SpringBoard ELA - Instructional Materials (CA Dept of ...



This advisory recommendation has not been approved by the State Instructional Quality Commission

or the State Board of Education.

REVIEW PANEL ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION

2015 ELA/ELD ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

|Publisher |Program |Grade Level(s) |

|The College Board-Springboard |SpringBoard ELA |6–8 |

Program Summary:

SpringBoard ELA (Program 1) includes: SpringBoard English Language Arts Student Edition (ELA SE), SpringBoard English Language Arts Teacher Edition (ELA TE), English Language Development Teacher Edition (ELD TE), SpringBoard Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Student Edition (WWGA SE), SpringBoard Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Teacher Edition (WWGA TE), SpringBoard Close Reading Workshop Student Edition (CRW SE), SpringBoard Close Reading Workshop Teacher Edition (CRE TE), SpringBoard Digital Teacher Resources (SBD TR), SpringBoard Digital Assessment (SBD A).

Recommendation:

SpringBoard ELA (Program 1) is recommended for adoption because the program includes content as specified in the CA CCSS for ELA, meets all identified standards in Criterion 1 fully, and meets all the Criteria in Category 1, with strengths in Categories 2-5. Edits and corrections required as a condition of adoption are listed in this document under the “Edits and Corrections” section.

Criteria Category 1: ELA/ELD Content/Alignment with Standards

The program supports teaching to the CA CCSS for ELA, and covers all of the evaluation criteria in Category 1.

Citations:

• Criterion #1: Grade 6, RL.6.1: ELA SE 6, pp. 104–105; Grade 7, SL.7.1: ELA SE 7, pp. 86–87; Grade 8, W.8.8: WWGA TE 8, p. 71.

• Criterion #7: Grade 7, RL.7.10: ELA SE/TE 7, pp. 4, 6–7, 39.

• Criterion #10: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, p. 356; SE 6, p. 55; TE 6, p. 356; SE 6, p. 138; TE 6, p. 355; SE 6, p. 303.

• Criterion #11: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, xiii, pp. 352–356; californiareview.>Teacher Resources>Course SpringBoard ELA Grade 6 California Edition 2017>Category Routines for Teaching Foundational Skills.

• Criterion #15: Grade 6, RI.7.4, ELA SE/TE 6, pp. 18–27.

• Criterion #16: Grade 8, W.8.2, ELA SE/TE 8, pp. 108–109, 131, 136–138.

• Criterion #18: Grade 6, WWGA SE/TE 6, pp.1–14.

• Criterion #20: Grade 6, RL.6.10, ELA SE/TE 6, pp. 13, 27.

• Criterion #22a: Grade 6, ELD TE 6, p. 25.

• Criterion #22b: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 142–144.

• Criterion #22d: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 353–356; ELD TE 6, pp. 297–305.

Criteria Category 2: Program Organization

The organization and design of the instructional materials provide structure for what students should learn each year and allow teachers to teach the content efficiently and effectively.

Citations:

• Criterion #1: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 247a–247f.

• Criterion #12a: Grade 7, ELA TE 7, pp. 247b–247e.

• Criterion #12i: Grade 7, ELA SE 7, pp. 46–56.

• Criterion #14: Grade 8, ELA SE 8, pp. 407–415.

Criteria Category 3: Assessment

The instructional materials provide teachers with assistance in using assessments for planning instruction, determining effective flexible grouping strategies, implementing other strategies for meeting the instructional needs of students, and measuring the effectiveness of instruction through progress monitoring.

Citations:

• Criterion #1a: Grade 8, ELA TE 8, p. 166.

• Criterion #1c: Grade 7, ELA TE 7, p. 246.

• Criterion #5: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 127–129.

• Criterion #6: Grade 7, ELA TE 7, p. 78.

Criteria Category 4: Universal Access

Program materials ensure universal and equitable access to high–quality curriculum and instruction for all students so they can meet or exceed the expectations as described in the CA CCSS for ELA, and provide teachers with the necessary content and pedagogical tools to teach all students the CA CCSS for ELA.

Citations:

• Criterion #3b: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 196, 209, 227.

• Criterion #3d: Grade 8, ELA TE 8, p. 61.

• Criterion #4: Grade 7, WWGA SE 7, pp. 157–181.

• Criterion #5: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. 36, 239.

• Criterion #6: Grade 8, ELA TE 8, pp. 46, 319.

Criteria Category 5: Instructional Planning and Teacher Support

The instructional materials contain a clear road map for teachers to follow when planning instruction and are designed to help teachers provide effective standards-based instruction and ensure opportunities for all students to learn the essential skills and knowledge specified for in the CA CCSS for ELA.

Citations:

• Criterion #1: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. xiv–xv, pp. 159a–159f.

• Criterion #2: Grade 6, ELA TE 6, pp. xv, 254, 260, 263.

• Criterion #10: Grade 8, ELA TE 8, pp. 8, 15, 76.

• Criterion #20: Grade 7, ELA TE 7, pp. 98–101, 110–111.

Edits and Corrections:

The following edits and corrections must be made as a condition of adoption.

1. Grade 6, ELA SE, p. 141: #3 “text” in one question, “texts” in the other, need to be consistent.

2. Grade 6, ELA TE, p. 11: Grammar error in #5, reads “do” but should be “does”.

3. Grade 6, ELA TE, p. 222: Typographical error in “Scaffolding the Text-Dependent Questions”, #2 “studennt” should be “student”.

4. Grade 6, ELD TE, Unit 2, p. 82, 1.5, and p. 90, 1.7: Cite wrong standard for adjectives, should be PII.6.4 not PII.6.5 (all EL proficiency levels).

5. Grade 6, ELD TE, p. 289: /hw/ as in whisk, column 2, should be /wh/ as in whisk.

6. Grade 7, ELA TE and SE, p. 194, #2: Spelling error, “firgurative” should be “figurative”.

7. Grade 7, ELA TE, p. 299: Listed as a writing standard, should be SL.4.

8. Grade 7, ELD TE, p. 293: /hw/ as in whisk, column 2, should be /wh/ as in whisk.

9. Grade 7, ELD TE, Unit 2, 3.1, p. 118: Standards on the plan incorrect, ELD.PI.7.2.a Understanding Text Structure should be PII.7.1.

10. Grade 7, Online Digital Resources: Teacher resources>SpringBoard English Language Arts Grade 7 CA ED 2017>Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities: On the list of resources, the title for Grade 7 “Grammar Activities” have “(Teacher”) label next to them, except “Unit 1” which has a label of “(Student”). Actually, each unit should have a listing for “Teacher” and for “Student”.

11. Grade 8, ELA TE, pp. 65–67: RL standards listed should be RI.

12. Grade 8, ELA TE Standards Alignment Pages, p. 347: Lists RI.5 on pp. 75–83, but the actual selections on those cited pages only list RL standards.

13. Grade 8, ELD TE, p. 299: /hw/ as in whisk, column 2, should be /wh/ as in whisk.

14. Grade 8, Online Digital Resources: Teacher resources>SpringBoard English Language Arts Grade 8 CA ED 2017>Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities: On the list of resources, the title for Grade 7 “Grammar Activities,” (“Teacher”) is labeledw next to them, except “Unit 1” which has a label of (“Student”). Actually, each unit should have a listing for “Teacher” and for “Student.”

California Department of Education

August 17, 2015

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