--- title: Open Up Resources Blog (8) description: (8) --- [![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 [![Andrea Blackburn Open Up Resources Teacher of the Month February 2022](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blackburn%20TOM.png?width=680&name=Blackburn%20TOM.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/andrea-blackburn-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-february-2022) February 28, 2022 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice) ## [Andrea Blackburn Selected As National Teacher Of The Month For February 2022](https://news.openupresources.org/andrea-blackburn-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-february-2022) [![Andrea Blackburn Open Up Resources Teacher of the Month February 2022](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blackburn%20TOM.png?width=680&name=Blackburn%20TOM.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/andrea-blackburn-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-february-2022) Andrea Blackburn, a 6th grade teacher at Scales Elementary School (TN), has been named the Open Up Resources Teacher of the Month for.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/andrea-blackburn-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-february-2022) [![Open Up Resources K-5 Math curriculum is now available.](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/k-5%20math.jpg?width=680&name=k-5%20math.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/introducing-open-up-resources-k-5-math) February 24, 2022 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum) ## [Introducing Open Up Resources K–5 Math](https://news.openupresources.org/introducing-open-up-resources-k-5-math) [![Open Up Resources K-5 Math curriculum is now available.](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/k-5%20math.jpg?width=680&name=k-5%20math.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/introducing-open-up-resources-k-5-math) Open Up Resources now offers a full line of peer-reviewed, high-quality math curricula for K–12 with the addition of [*Open Up Resources K–5....*](https://openupresources.org/math-curriculum/open-up-resources-k-5-math/) [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/introducing-open-up-resources-k-5-math) [![Open Up Resources ELA Education K-8 and Student Achievement by Community Coach Esmeralda Rivera](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ela%20k-8.jpg?width=680&name=ela%20k-8.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/what-sets-el-education-k-8-language-arts-from-open-up-resources-apart-from-other-curricula) January 14, 2022 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [What Sets EL Education K–8 Language Arts from Open Up Resources Apart from Other Curricula?](https://news.openupresources.org/what-sets-el-education-k-8-language-arts-from-open-up-resources-apart-from-other-curricula) [![Open Up Resources ELA Education K-8 and Student Achievement by Community Coach Esmeralda Rivera](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ela%20k-8.jpg?width=680&name=ela%20k-8.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/what-sets-el-education-k-8-language-arts-from-open-up-resources-apart-from-other-curricula) *Community Coach and Tennessee educator Esmeralda Rivera reflects about student achievement and EL Education K–8 Language Arts* [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/what-sets-el-education-k-8-language-arts-from-open-up-resources-apart-from-other-curricula) [![National Teacher of The Month: Mindi Wimett, a math teacher at White River Valley Middle School](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Wimett.png?width=680&name=Wimett.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/wimett-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-december-2021) December 20, 2021 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [Wimett Selected as National Teacher of the Month For December 2021](https://news.openupresources.org/wimett-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-december-2021) [![National Teacher of The Month: Mindi Wimett, a math teacher at White River Valley Middle School](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Wimett.png?width=680&name=Wimett.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/wimett-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-december-2021) **Menlo Park, CA:** Mindi Wimett, a math teacher at White River Valley Middle School (VT), has been named the Open Up Resources Teacher of the.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/wimett-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-december-2021) [![Open Up Resources High School Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/thing%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20pt%202.jpg?width=680&name=thing%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20pt%202.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known...-our-hs-math-part-2-of-4) December 06, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community), [Open Up High School Math](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/open-up-high-school-math) ## [Things I Wish I Had Known... OUR HS Math (Part 2 of 4)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known...-our-hs-math-part-2-of-4) [![Open Up Resources High School Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/thing%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20pt%202.jpg?width=680&name=thing%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20pt%202.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known...-our-hs-math-part-2-of-4) ## Teachers of the *Open Up High School Mathematics* curriculum share their advice for effective planning and implementation It has been an.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known...-our-hs-math-part-2-of-4) [![Open Up High School Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/engaging%20students%20in%20the%20mathematical.jpg?width=680&name=engaging%20students%20in%20the%20mathematical.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/five-practices-2-for-engaging-students-in-the-mathematical-discourse-of-the-classroom) November 29, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Open Up High School Math](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/open-up-high-school-math) ## [Five Practices (+2) for Engaging Students in the Mathematical Discourse of the Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/five-practices-2-for-engaging-students-in-the-mathematical-discourse-of-the-classroom) [![Open Up High School Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/engaging%20students%20in%20the%20mathematical.jpg?width=680&name=engaging%20students%20in%20the%20mathematical.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/five-practices-2-for-engaging-students-in-the-mathematical-discourse-of-the-classroom) My first decade of teaching mathematics in the 1980’s consisted of using worked-out examples and emphasizing memorized procedures. My.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/five-practices-2-for-engaging-students-in-the-mathematical-discourse-of-the-classroom) [![](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Amy%20Pomeroy.png?width=680&name=Amy%20Pomeroy.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/pomeroy-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-november-2021) November 23, 2021 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [Pomeroy Selected As National Teacher Of The Month For November 2021](https://news.openupresources.org/pomeroy-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-november-2021) [![](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Amy%20Pomeroy.png?width=680&name=Amy%20Pomeroy.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/pomeroy-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-november-2021) **Menlo Park, CA:** Amy Pomeroy, a Grades 8–12 Mathematics Teacher at Southwick Regional School (MA), has been named the Open Up Resources.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/pomeroy-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-november-2021) [![Celebrating Native American Heritage Month in the Classroom at Open Up Resources](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/native%20american%20heritage%20month.jpg?width=680&name=native%20american%20heritage%20month.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/celebrating-native-american-heritage-month-in-the-classroom) November 15, 2021 | [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [Celebrating Native American Heritage Month in the Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/celebrating-native-american-heritage-month-in-the-classroom) [![Celebrating Native American Heritage Month in the Classroom at Open Up Resources](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/native%20american%20heritage%20month.jpg?width=680&name=native%20american%20heritage%20month.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/celebrating-native-american-heritage-month-in-the-classroom) The rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans will be celebrated in classrooms across the country this November for Native American.... [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/celebrating-native-american-heritage-month-in-the-classroom) [![Things I Wish I had Known - Open Up Resources EL Education K-8 Language Arts](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.jpg?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known) November 10, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [Things I Wish I Had Known...](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known) [![Things I Wish I had Known - Open Up Resources EL Education K-8 Language Arts](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.jpg?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known) Veteran teachers of the Open Up Resources *EL Education K–8 Language Arts* program share their learnings throughout the years. [Read the Article](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known) [![Teacher of the month for October 2021 Kiera Bruce](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Teacher%20of%20the%20Month%20Oct%202021.jpg?width=680&name=Teacher%20of%20the%20Month%20Oct%202021.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/kiera-bruce-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-october-2021) November 02, 2021 | [News](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/news), [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community) ## [Kiera Bruce Selected as National Teacher of the Month for October 2021](https://news.openupresources.org/kiera-bruce-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-october-2021) [![Teacher of the month for October 2021 Kiera Bruce](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Teacher%20of%20the%20Month%20Oct%202021.jpg?width=680&name=Teacher%20of%20the%20Month%20Oct%202021.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/kiera-bruce-selected-as-national-teacher-of-the-month-for-october-2021) Kiera Bruce, a 6th-grade math teacher at Swann Middle School of Guilford County Schools (NC), has been named the Open Up Resources Teacher.... 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