Posts about Curriculum
Learn about our curriculum, take a deep dive into some of its features, and much more.
Posts about Curriculum
Posts about our approach to full scope and sequence planning, teaching and assessment.
Building Procedural Fluency with Number Talks
June 03, 2021 Sarah Britton
Do you have the tools to help your students build their comfort and flexibility with different computational strategies? Number Talks are one excellent way to help students see more efficient paths to solving problems and support their development in all facets of procedural fluency.
Looking Forward: Priorities for the 2021–22 School Year
May 19, 2021 Anne Lyneis and Jami Therrien Wells
At the end of a singularly challenging school year, our curriculum directors turn their attention to the coming year and share our top priorities for the structures, preparation, and resources that will best support teachers and students.
What's Inside: ELA Unit Launches
November 19, 2020
How do you most efficiently internalize the content for a new ELA unit, so you are prepared for the real-time decision making required when you are in front of your class? Unit Launches are here to help.
Fishtank School Spotlight: P.J. Kennedy Elementary School
September 02, 2020
Our Fishtank School Spotlight with Kristen Goncalves, Julianne Zalmat, and Marybeth Hamwey of P.J. Kennedy Elementary School in East Boston, MA.
What Teach for America Taught Us
May 06, 2020
Three members of the Fishtank curriculum team spent their formative teaching years as Teach for America corps members. Here they share the high points, the struggles, and how their time in the classroom informs their approach to creating the Fishtank curriculum.
