Consulting and Curriculum Design

We frequently consult with publishers to brainstorm and plan the instructional design of new products. We bring several skills to the table that help us to excel at this task:

• a solid knowledge of the principles that guide instruction
• familiarity with the multitude of requirements that educational materials must satisfy in order to be successful
• an understanding of the current education climate and emerging trends in instruction
• a sensitivity to the learning needs and abilities of children working on level, above level, and below level in all grades

Following is a short list of products we have helped to conceive, plan, and prototype.

READING AND LITERATURE PROGRAMS
Trophies (Harcourt © 2003)
Houghton Mifflin Reading © 2001
InterActive Readers (McDougal-Littel © 2001, 2001, 2008)

READING INTERVENTION
Read to Learn, Intellitools (currently part of Cambium Learning) © 2005
Reading Skills for Life, American Guidance Service © 2002
Intervention Readers, Harcourt © 200, 2001, 2002

WRITING
Harcourt Writing Program for Trophies
Houghton Mifflin Vocabulary Power © 2005
Writing Strand, grades 1-6, for Houghton Mifflin Reading © 2001

GRAMMAR, SPELLING, AND VOCABULARY
G.U.M. (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics) Zaner-Bloser © 1997, 2009
Spelling Source, Silver Burdett Ginn, © 1996
Houghton Mifflin Vocabulary Power, Houghton Mifflin Co. © 2005

ESL
Moving Into English, Harcourt © 2005
Transition Works, Silver Burdett Ginn © 1998
Houghton Mifflin Transition, ©1998
Literatura Abremundos, Silver Burdett Ginn © 1997

HISTORY
Harcourt Reflections California History, Harcourt School Publishers ©2007
California Chronicles, Cobblestone Publishing © 1998