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Focus on Common Core Math Curriculum

Updated curricula and training to adhere to the Common Core Standards are needed now and districts are reporting that state departments are not providing enough guidance. Finding a trusted, proven curriculum partner will be crucial to district success. Nearly 200 school districts have trusted Learn It Systems to provide instructional support services including curriculum and instructor training to help districts meet progress goals.

Focus On Common Core offers a solution for mastering the
newly-defined Common Core standards in your classrooms.
Our program provides teachers with grade-level materials,
instructional strategies, guidance, and the technology tools
they need to enhance learning and improve student achievement.

Above and beyond our current program approach, Focus On Common Core offers enhanced scripted teacher guides, consumable student resource books, and a technology component that all align to the Common Core Standards. Building upon Learn It Systems’ direct instructional program, Focus On Common Core follows the same scope and pedagogy as our proven, small-group programs.

Focus On Common Core will ensure your students receive a high-quality education. Our students receive a high-quality education through:
•  Active engagement in differentiated learning opportunities
•  Relevant and engaging technology through iPad applications
•  Rigorous content knowledge and higher order thinking skills
•  Foundational development

Reading
Focus On Common Core’s Reading curricula offer a balance of reading genres, writing
opportunities, and guidance throughout the entire writing process.

•  Addresses the four strands of common core: Fundamental Skills, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language
•  Promotes an integrated model of literacy and media requirement are blended  throughout
•  Offers high-quality literature and informational texts in a range of genres and sub genres

Mathematics
Focus On Common Core’s Math curricula ensure accurately measured progress by providing eight instructional lessons and an assessment for each math topic. The scope and sequence is built upon place value, proportional reasoning, and the properties of numerical operations. The curricula address the following key concepts:
•  Number Operations
•  Algebraic Thinking
•  Numerical Datasets
•  Understanding of Statistical Variability
•  Focus on Linear Equations and Functions

Teacher Guides
Focus On Common Core Teacher Guides provide full wrap-around banners with additional support, such as best practices, instructional tips, and support for differentiated student instruction.

Student Resource Books
Student Resource books are age and subject-matter appropriate and are developed to be engaging, promote critical thinking, and address barriers to students’ academic success.

Program Enhancements
Focus On Common Core offers enhanced scripted teacher guides that pinpoint areas for iPad integration. This component is called iLearnIt. In tandem with our curriculum instruction, the iLearnIt program adds an iPad in every Learn It classroom replete with top-notch educational applications providing students
access to interactive learning opportunities.

For more about how you can implement Focus On Common Core in your classroom, visit www.focusoncommoncore.com.  You can also email our team at Common.Core@learnitsystems.com or call 1-888-466-0055.

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