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Instructional Worktexts


Teach all the Ohio Academic Content Standards or just the ones your students need

   

Grade Levels
How much time will it take to teach a complete level, including assessments, worktexts, and Building Stamina?

Whole class: 85 minutes weekly, year-round
Pull-out class: 55 minutes once a week for 4-6 months
Before/After school: 1 hour 2-3 times a week for 3-4 months
For intervention: Use selected lessons as needed

   

   
"Measuring Up has been a tremendous help to our teachers and students—so much so that the teacher will use it in more grades next year."
Rose Mary Mares, Principal
   

To ensure mastery, there are four parts to every Measuring Up lesson:

  1. Focus on Ohio Academic Content Standards
    Introduces the lesson content, taps prior skill knowledge, and lists the Ohio Academic Content Standards for the lesson
  2. Guided Reading Instruction
    Shows how to apply Ohio Academic Content Standards skills and strategies to reading selections and includes Guided Questions that focus a student's attention
  3. Apply the Ohio Academic Content Standards
    Students practice applying Ohio Academic Content Standards knowledge as they read
  4. Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test Practice
    Wraps up each lesson with questions that mimic the Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test format

Building Stamina™ sections


Includes questions that tap higher-order thinking skills to foster success on the Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test

Flexible design allows you to focus on Ohio Academic Content Standards identified in each students' Personal Prescriptive Path (P3), select lessons that best supplement your basal text, or make Measuring Up® your primary text for comprehensive instruction and review.

  • Allows time for instruction by using short reading selections
  • Builds test-taking confidence with assessments that mimic the Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test
  • Covers all the Ohio Academic Content Standards — not just those on the Ohio Achievement Test and the Ohio Graduation Test

Sample Pages From Measuring Up for Ohio: Reading

Table of Contents
Correlation Charts
Sample Lessons

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