If you are using the online platform, then this is an amazing system. Teachers have built in scaffolding on various assignments. Each section has the ability to either print out assignments and tests or assign them in the system. The textbook offers ideas on scaffolded notes for students. Teachers can also easily add additional resources for students, such as their own videos or activities.
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Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202 | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest | This item has not been graded. | |||||
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Non-negotiable materials must focus coherently on the Major Work of the grade in a way that is consistent with the progressions in the standards. | Student and teachers using the materials as designed devote the majority of time to the Major Work of the grade. | Supporting Work enhances focus and coherence simultaneously by also engaging students in the Major Work of the grade. | Materials follow the grade-by-grade progressions in the Standards. Content from previous or future grades does not unduly interfere. | Lessons that only include mathematics from previous grades are clearly identified. | ||
Text is predesigned for Utah standards and covers all topics. Those teaching Honors level may need to use the system abilities to add extra topics, but the system is designed to be able to do that. |
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The materials support the development of students’ conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, especially where called for in specific standards or cluster headings. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Each topic is well covered and goes back to previous knowledge. For example, before teaching about rational equations, the book does a fractions review. | ||||||
The materials are designed so that students attain the fluencies and procedural skills required by the Standards. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
See previous note | ||||||
The materials are designed so that teachers and students spend sufficient time working with applications, without losing focus on the Major Work of each grade. (Are there single and multi-step contextual problems that develop the mathematics of the grade, afford opportunities for practice, and engage students in problem solving?) | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
The teacher has full control over how much of what kinds of practices the students are assigned. |
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Materials address the practice standards in such a way as to enrich the Major Work of the grade; practice standards strengthen the focus on Major Work instead of detracting from it, in both teacher and student materials. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Excellent examples and directions in the text | ||||||
Tasks and assessments of student learning are designed to provide evidence of students’ proficiency in the Standards of Mathematical Practice. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Teachers can adjust assignments to fit what they feel will best address the learning for their classroom | ||||||
Materials support the Standards’ emphasis on mathematical reasoning. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
There are a number of both scaffolding and extension activities available |
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Support for English Language learners and other special populations is thoughtful (evidence-based) and helps those students meet the same Standards (and rigor) as all other students. The language in which problems are posed is carefully considered. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
While there is not a lot of direct support for ELL students, the examples are laid out in such a way that there is not a lot of emphasis on words and more on seeing how the math actually works out. | ||||||
Materials provide scaffolding, differentiation, intervention, and support for a broad range of learners with gradual removal of supports, when needed, to allow students to demonstrated their mathematical understanding independently. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Teachers have built in scaffolding assignments. Text also scaffolds note taking | ||||||
Design of lessons incorporates strategies such as using multiple representations, deconstructing/reconstructing the language of problems, providing suggestions for addressing common student difficulties, etc. to ensure grade-level progress for all learners. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Teachers can use all of the various methods provided and supply any they want of their own. | ||||||
Ethnic Studies- (Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate a curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107, | This item has not been graded. | |||||
Shared Values and Character Traits | This item has not been graded. | |||||
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Multiple measurements of individual student progress occur at regular intervals ensuring success of all students. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
Teachers have freedom to assign various formative tasks at any point in time | ||||||
Assessments measure what students understand and can do through well designed mathematical tasks and applications. | Meets | Partially meets | N/A | Does not meet | ||
The provided assessments are well laid out and seem to cover a good variety of easier questions to simply test specific skills and more difficult questions that require use of multiple steps. |
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