McGraw-Hill's Glencoe Literature: Texas Treasures Helps Teachers Increase Efficiency Through Instructional Planner

McGraw-Hill School Education Group, a leading provider of print and digital educational materials for students in Grades PreK-12, is helping Texas literature teachers make lesson planning easier and efficient with an all-in-one resource, the Texas Instructional Planner.

The Instructional Planner is a component of Glencoe Literature: Texas Treasures, a comprehensive collection of exceptional literature and engaging nonfiction with integrated skill development and targeted differentiated instruction for Grades 6-12.

Glencoe recognizes that many teachers would like to have more time for planning. The Instructional Planner addresses this need through four comprehensive sections including: Preparing, Differentiating, Teaching the TEKS, and Lesson Plans.

The Preparing section offers teachers mini-lesson activities and graphic organizers to help with teaching specific language arts skills and strategies.

The Differentiating section helps teachers with one of the biggest challenges educators have: reaching all levels of learners in the classroom. This section provides tips and techniques to help teachers provide appropriate instruction for Approaching-level, On-level, Gifted and Talented/Advanced/Pre-AP, and English language learners.

The section, Teaching the TEKS, provides teachers with an easy-to-follow roadmap to ensure the class is covering all the TEKS. The section includes tracking charts, which help teachers easily create reports indicating how each student is progressing toward mastery of the TEKS.

Finally, the Lesson Plans section includes the print and technology resources associated with each lesson. The lesson plans provide teachers with the TEKS coverage at point-of-use and the reading level of the selection.

"We know that teachers are increasingly time challenged," said Steve Mico, senior vice president of the McGraw-Hill Literacy & Humanities Learning Solutions Center. "That's why we built our Instructional Planner with the needs of Texas teachers in mind. Our goal is to help teachers help their students be more successful and this tool is one way we can do that."

Glencoe Literature: Texas Treasures has been specifically designed to help teachers teach and students master the new TEKS, TAKS, EOC, ELPS, and College and Career Readiness Standards. The program connects all Language Arts skills, including writing in a variety of modes, to provide students with the foundation necessary to be successful in the classroom, in college, and in the workforce.

For more information about the Instructional Planner and Glencoe Literature: Texas Treasures, please visit connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

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