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)Voyager Sopris Learning / Language! Live California / 4–8
Program Summary:
Language! Live California (Program 4) includes: Level 1 Word Training (L1WT), Level 2 Word Training (L2WT), Unit (U), Lesson (L), Independent Read (IR), Tutorial (T), Plural –es tutorial (-es), Suffix –ous (-ous), Check for Understanding (CU), Review (R), Decoding Activities (DA), Blend and Read Words (BRW), Read Phrases and Sentences (RPS), Listen and Identify (LI), Sort (S), Sentence Completion (SC), Word Radiator (WR), Read Sentences (RS), Column Matching (CM), Key Concept Quiz (KCQ), Word Association Wall (WAW), Word Construction (WC), Word Generator (WG), Big Word Strategy (BWS), Confusing Words (CW), Phrase Selection (PS), Encoding Activities (EA), Phoneme Grapheme Mapping (PGM), Syllabification (SY), Build a Word Family (BWF), Sentence Dictation (SD), Read Phrases and Sentences (RPS), Sentence Completion with Spelling (SCS), Word Building (WB), Shuffle (S), Word Generator (WG), Adding Suffixes (AS), Goals 1,2,or 3 (G#), Fluency Check (FC), Startup Unit (SU), Program Guide (PG), Teacher Edition Level 1(TEL1), Teacher Edition Level 2 (TEL2), Online Word Training Level 1 (OWTL1), Online Word Training Level 2 (OWTL2), Writing Project: Thematic Literature (WPTL), Handwriting Supplement (HS), Content Mastery Conjunction (CMC), Student Edition Level 1 (SEL1), Student Edition Level 2 (SEL2), Teacher Dashboard: Tools: Research Foundation (TDTRF), Teacher Dashboard: Tools: Course Resources: Text Training: Writing Supplements (TDTCR).
Recommendation:
Language! Live California (Program 4) is recommended for adoption because the program includes content as specified in the CA CCSS for ELA, meets all identified subset of standards in Criterion 1 fully, and meets all the Criteria in Category 1 with strengths in Categories 2–5.
Criteria Category 1: ELA/ELD Content/Alignment with Standards
The program supports teaching to the subset of CA CCSS for ELA identified in Appendix 12-B: Matrix 1, and covers all of the evaluation criteria in Category 1.
Citations:
· Criterion #1: Some Exemplars of Standards: Grade 1, RL.1.3: TEL2 U8 L3 pp. 113–117; Grade 4, RI.4.2: TEL1 U1 L10, pp. 74–75; Grade 3, RF.3.3c: OWTL2 U3 L3 Schwa Sound; Grade 8, W.8.2a: TDTCR L2: Writing Projects: Career Documents Writing Project, pp. 17–20; Grade 5, SL.5.3: TDTCR L1: Writing Projects: Argument Project, pp. 20–21; Grade 6, L.6.1c: TDTCR L1: Writing Projects: Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Writing Project, pp. 38–39.
· Criterion #7: Grades 4–8, SEL1 U1, pp. 237–255; Level 2 U7 SE, pp. 5–9.
· Criterion #8: Grades 4–8, SEL1 U6, pp. 253–265.
· Criterion #14: Grades 4–8, TEL1 U1 L6, pp. 44–46.
· Criterion #19: Grades 4–8, TDTCR L2: Writing Projects: Informational Writing Project, pp. 1–30.
Criteria Category 2: Program Organization
The organization and features of the instructional materials support instruction and learning of the CA CCSS for ELA.
Citations:
· Criterion #2: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 114–165.
· Criterion #7: Grades 4–8, TEL1 U10, pp. 288–289.
· Criterion #9: Grades 4–8, TEL1 U7 L2, pp. 21–22.
· Criterion #10: Grades 4–8, TEL2 U6 L10, pp. 544–550.
· Criterion #12a–c: Grades 4–8, TEL2 U3 L10, pp. 275–276.
Criteria Category 3: Assessment
The instructional materials do provide teachers with assistance in using assessments for planning instruction, implementing strategies for meeting the instructional needs of students, and measuring the effectiveness of instruction through progress monitoring.
Citations:
· Criterion #1b: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 68–77.
· Criterion #3: Grades 4–8, TEL1 U7 L10, p. 103.
· Criterion #5: Grades 4–8, TEL2, p. S7.
· Criterion #9: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 33, 63, 64.
Criteria Category 4: Universal Access
Program materials ensure universal and equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction for 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 students the CA CCSS for ELA.
Citations:
· Criterion #3a: Grades 4–8, OWTL1 U10 BRW.
· Criterion #3b: Grades 4–8, OWTL1 U5, Sentence Completion; OWTL2 U8 CMC.
· Criterion #3c: Grades 4–8, HS, pp. 8, 15, 43.
· Criterion #3d: Grades 4–8, OWTL1 U6 PGM; OWTL2 U5 L3 WC.
· Criterion #5: Grades 4–8, WPTL L10, pp. 36–39, TDTRF, p. 9.
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 students to learn the essential skills and knowledge specified for in the CA CCSS for ELA.
Citations:
· Criterion #1: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 20–21, 166–171.
· Criterion #2: Grades 4–8, TWL2, U3 L3, p. 195; U3 L4, p. 196.
· Criterion #16: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 8–9.
· Criterion #19: Grades 4–8, PG, pp. 38–39, 173–175.
· Criterion #25: Grades 4–8, L1 U 1–6, Appendix, pp. 506–527.
Edits and Corrections:
No Edits and Corrections.
California Department of Education
August 17, 2015
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