Map the aligned citation(s) for each standard to the district curriculum unit where mastery of the standard is required; then, use the partially aligned citations that introduce and scaffold instruction of that standard to backfill the other district curriculum units that include that standard. Practice Tip
If the publisher’s correlation includes citations to the teacher and student edition, citations to the teacher edition are more likely to be aligned to the standards because the teacher’s edition often includes prompts and/or additional guidance that is necessary to address all three Cs of the standard.
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(6) Match the pacing and context of the citations in the materials to the pacing and context of the district curriculum units . As you determine which unit to map each citation to, try to match the pacing of the material to the pacing of the district’s scope and sequence. For example, if a standard occurs in the early units of the district’s scope and sequence (e.g., units 2 -5), look for citations that align to that standard in the early units of each material. Citations that occur in the later units of the materials (e.g., units 6, 7, 8) may assume pre-learning that will not yet have occurred early in the school year when units 2,3, and 4 of the district’s curriculum will be used. Also, be sure to consider the context of the district curriculum unit. For example, if a standard stating, “ compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft, ” is listed in several units of the district curriculum, a citation requiring students to write a poem would be aligned to that standard in the district curriculum unit addressing poetr y, but not in the unit addressing personal narrative .
(7) Citations should specifically identify the aligned content . Pages (physical or digital) of a material often have several subsections. To be most useful for
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