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| Wilkinsburg School District's highly qualified teachers utilize a number of outstanding instructional tools to help our students learn, and to make going to school exciting and enriching for all students. These instructional tools include: |
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Allegheny Schools Science Education and Technology Program |
The Allegheny Schools Science Education and Technology (ASSET) program is designed to help classroom teachers and their students meet and exceed the benchmarks set by national standardized tests. ASSET provides the school district with curriculum designed to help students meet and acheive state standards. ASSET also provides training and professional development to teachers, providing the techniques and tools that turn scientific lessons into tangible, exciting concepts that students can touch, see, inquire about, and understand.
Learn more at Asset Incorporated.
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Cognitive Tutor for Algebra and Geometry |
Cognitive Tutor helps students learn Geometry, Algebra I and Algebra II. Each curriculum combines software-based, individualized computer lessons with collaborative, real-world problem-solving activities. Students spend about 40% of their class time using the software, and the balance of their time engaged in classroom problem-solving activities.
Learn more at Carnegie Learning. |
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Everyday Math for K-6th Grades |
| Everyday Mathematics is a comprehensive pre-kindergarten through 6th grade mathematics curriculum developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. It is used by 2.8 million students nationwide. Everyday Math emphasizes real life problem solving; time for whole-group instruction as well as small group, partner, or individual activities; numerous methods for basic skills practice and review. such as fact drills, flash cards, math games and homework; and encourages students to explain and discuss their mathematical thinking, in their own words. |
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Harcourt Trophies for K-6th Grades |
Harcourt Trophies is a balanced, comprehensive reading and language arts program for prekindergarten through sixth grade that provides the full range of resources and support that teachers need to deliver research-based, motivational instruction for all learners. The
instructional focus of the program progresses from "learning to read" to "reading to learn" and ultimately, to "learning for life." Trophies is a research-based, developmental reading/language arts program. Explicit phonics instruction; direct reading instruction; guided reading strategies; phonemic awareness instruction; systematic, intervention strategies; integrated language arts components; and state-of-the-art assessment tools ensure every student successfully learns to read. Nationwide, over 2 million students are using Harcourt Trophies in more than 2,000 school districts.
Learn more at Harcourt.
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Connected Mathemathics for 6th-8th Grades |
The Connected Mathematics, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a complete mathematics curriculum that helps students develop understanding of important concepts, skills, procedures, and ways of thinking and reasoning in number, geometry, measurement, algebra, probability, and statistics. It is problem-centered and provides skills practice. Each Connected Mathematics unit has also been field tested, evaluated, and revised over a three- to four-year period. Approximately 160 teachers and 45,000 students in diverse school settings across the United States participated in the development of the curriculum. Research results consistently show that CMP students outperform other students on tests of problem-solving ability, conceptual understanding, and proportional reasoning. And CMP students do as well as, or better than, other students on tests of basic skills.
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Connected Mathematics.
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Need extra help? Tutoring is available!
Students, if you need extra help with math or reading, you can sign up for tutoring by contacting your principal.
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