--- title: Open Up Resources Blog (27) description: (27) --- [![Open-Up Resources Logo](https://news.openupresources.org/hubfs/Openupresources_November2018%20/Images/logo.svg)](https://openupresources.org/) - [Math Curriculum](https://openupresources.org/math-curriculum/) - [ELA Curriculum](https://openupresources.org/ela-curriculum/) - [Overview](https://openupresources.org/ela-curriculum/) - [EL Education K–5](https://openupresources.org/el-education-k-5-language-arts/) - [Bookworms K–5](https://openupresources.org/bookworms-k-5-reading-writing-curriculum/) - [About Us](https://openupresources.org/about-us/) - [News](https://openupresources.org/news/) - [Contact Us](https://openupresources.org/contact-us/) # Open Up Resources Blog [![Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/look-whos-talking) October 22, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [Look Who's Talking](https://news.openupresources.org/look-whos-talking) [![Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Look-Whos-Talking-Teal-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/look-whos-talking) By Christina Riley, EL Education [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/look-whos-talking) [![Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum.png?width=680&name=Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/lets-change-the-conversation-about-curriculum) October 16, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [Let’s Change the Conversation About Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/lets-change-the-conversation-about-curriculum) [![Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum.png?width=680&name=Lets-Change-the-Conversation-About-Curriculum.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/lets-change-the-conversation-about-curriculum) Last week, I joined leaders from one hundred of the most pioneering districts in the country at the Digital Promise League of Innovative.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/lets-change-the-conversation-about-curriculum) [![Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-8-math-lessons) October 04, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [Top Ten Open Up Resources Grade 8 Math Lessons](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-8-math-lessons) [![Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Grade-8-Top-10-Lessons-Pink-Protractor-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-8-math-lessons) We’ve had so much fun sharing our Top Ten [6th Grade](https://openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons/) and [7th Grade](https://openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-7-math-lessons/) math lessons with you, and writing this blog post was no different. The.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-8-math-lessons) [![Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/we-need-to-step-up-our-phonics-game-curriculum-can-help) September 25, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [We need to step up our phonics game. Curriculum can help.](https://news.openupresources.org/we-need-to-step-up-our-phonics-game-curriculum-can-help) [![Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Step-Up-Phonics-ALLCAPS-Orange-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/we-need-to-step-up-our-phonics-game-curriculum-can-help) I recently read *[Why aren’t kids being taught to read?](https://www.apmreports.org/story/2018/09/10/hard-words-why-american-kids-arent-being-taught-to-read)*, which has been all over social media in recent weeks, and it really hit home for me..... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/we-need-to-step-up-our-phonics-game-curriculum-can-help) [![Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838.png?width=680&name=Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-7-math-lessons) September 19, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [Top Ten Open Up Resources Grade 7 Math Lessons](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-7-math-lessons) [![Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838.png?width=680&name=Grade-7-Top-10-Lessons-Blue-Bird-1600x838.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-7-math-lessons) The [Top Ten 6th Grade Math Lessons](https://openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons/)were a big hit, and we loved hearing your feedback and responses. We’re already seeing some of those.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-7-math-lessons) [![Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons) September 12, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [Top Ten Open Up Resources Grade 6 Math Lessons](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons) [![Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837.png?width=680&name=Grade-6-Top-10-Lessons-Green-Protractor-1600x837.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons) Last spring we asked all of the amazing users of *Open Up Resources 6–8 Math* to give us [feedback on the curriculum](https://openupresources.org/survey-says-outcomes-and-more/). As a part of that, we.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/top-ten-open-up-resources-grade-6-math-lessons) [![UDaily](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/UDaily.jpg?width=680&name=UDaily.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/sharon-walpole-honored-with-international-teaching-award) September 04, 2018 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news) ## [University of Delaware UDaily: 'Sharon Walpole Honored with International Teaching Award'](https://news.openupresources.org/sharon-walpole-honored-with-international-teaching-award) [![UDaily](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/UDaily.jpg?width=680&name=UDaily.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/sharon-walpole-honored-with-international-teaching-award) Sharon Walpole, author of the Bookworms K–5 Reading and Writing curriculum, has been awarded the International Literacy Association Jerry.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/sharon-walpole-honored-with-international-teaching-award) [![Spectrum-News](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Spectrum-News.jpg?width=680&name=Spectrum-News.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/spectrum-news-wake-county-schools-expand-english-language-arts-and-math-curriculum) August 29, 2018 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news) ## [Spectrum News: 'Wake County Schools Expand English Language Arts and Math Curriculum'](https://news.openupresources.org/spectrum-news-wake-county-schools-expand-english-language-arts-and-math-curriculum) [![Spectrum-News](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Spectrum-News.jpg?width=680&name=Spectrum-News.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/spectrum-news-wake-county-schools-expand-english-language-arts-and-math-curriculum) As Wake County expands its use of EL Education, teachers say they are already seeing the benefits. [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/spectrum-news-wake-county-schools-expand-english-language-arts-and-math-curriculum) [![New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837 (1)](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837%20(1).png?width=680&name=New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837%20(1).png)](https://news.openupresources.org/new-beginnings-part-two) August 16, 2018 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog) ## [New Beginnings Part Two](https://news.openupresources.org/new-beginnings-part-two) [![New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837 (1)](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837%20(1).png?width=680&name=New-Beginnings-2-Purple-Bird-1600x837%20(1).png)](https://news.openupresources.org/new-beginnings-part-two) [Last](https://openupresources.org/new-beginnings/) post, I shared some of my favorite ways to get the school year started, as well as activities to help develop your classroom norms and.... 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