Curriculum Review Materials & Resources
The following digital resources further enhance student engagement as educators facilitate impactful lessons.
For Teachers
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Digital Teach books with annotation tools assist teachers in planning ahead.
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Customizable slide decks include everything a teacher needs to engage students in whole-group instruction and collaborative conversation.
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Additional teacher resources, such as the Implementation Guide and Arts & Letters Prologue, support educators and students alike.
For Students
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To-do lists show all currently assigned tasks.
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Scored assignments and assessments allow students to see how their learning is progressing and feedback from their teacher.
The Arts & Letters digital experience provides teachers with more flexibility during instruction and better visibility into student understanding.
Assessments
Teachers can assign assessments to individual students, groups of students, or entire classes of students, aiding in educator flexibility.
- Educators can easily view and manage all digitally enhanced Arts & Letters assessments including complex reading and writing tasks.
Reporting
Educators can gain insight into how students are progressing in their knowledge building through robust reports of administered assessments for individual students and classes.
- Teacher dashboards provide an overview of completed assessments for their classes.
- Enhanced visual reporting allows teachers to quickly see individual student needs and how students are progressing towards mastery of grade-level reading and language skills.
Introducing PhD Science in Sync®—a continuous learning program for flexible K–5 science learning.
PhD Science and PhD Science in Sync are complementary educational programs that seamlessly integrate to provide instruction in person, online, or in a hybrid, online-offline model.
Whether a student or teacher must miss a class, or if a teacher would like to assign supplementary or independent work, PhD Science in Sync offers all the tools needed to build powerful knowledge.
Learn more about PhD Science in Sync and access the platform's digital curriculum materials and resources.
FOR TEACHERS
Learn Anywhere Plan
A plan providing teachers with a pacing guide for daily lessons for students learning in class or at home.
PhD Science in Sync User Guide
A guide to help teachers transition from the classroom curriculum to PhD Science in Sync.
Getting Started with PhD Science in Sync
A video walkthrough of the resources included with PhD Science in Sync.
Virtual Coaching Session
Facilitator-led session to help teachers learn how to implement PhD Science in Sync with confidence and support students in a continuous learning model.
Science Journal Support
Sample student responses to Science Journal tasks help teachers gauge student understanding.
PhD Projected
Slides with lesson-specific content for online and in-class instruction and discussion with students.
Digital Teacher Edition
The complete Teacher Edition in digital form allows teachers to explore the full PhD Science lesson and resources to understand the context of the lesson, lesson set, and module.
FOR STUDENTS
Daily Videos
PhD Science lessons and investigations adapted to a virtual environment in video form, including read alouds of the carefully curated core texts selected for each module (full videos available in English and Spanish).
Science Journal
Fillable PDFs focused on the essential learning of the lesson that include activities and questions for students to complete during or after watching each video (available in English and Spanish). Teachers can print the PDFs for students without internet access.
Level Welcome Videos
Welcome video introducing students to the virtual PhD Science teachers.
Family Tip Sheets
Overview on PhD Science in Sync and how students will engage with science across different learning environment, with parent tips and resources to provide at home support.
