroom that challenges students to do and achieve more, with a balanced, four-skills curriculum, cross-curricular exposure, and project work.

Reading Plus by Taylor Associates/Communications, Inc.

Reading Plus simultaneously develops all three domains of reading - physical, cognitive, and emotional - by integrating them in one personalized online reading program. Rooted in eight decades of research, Reading Plus is proven to increase achievement in students from elementary grades through college.

Ready Classroom Mathematics, Common Core Edition by Curriculum Associates

Ready Classroom Mathematics, Common Core Edition, helps build strong mathematical habits in students through discourse-based instruction. The Try, Discuss, Connect instructional routine supports teachers in facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse in a manageable way that engages all learners. The lessons support learning through multiple methods and opportunities for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Each lesson provides multiple entry levels, activities, and “differentiation points”that allow teachers to flexibly address differentiation needs within each lesson.

Ready Classroom Mathematics, by Curriculum Associates

Ready Classroom Mathematics helps build strong mathematical habits in students through discourse-based instruction. The Try, Discuss, Connect instructional routine supports teachers in facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse in a manageable way that engages all learners. The lessons support learning through multiple methods and opportunities for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Each lesson provides multiple entry levels, activities, and "differentiation points" that allow teachers to flexibly address differentiation needs within each lesson.

Ready GEN - Pearson

ReadyGen is a seven-level program for Grades K-6. It is an integrated literacy program that accelerates learning for all by presenting modeled reading experiences with authentic text. Students engage in practice, build motivation, and improve their reading stamina. The program features: Authentic Text at the Core of Instruction (puts a library of 12 authentic trade books in the hands of every child), Built with Results in Mind (back-mapped for success to ensure all activities meet rigorous standards), Broadens Accessibility to Complex Texts and Tasks (point of use scaffolds, strategic support, and individualizes intervention accelerate learning for all.

Ready Mathematics, 2020 Edition G6-8 by Curriculum Associates

Ready Mathematics prepares students for mastery of today’s rigorous standards through a balance of conceptual understanding, procedural skills, fluency, and application. Ready’s clear, thoughtful pedagogy, and research-based instructional model supports a rich classroom environment in which mathematical reasoning, mathematical discourse, and a range of mathematical practices thrive.

Ready, Set, Go! Newcomers Kit @2020 byContinental Press

Ready, Set, Go! Newcomers Kit is a blended ESL program that is designed to support the secondary Newcomer student (Grades 6-12) with a focus on fundamental skills instruction from phonics to social communication to academic language. The Ready, Set, Go! Newcomers Kit are designed for flexible adoption including a resource to be utilized to continue supporting early language development in the mainstream classroom. The resources can be used to support a Tier II push-in or pull-out English Language development model of instruction. The program develops vocabulary and life skills through listening, speaking, writing, and reading activities necessary for newcomers to effectively communicate with those around them.

StudySync^® Integrated ELA/ELD, McGraw-Hill School Education

StudySync is a comprehensive, twenty-first century solution for grades six to eight English Language Arts and English Language Development in California. StudySync’s core program was built from the ground up using the blueprint provided in California’s ELA/ELD Framework to fully align with the interrelated California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and the California English Language Development Standards. 

Ready Classroom Mathematics, Florida Edition by Curriculum Associates

Ready Classroom Mathematics, Florida Edition helps build strong mathematical habits in students through discourse-based instruction. The Try, Discuss, Connect instructional routine supports teachers in facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse in a manageable way that engages all learners. The lessons support learning through multiple methods and opportunities for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Each lesson provides multiple entry levels, activities, and "differentiation points" that allow teachers to flexibly address differentiation needs within each lesson.

TEAM, Teaching ELLs for Academic Language Mastery by Continental Press

TEAM Toolkits, Teaching ELLs for Academic Language Mastery is a blended ESL program that is designed to support students with academic language and vocabulary development across all four language domains; Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. The integrated toolkits provide embedded differentiation for students dependent upon their current English Language Proficiency level. Each unit and subsequent lesson is designed for students at the Beginning, Developing, and Expanding/ Bridging levels of English language acquisition. The TEAM Toolkits provide additional differentiation with leveled materials at each grade.

Waterford Early Learning by Waterford.org

Waterford Early Learning is an engaging language and literacy software program built for the PreK-2nd grade student. The Waterford Early Learning personalized learning software accelerates language learning with a specialized focus on the five essential components of reading; building academic vocabulary development contextualized in English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Although the WIDA Proficiency levels are not specifically mentioned, Waterford Early Learning identifies the following language levels; emerging and developing-proficient, differentiating supports based on the students individualized learning pathway. Waterford Early Learning provides strategic home language resources and embedded first language Spanish support.

Wonders for English Learners (2-6) - McGraw-Hill Education

Wonders for English Learners (2-6) works seamlessly with the core Wonders classroom to teach English to students of all proficiency levels. The program builds oral language proficiency, vocabulary, background knowledge and academic content knowledge while reinforcing foundational reading skills and ensuring access to grade-level contents for English learners.

Wonders for English Learners - McGraw-Hill Education

Wonders for English Learners (K-1) works seamlessly with the core Wonders classroom to teach English to students of all proficiency levels. The program builds oral language proficiency, vocabulary, background knowledge and academic content knowledge while reinforcing foundational reading skills and ensuring access to grade-level contents for English learners.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: English 3D Grade 6  

Content Area: Language Arts

HMH English 3D is a dedicated English language development program designed to address the distinct needs of multilingual learners. Language Launch, Course A, and Course B can be used flexibly across the Grade 6-8 grade-level cluster depending on students’ needs and school schedules. For the purposes of the review by WIDA, the Grade 6 alignment was completed for English 3D Language Launch and Course A Volume 2.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: English 3D Grade 7

Content Area: Language Arts

HMH English 3D is a dedicated English language development program designed to address the distinct needs of multilingual learners. Language Launch, Course A, and Course B can be used flexibly across the Grade 6-8 grade-level cluster depending on students’ needs and school schedules. For the purposes of the review by WIDA, the Grade 7 alignment was completed for English 3D Language Launch and Course B Volume 1.

Impact by National Geographic Learning

Impact is a new five-level series in American and British English that helps teenage learners to better understand themselves, each other, and the world they live in. By encouraging self-expression, global citizenship, and active participation, Impact motivates students to explore who they are and who they want to be, all while learning English! National Geographic Explorers are featured as role models who embody the 21st century skills and values teenagers need to become successful global citizens. Cross-curricular topics engage learners with stimulating information about the world, better preparing them for future academic success. Student-choice activities and projects present learners with options for language practice, allowing teens to become active participants in the learning process.

Istation Math by Istation  

Istation Math supports students to develop their conceptual mathematical understandings along with growing procedurally fluent mathematicians. The Istation interactive programming provides teachers with lessons in which students can express what they already know about a mathematical procedure or concept and challenge themselves with real-world application. In each module, students share and build background knowledge, analyze new concepts, model and practice newly acquired skills through ongoing dialogue to answer questions about what they are learning and how to apply the new learning in a variety of contexts.