Adopted Instructional Materials

BOARD ADOPTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The Educational Services Department regularly reviews current adopted instructional materials in use and follows the Board Policy regarding curriculum adoption to ensure that materials meet the academic needs of our students. The flowchart for this process explains the steps that are followed to adopt new instructional materials.

The Educational Services Department strives to follow the state recommended timelines for instructional materials adoption. New materials adoptions align with Common Core State Standards. The current adopted instructional materials in use are listed below.

SAN LORENZO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mathematics –
- Elementary Schools(including TK):
  - Bridges in Mathematics PK, The Math Learning Center, 2018
  - Bridges in Mathematics K-2nd, The Math Learning Center, 2013
  - Bridges in Mathematics 3rd-5th, The Math Learning Center, 2014
- Middle Schools:
  - Core Connections Course 1, CPM (College Preparatory Mathematics), 2013
  - Core Connections Course 2, CPM (College Preparatory Mathematics), 2013
  - Core Connections Course 3, CPM (College Preparatory Mathematics), 2013
- High Schools:
  - Pre-calculus second edition Blitzer, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004
  - Algebra and Trigonometry: Structure and Method, Book 2, McDougal Littel,2000
  - Thinking Mathematically, plus new MyLab Math with Pearson e-text, 6th Edition Blitzer, Pearson, 2015
Science –
- Elementary Schools (including TK):
  - Twig Science, 2020
- Middle Schools:
  - CA NGSS 3D Grade 6 STEMscopedia, Accelerate Learning, Inc., 2018
  - CA NGSS 3D Grade 7 STEMscopedia, Accelerate Learning, Inc., 2018
  - CA NGSS 3D Grade 8 STEMscopedia, Accelerate Learning, Inc., 2018
- High Schools:
  - Conceptual Physical Science, Addison Wesley, 2003
  - Biology: Exploring Life, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006
  - Chemistry 5th Edition, Houghton Mifflin,2000
  - Essential of Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw Hill,2007
  - Holt Physics, Holt Rinehart Winston 2006
  - Holt LIfetime Health, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 2004

History-Social Science –
- TK
  - Second Step
- Elementary Schools
  - California Studies Weekly, Studies Weekly, Inc., 2020
- Middle Schools:
  - History Alive: The Ancient World, Teachers Curriculum Inst, 2017
  - History Alive: The Medieval World and Beyond, Teachers Curriculum Institute, 2017
  - History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism, Teachers Curriculum Institute, 2017
- High Schools:
  - World History California: The Modern World, Pearson Education, 2019
  - America through the Lens, US History 1877 to Present, National Geographic/Cengage, 2019
  - Economics, Houghton Mifflin Harcout, 2018
  - Impact California Social Studies: Principles of American Democracy, McGraw Hill, 2019

English/Language Arts, including the English Language Development component of an adopted program
- TK: Fountas and Pinnell Classroom Interactive Read Aloud and Shared Reading, 2017
- Elementary Schools: Fountas and Pinnell Classroom, 2017
- Middle Schools:
  - Study Sync, G6, McGraw-Hill, 2009
  - Study Sync G7, McGraw-Hill, 2009
  - Study Sync G8, McGraw-Hill, 2009
  High Schools:
  - Holt, Literature and Language Arts, Third Course, 2009
  - Holt, Literature and Language Arts, Fourth Course, 2009
  - Glencoe, Fourth Course, 2002
  - Glencoe, Fifth Course, 2002

Health
- Middle Schools:
  - Decisions for Health, Level Green, Holt, 2009
  - Decisions for Health, Level Red, Holt, 2009
  - Decisions for Health, Level Blue, Holt, 2009
- High Schools:
  - Lifetime Health, Holt, 2004

Foreign Language
- High Schools:
  - Spanish-
    - Realidades 1, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
    - Realidades 2, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
    - Realidades, 3, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
    - El Espanol para Nosotros, Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2006
    - Prentice Hall, Sendas Literarias, 2004
  - French- Nelson Thornes, Encore Tricolore nouvelle edition, 2000
  - Chinese-Integrated Chinese, Vol. 1, 4th Edition, Cheng & Tsui Co., Inc., 2017
    - Integrated Chinese, Vol 2, 4th Edition, Cheng & Tsui Co., Inc., 2017
    - Integrated Chinese 3, 4th Edition, Cheng & Tsui Co., Inc., 2017