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"Curriculum Companion is a great resource for our K-6 teachers! Powerpoint presentations that support their lessons are built in. Links to pertinent web sites make it easy to integrate technology into the Language Arts curriculum. Graphic organizers and student Internet activities are ready to use. The video tutorials for teaching with technology are especially useful. And best of all, on the rare times we have had a problem with the site, we get a fast, helpful response, and great technical support!"

-- Kathryn Odell,
Lodi USD

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Online Workshops

Blogging Made Easy
3:30-5:30 pm PST
March 9, 2010

Blogging is an easy way to communicate with your audience - parents, students, colleagues, etc. Learn how to create a blog using Edublogs.org and explore how others are using blogs in education. ...more

Wikis in the Classroom
3:30-5:30 pm PST
March 23, 2010

We will take a look at what a wiki is, how teachers are using wikis in the classroom, and then set up and customize a wiki using Wikispaces.com. ...more

Welcome to Curriculum Companion Lite!

Welcome to Curriculum Companion Lite, a free resource designed for the busy classroom teacher to support Open Court, Houghton Mifflin, McDougal Littell, and Holt English Language Arts adopted textbooks with easy to use technology resources.

Easy to use Curriculum Resources

Laptop computer Curriculum resources include custom designed Powerpoint presentations, Inspiration graphic organizers, age and content appropriate Internet web sites, and titles of Discovery Education Streaming and Learn360 video clips, all of which are aligned directly to the lessons and activities in your ELA textbook. Curriculum Companion Lite is an excellent resource for new or beginning teachers, Title 1 schools, and schools in Program Improvement because of this close connection to the textbook content.

Professional Development, 24/7!

In addition to curriculum resources, Curriculum Companion Lite offers free teacher professional development for integrating today's most popular tools into the curriculum. The Teacher Explorations and Online Workshops provide direct instruction and practice while the Technology Tutorials support teachers for just in time learning. This anytime, anywhere access allows you to participate in ongoing, relevant professional development when it is most convenient for you.

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Visit the original Curriculum Companion web site for more resources to support the Open Court, Houghton Mifflin, McDougal Littell, and Holt English Language Arts adopted textbooks. In addition to more curriculum resources for your grade level and English Language Arts adoption, you will find a library of Teacher Explorations and Technology Tutorials as well as archived Online Workshops.

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