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Fostering Comprehensive Literacy in Middle School: Integrating Core Knowledge Curriculum Across Subjects

This post is geared toward middle school instruction; if you’re looking for information regarding K-5 instruction, find that post here. Middle school is a critical stage of academic development, where students transition from the foundational skills of elementary education to the more complex concepts of higher-level learning. In this journey, literacy remains a cornerstone, enabling…

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Curriculum

Enhancing Literacy Across the Curriculum: Core Knowledge Curriculum Strategies for K-5 Instruction

This post is geared toward K-5 instruction; if you’re looking for information regarding middle school instruction, find that post here. As educators, we understand the profound impact that literacy skills have on a student’s academic success and lifelong learning journey. Literacy goes beyond reading, i.e., decoding and understanding a single text,  and writing —it’s about…

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Core Knowledge Schools

Core Knowledge Foundation and Louisiana Department of Education Partnership Announcement

The Louisiana Department of Education and the non-profit Core Knowledge Foundation® have entered into a partnership to create Bayou Bridges: A K-8 Louisiana Social Studies Curriculum. The materials will be designed to align with the student expectations of the  2022 K-8 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies and will be created using criteria similar to…

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Core Knowledge Language Arts

CK Language Arts for Grades 6–8

for Grades 6 – 8 Designed to Build Knowledge andSkills Systematically & Coherently Remember–Knowledge Builds on Knowledge! Aligned to the 2023 Core Knowledge Sequence & the CCSS Intentionally constructed to develop reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, spelling and writing skills, while simultaneously building content knowledge Each unit includes a Teacher Guide, Student Book, Student Activity Book…

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News

Wanted: A Science of Reading Comprehension Movement

Robert Pondiscio 9.15.2022 Reposted with permission from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute: https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/wanted-science-reading-comprehension-movement Just in the nick of time for the last days of summer beach reading, there were a pair of big stories about reading instruction in TIME magazine and The New Yorker last month. That’s about as mainstream as media attention gets, and signals that maybe the tide…

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Core Knowledge Language Arts

Core Knowledge Foundation Middle School Programs

The Core Knowledge Foundation is pleased to announce the development of free, downloadable instructional materials for use by middle school teachers and students.  Given our mission to advance excellence and equity in education for all children, the instructional materials that the Foundation has developed have been informed by research based findings. As Core Knowledge founder…

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Education Leadership

Stories from the Field: Listen, Learn, Grow

Have you ever heard a fellow educator share an experience and thought to yourself, “the same thing happened to me?” While the field of education is often rewarding—observing a student, who struggled, start to make gains, witnessing a steady increase in family and community involvement at school events, collaborating with colleagues to plan and problem…

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In His Own Words: E.D. Hirsch Explains Core Knowledge

On Tuesday, March 22, we celebrate the 94th birthday of the founder of Core Knowledge, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. “Don,” as he is fondly called here at the Foundation, remains a vital and consistent voice of reason, affirming the need for a coherent, sequential, knowledge-rich curriculum as the key to educational equity and excellence. In a…

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Curriculum

New Core Knowledge Publications For Middle School and Up Now Available for Free Download and Purchase!

A History of the United States consists of two student books and one teacher guide. The Teacher Guide provides detailed lesson plans for each Student Volume chapter, as well as a Daily Check for Understanding, Activity Page Masters, Assessments, Additional Activities, and Civics and Arts connections to reinforce the lesson content. Various Pacing Guide options…

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