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Measuring Up to the New York Next Generation Learning Standards for English Language Arts
Grades 3–8
Prepare students for the rigors of the assessment with lessons designed to improve academic growth and assessment results. Revised and updated to the Next Generation Learning Standards!
Standards-based instruction to meet the needs of New York students
- Supplement your curriculum.
- Intervention, before- or after-school programs, and summer school.
- Progress monitoring or benchmarking.
New York Next Generation Learning Standards-driven achievement
- Introduce concepts by connecting what students will learn to what they may already know and to real-world examples
- Scaffold learning with guided instruction, questions, hints, and checklists at point of learning.
- Learning Together provides a collaborative activity in every lesson aligned to the specific standard.
- Share It! supports the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework.
- Provide key academic vocabulary in context.
- Two Independent Practices are included in every lesson. The first practice includes question supports and offers more beginning items. The second practice includes a mix of levels with an emphasis on more rigorous types and includes multiple-choice and constructed response items.
- Motivate students to master the New York Next Generation Learning Standards with checkpoints, hints, Turn and Talk, Think about It, Sketch It!, and other prompts.
Each lesson connects new learning to prior knowledge through real-world examples and the use of key vocabulary. Key terms are listed along with examples demonstrating their usage within the lesson.
Tips, hints, and checkpoints are provided to build understanding and support mastery. How Am I Doing? prompts serve as checkpoints and writing opportunities to reinforce understanding of key skills and standards.
Items are designed to reflect the structure of high-stakes assessments, with starred questions identifying those that target critical-thinking skills.
Questions provide an opportunity for students to verify their understanding of the skills and standards before progressing to the next lesson. A Practice Test at the end of each unit offers additional practice opportunities.
