Description:
Rigorous mathematics instruction requires students to display mastery beyond simply getting an answer “right.” To meet more challenging standards, students must develop conceptual understanding of mathematical topics and extend their knowledge to process and application. In doing this, students must reason and explain, use models and tools, see structure and generalize, and attend to precision. In Ready Mathematics: Reachable Rigor, participants immerse themselves in the components of the Ready Mathematics program, with a focus on developing new classroom structures and routines to support mathematical learning.

• Use Ready Mathematics to address the rigor and true intent of the standards,
• Apply Ready Mathematics strategies to deliver rigorous instruction effectively; and
• Plan a day and a week of Ready Mathematics instruction using the program components.

Description:
During this course, participants focus on how to immerse students in reading complex texts through a developmentally appropriate and interactive experience of reading, thinking, talking and writing. Participants are also introduced to the important instructional practices that work alongside the Ready Reading program. Additionally, participants will determine how to plan Ready Reading instruction alongside other curricular materials.

• Strategically plan supplemental reading instruction;
• Implement the Ready Reading High-Impact Practices;
• Foster deep comprehension of complex texts through an interactive approach.

Description:
This course introduces participants to the important instructional practices that work alongside the Ready Writing program to create confident, engaged writers who are ready for the sophisticated writing demands of producing real-world writing, building knowledge through research, and writing from sources. Participants will spend time planning instruction that helps students use writing as a tool for thinking and clearly communicating their knowledge.

Content will be differentiated for Grade 2 teachers to address the unique needs of young writers and the instructional shifts that occur between Grades 2 and 3.

• Plan responsive writing instruction;
• Implement the Ready Writing High-Impact Practices;
• Guide students through the 8-step writing process; and
• Develop students’ ability to write across genres.

Description:
Led by a Curriculum Associates Professional Development Specialist, these sessions provide customers tailored on-site support to enable successful program implementation. Support agendas are crafted in partnership with school and/or district leadership, and sessions focus on common implementation challenges, in addition to providing motivation, encouragement, and opportunities for goal setting. We strongly recommend that support days be planned and conducted in partnership with school-based coaches in order to build their capacity to support Ready on an ongoing basis.

These support days typically occur after the start of Ready instruction to help teachers and site leaders address specific areas of focus that emerge once instruction is in process.

• Helping individual teachers, groups of teachers, or grade-level teams work through pacing questions and develop lesson plans and schedules.
• Working with school leaders to develop ongoing observation and feedback plans.
• Building the capacity of site administrators and instructional leaders to support implementing Ready with fidelity.

• Classroom observation with reflective feedback;
• Purposeful modeling; and,
• Side-by-side practice.