DreamBox Math for Texas - Grade 5

Evaluation for 1.1a
Materials include an alignment guide outlining the TEKS, ELPS, and concepts covered, with a rationale for learning paths across grade levels (vertical alignment) and within the same grade level (horizontal alignment) as designed in the materials.

The materials include,on the Reviewer Site, a designated section explaining support for all language learners. While the materials provide general strategies to assist emergent bilingual students, they do not explicitly reference or align with the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS). For instance, in thegrade 5 Data Analysis, two Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are covered in five lessons. The TEKS covered include 5.9.A and 5.9.B, and the teacher narrative identifies the corresponding TEKS. It also offers strategies for supporting emergent bilinguals. The materials also include aTEKS Correlation Guide, intended to help educators locate the alignment betweenDreamBox Mathlessonsand state standards.

Evaluation for 1.1b
Materials include an implementation guide with usage recommendations and strategies for effective educator use in various contexts, such as just-in-time supports, advanced learning, or as a course.

DreamBox Mathsupplementalmaterialsfully provideJust-In-Time support and effective progress monitoring tools, as outlined in theTexas Reviewers Guide, along with tools for data and progress monitoring.The Educator Resources tab, accessible from the ReviewerSite, provides a variety of implementation resources. These include guides tailored for administrators and teachers, and access to theDreamBoxLaunchpad assessment. Under the Resources tab, educators can also find tools for progress monitoring, which includes guidance for monitoring student progress and generating key reports to support small-group instruction, whole-class teaching, and intervention strategies.Additionally, the materials feature an "ImplementingDreamBox"section, which offers guidance on classroom integration.

Evaluation for 1.1c
Materials include a TEKS correlation guide with recommended skill entry points based on diagnostic assessment results.

While the materials do not include an accessibleTEKS Correlation Guide, they do provide a diagnostic assessment, LaunchPad, which helps place students on a personalized learning pathway based on their individual performance. The LaunchPad assessment can be accessed through the student platform once it is enabled by a school administrator or district.TheDreamBox MathToolkit further supports educators by offering tools and guidance for adjusting a student's initial placement. This allows teachers to manually modify a student's learning pathway based on assessment data and unique student needs, offering flexibility in instructional planning.To support implementation,DreamBox Mathprovides various guides and resources for teachers and administrators, including theTeacher Guide: Getting Started with Launchpad, which explains how students are offered recommended lessons across multiple mathematical domains to support a personalized learning experience.The materials also include an "ImplementingDreamBox" section under the Resources tab. Within this section, the resource titled "UsingDreamBoxfor MTSS" provides educators with information on integratingDreamBoxinto a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), which can assist with differentiated instruction and student support planning. However, alignment to the TEKS is not evident. TheTeacher Guideand the assessment reports do not reference the TEKS. There is no evidence that assessment results are aligned to state standards. Additionally, although there is a link to theTEKS Correlation Guideunder the Instructional Design tab on the Reviewer Site, the link leads to an "AccessDenied" message, making the guide inaccessible for review.

Evaluation for 1.1d
Materials include protocols with corresponding guidance for unit and lesson internalization.

The materials provide lesson guidance through thecurriculum navigation platform, specifically accessible via theCurriculum Guideunder Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Grade 5—"Number and Operations." Teachers can view all standards and select specific TEKS, such as 5.2B, to access corresponding lessons. For example, under TEKS 5.2B, educators can explore all related lessons, as well as specific instructional content offering targeted practice aligned to that standard.Within the Educator Access site, the Curriculumtaborganizes lessons and activities under each TEKS, clearly indicating the number of lessons available for each standard. For instance, TEKS 5.3L includes seven lessons. This structure helps teachers better understand the instructional depth provided and supports the internalization of lesson content aligned to each standard.The Educator Resourcestabon the ReviewerSite includes an Implementation Toolkit. This toolkit features a "How to AccessDreamBoxUniversity" page, which provides asynchronous professional learning opportunities for educators. These self-paced modules offer guidance on both the curriculum and implementation strategies. However, becauseDreamBox Mathis an individualized, adaptive learning program, there does not appear to be unit internalization resources that support teachers in planning or delivering lessons in a traditional unit-based format.

Evaluation for 1.1e
Materials include resources and guidance for instructional leaders to support educators with implementing the materials as designed.

The materials provide comprehensive support for educators and administrators through various resources inDreamBox Math. TheTexas Reviewers Guideand the Educator Resourcestaboffer detailed implementation guidance, including tools for both administrators and teachers. One provided resource is the Implementation Toolkit, which includes a variety of tools, such as system requirements, strategies for introducingDreamBox Mathto teachers, and resources forguardiancommunication.Under the Resources tab, the materials also include a section on "ImplementingDreamBox," which houses the Administrator Toolkit. It also features a 15-minute school leader micro-training, which provides targeted professional development for leaders. For administrators, there is a LaunchPad Guide offering specific guidance for instructional leaders. In addition to the LaunchPad Guide,DreamBoxLearning provides theBack to School: DreamBox Administrator Guide, which outlines a recommended timeline for technical set-up and professional development tasks. The guide encourages instructional leaders to share online learning and implementation resources with staff, which are accessible through the educator dashboard.

Evaluation for 1.2a
If designed to be static, materials include detailed lesson plans with learning objectives, teacher and student materials, lesson components with suggested timeframes, and assessment resources aligned with the TEKS and ELPS.

This guidance is not applicable because the program is not designed to be static.

Evaluation for 1.2b
If designed to be adaptive, materials include responsive learning objectives, lesson components with suggested timeframes, and assessment resources aligned with the TEKS and ELPS.

The materials provide multiple tools and features to support standards-based instruction and assessment. Through the EducatorLogin, teachers can access Reports to view lesson objectives and assessment data by selecting individual students and navigating to the Standards tab. There is also an option to view class-wide performance under "All Students," where standards-based assessment data is available. Teachers can assign specific lessons using theCorrelation Guide, but currently, the link to this guide leads to a placeholder page labeled "Coming Soon."On the Teacher access site, the Curriculumtaborganizes lesson videos by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and grade level, allowing educators to preview videos, present them to the class, and assign learning pathways or activities aligned with specific TEKS.The Administrator Toolkit, found under the Resources tab, includes a section titled ResourcesandTraining Materials for Teachers, which contains an article on "TheDreamBox MathLaunchPad Assessment." According to this article, the assessment takes approximately 15–45 minutes to complete and evaluates students across mathematical domains. Based on results, LaunchPad places students on personalized learning paths aligned with the TEKS. These lessons are aligned to the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and are included in the detailed overview of the lessons.In the Student view, a pop-up recommends that students complete five lessons per week, encouraging consistent engagement. Lessons are grouped by topic, and the TEKS are explicitly stated and directly correlated to individual lessons within the student interface. Students can track their progress in the Achievements tab, which displays completed lessons and topics.

Evaluation for 1.2c
Materials contain support for families in Spanish and English for each unit, with suggestions on supporting the progress of their student(s).

When logged in using Educator credentials, the materials provide a Parent Introduction Letter in both English and Spanish, which introducesDreamBoxand outlines the steps to set up the Family Insight Dashboard. Accompanyingfamilyvideos are also available in both languages. Additionally, under the "Student and Parent Resources" section in the Resources tab, these letters are accessible and aim to help families get started with the program. However, while these resources introduce the platform, they do not offer specific guidance or support aligned to each unit or lesson to help parents support their children at home.On the Reviewer Site, the Parent Dashboard allows families to exploreDreamBoxusing the provided login credentials. Within the dashboard,familiescan view the units their child is working on, see the corresponding TEKS, and access information related to those standards. Despite this feature, the materials still lack explicit, unit-by-unit guidance forfamilies on how to assist their children with learning at home.

Evaluation for 2.1a
Materials include the definition and intended purpose for the types of instructional assessments.

TheDreamBoxReviewerSite includes an Instructional Assessmentstab. Launchpad is an in-platform assessment that determines students' initial placement within theDreamBox Mathcurriculum and sets the baseline for the "Growth Report." Thisstates that Launchpad allows for the learning to be student-driven and continuously responsive by creating the student's lesson chooser immediately upon completion of Launchpad. As students work through Launchpad tasks, the program evaluates their strengths and places them on a personalized, adaptive learning path for each domain inDreamBox Math.The materials include information on how it uses continuous formative assessment, under the Instructional Assessmentstabonthe Reviewer Site. It explains the definition of formative assessment, and its purpose "...provides immediate insights into student thinking around key mathematical concepts."When accessing the teacher version ofDreamBox Math, there is a Resourcestabthat takes us to aProgress Monitoring with DreamBoxdocument. This provides detailed instructions on how to progress monitor and use the initial and formative assessments to make instructional decisions for the class/students.The documentstates "Assignments can be used to introduce or reinforce concepts, fill learning gaps, and prepare for assessments." This provides the purpose of the continuous formative assessments that are embedded in the adaptive games.DreamBox Mathprovides the purpose of continuous formative assessment to place and keep students in their optimal learning zone—the "just right" level where they learn most effectively. A teacher resource article titled "DreamBox Math: Continuous AssessmentandAdaptivity" on the AboutDreamBox Mathwebpage states, "Students who consistently play and complete moreDreamBox Mathlessons each week are more likely to help quickly identify and stay in their optimal learning zone."

Evaluation for 2.1b
Materials include guidance to ensure consistent and accurate administration of instructional assessments.

The material includes aTeacher Guide: Getting Started with Launchpaddocument. This document describes system requirements, how to get students started and monitor their progress, as well as explaining the "Growth Report" and the variables that it takes into consideration. It also mentions that students would need anywhere from 15–45 minutes to complete this initial assessment and that it can be paused and resumed without losing progress.The Instructional Assessments tab from the ReviewerSite includes information on continuous formative assessments that are embedded in the platform that the students will use to complete activities. It states that the interactive items in varying complexity levels evaluate the strategies used by the student to solve problems. Just In Time supports are also available, and the more the student engages with the platform, the more personalized the learning becomes.The ResourcesandTraining Materials for Teachers portion includes the article"TheDreamBox MathLaunchpad Assessment." The article provides guidance to ensure students have the time, headphones, and language settings for their assessment, allowing for accuracy of the assessment.The materials emphasize consistent play to support individualized learning. Consistent play means students complete at least one or two lessons each time they log in. This ongoing engagement allowsDreamBox Mathto gather the necessary data to tailor each student's learning path.

Evaluation for 2.1c
Digital assessments include printable versions and accommodations, including text-to-speech, content and language supports, and calculators, that educators can enable or disable to support individual students.

The online practice component supports diverse learner needs through the inclusion of a text-to-speech feature, which can be enabled or disabled to accommodate individual student preferences and accessibility requirements. Assessments are only available in digital form, and printable versions are not provided.When accessing the Reviewer Site, there is a Learn More button that has information on how the teacher can change the interface language setting for individual students or the whole class from the Educator Dashboard. This setting changes the display language only and does not provide content or language supports that can be enabled or disabled. The platform does include text-to-speech capabilities embedded in the activities.The teacher resource article, "DreamBox MathEducator Dashboard: Change Student Language (Teachers)," on the Educator Resources: Math webpage states that teachers can adjust the language settings for the entire class or for specific students. However, support is not provided on how to enable or disable content and language supports.

Evaluation for 2.1d
Materials include diagnostic assessments with TEKS-aligned tasks or questions, including interactive item types with varying complexity levels.

The grade 5 Launchpad experience video shows multiple question types being presented to the students, including equation builder, drag and drop, fraction model builder, and text entry. This video reflects what is seen for the grade band 3–5.In the initial diagnostic assessment found through the ReviewerSite, Instructional Assessmentstab, there are examples of recall and basic application types items that students encounter, as well as TEKS(Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)-aligned tasks that offer multiple levels of complexity, satisfying both criteria for having at least two and more than two levels of complexity.The Instructional Assessmentswithin theDreamBox Mathwebpage states, "Aligned withtheTEKS and including interactive item types of varying complexity levels, Launchpad uses the same virtual manipulatives and engaging experience as the rest ofDreamBox—and students do not even know they are being assessed!"

Evaluation for 2.1e
Materials include a variety of formative assessments with TEKS-aligned tasks or questions, including interactive item types with varying complexity levels.

The Reviewer Site provides insight into STAAR(Stateof Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness)-Aligned Assessment Features. The materials explicitly state that the assessment provides "practice with interactive item types, like drag-and-drop, graphing, and equation editors."Formative assessments include questions with two levels of complexity, including recall and conceptual understanding. According to the materials, "As students explore concepts and discover structures and relationships on their path to procedural fluency,DreamBox Mathcontinually evaluates their actions in each task to adapt and provide the appropriate level of challenge." The materials provide formative assessments through the Lesson Chooser that is created based on the Launchpad results, and the assignments educators can assign.

Evaluation for 2.2a
Instructional assessments include scoring information and guidance for interpreting student performance, including rationale for each correct and incorrect response.

The Teacher Login access toDreamBox Mathprovides a resource,Progress Monitoring with DreamBox. This document explains how educators can access, view, and make decisions about the assignments and pathways their students are on. It provides guidance on how to view the activities that students have engaged with, what their performance means in terms of their understanding, and ways to support their progress. It includes sections such as Analyzing the Growth Report, Using Growth Report Data for Instruction, and Reviewing the Standards Reports.The materials provide educators with an "Activity Feed Report" under the Report tab of theEducatorLogin. When viewing this report, educators can see what activities students have been working on, their level of understanding of the lesson, and play the lessons themselves. When playing the lesson that a grade 5 student was on ("Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators of 2, 4, and 6 Using Time as a Contexts"), the educator could experience the feedback the student would have received when answering correctly and incorrectly. However, the materials do not provide a rationale for the educator about why answers are correct or incorrect.

Evaluation for 2.2b
Materials provide guidance for the use of included tasks and activities to respond to student trends in performance on assessments.

The materials provide lesson recommendations for each student when their name is clicked on in the Student Usagetab. There are lesson suggestions from five domains. When a domain is clicked, educators can see Lesson Groups thatDreamBox Mathrecommends. After clicking on these lesson groups, educators can see the student's proficiency in that Lesson Group, and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) it will cover, as well as the one to two activities that the student can choose from at the current moment.The student's "Standards Report" allows teachers to assign specificDreamBox Mathlessons, which appear in the student's Lesson Chooser. Students can have up to two assignments at a time. Short-Term Assignments are useful for introducing or reviewing a topic, and Long-Term Assignments help students build skills and track progress over time.On theDreamBox MathInsight Dashboard, teachers can click on a lesson group to view a student's progress and proficiency on those TEKS. The dashboard also shows which other students are working on or ready to work on the same lesson group, helping teachers identify opportunities for small-group instruction.

Evaluation for 2.2c
Materials include tools for teachers to track student progress and growth, and tools for students to track their own progress and growth.

The How 3rd–8th Grade Students Track Their Progress inDreamBox Mathwebpage explains how students can monitor their learning over time by viewing weekly lesson goals, progress stats, and achievements. When students complete their goal of five lessons in a week, they begin a Week Streak, which grows with each consecutive successful week. They can also see how many lessons they have completed, time spent learning, and their longest streak.The Teacher Login site provides a Lesson Insight Dashboard. This shows the activity and progress of individual students, including "Alerts" for those that are completing lessons without demonstrated understanding. Teachers can also see the amount of time spent by the student on each activity.When an educator logs in, the home screen shows a Currently Playingtabwith a View Standards Report button. The materials then show the mastery of each student on each of the TEKS from grade K to Algebra. The "Standards Report" denotes students who are proficient in a standard with a filled-in green circle, and students who are in-progress with a standard with a half-filled blue circle. It also provides teachers with a number of proficient and in progress students for each TEKS.TheDreamBox Math: The Growth Report (Educators) webpage provides guidance for teachers on using the "Growth Report" to monitor student progress and curriculum placement over time. For example, the "Grade Level Standing" graph shows where students are working relative to their rostered grade level, with students categorized as:BelowGradeLevel—addressing learning gaps;NearGradeLevel—learning and practicing concepts at or near their grade level; orAt/AboveGradeLevel—working on lessons at or beyond their current grade.

Evaluation for 2.2d
If designed to be static, materials provide prompts and guidance to support educators in conducting frequent checks for understanding at key points throughout each lesson or activity.

This guidance is not applicable because the program is not designed to be static.

Evaluation for 2.2e
If designed to be adaptive, materials provide frequent checks for understanding at key points throughout each lesson or activity.

In the ReviewerSite, information is provided on howDreamBox Mathconstantly assesses and adapts to student performance. The more a student plays and engages with the content, the better it is adapted to their individual needs and performance. One of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) explains how a student may have to play a particular activity several times since they are not demonstrating proficiency and how the items will adapt to present the content in different ways until the student is able to show understanding.When logged in as an educator, under the Resources tab, the resource TheDreamBoxDifference—grades 3–5 video shows educators how the materials provide frequent checks for understanding throughout the lesson. It also shows how the materials adapt based on how the students answer the checks for understanding.On the Reviewer Site, under the section entitled "How it Works," the materials provide a subsection Intelligent Adaptivity. In this section, the materials present a flow chart on how the program responds to students' work. It states that "As the student plays, continuous formative assessment captures insights in real time."The student Activity Feed gives teachers valuable insight into each student's progress and understanding. It indicates whether a lesson was completed with demonstrated understanding, completed with proficiency, or if the student may need attention, such as being unsuccessful on a lesson twice demonstrating lack of understanding. It also notifies the teacher if the student paused the lesson, helping identify potential learning gaps or areas that may need support.

Evaluation for 3.1a
Materials include explicit educator guidance for lessons or activities scaffolded for students who have not yet reached proficiency in prerequisite or grade-level concepts and skills.

In the Reviewer Site, TheDreamBoxDifference, states that "with intelligently adaptive, engaging, and scaffolded lessons that adjust in real time,DreamBoxdifferentiates learning to meet students where they are, building confidence and skills at their own pace." This allows the program to adjust lessons and activities for students who have not yet reached proficiency with a concept or skill.The online program features a lightbulb button that students can click to receive hints. These hints are adaptive, responding to the student's answers and providing support that is tailored to the specific problem and the student's current level of understanding. For example, in the game "Converting Hours to Minutes," the hints guide students by offering reminders such as, "Remember that one hour contains 60 minutes," and strategic suggestions like, "It may help you to rotate the minute hand fully around the clock and consider carefully how it affects the hour hand." If no additional guidance is available, the system simply states, "You have no new hints."The"UsingDreamBoxfor MTSS"articleprovided as a Resource for educators lays out the various tools and strategies that teachers can adopt to support students who are not yet showing grade-level proficiency in the standards. The instructional strategies listed include personalizing and creating assignments, lessons recommendations/highlights, and using the reports feature in the Educator Dashboard. The document also provides guidance on how to use the "Growth Reports" to target instruction for struggling students as well as the in-lesson guided prompts students see in their personalized learning pathways.

Evaluation for 3.1b
Materials include explicit educator guidance for language supports, including pre-teaching and embedded supports for developing academic vocabulary and unfamiliar references in text.

The materials include resources, such as anchor charts, to support instruction and reinforce key concepts. For example, in the"Showing Fractions on a Number Line"Teacher Guide, the "Activity Preparation" section instructs the teacher to prepare a Fractions anchor chart. The chart is intended to support key vocabulary development, including terms such as numerator, denominator, unit fraction, equal parts, and unequal parts. At the end of the lesson, the teacher is directed to add new fraction information to the anchor chart, reinforcing and building upon students' learning.Within theReviewer Resources,How to Use DreamBox Math Assignments Effectively, there are suggestions of when to use assignments. In the section For Intervention, the materials suggest, "Before introducing the new topic to the class, create an assignment for the students who need to review or practice earlier conceptual work. This will help build their prior knowledge ahead of time so they will feel more confident when exploring the new concept." This will help to pre-teach both academic vocabulary that will be used, as well as unfamiliar references in the text. There is also aGlossary of Mathematical Termsdocument under the Student and Parent Resourcestab. This can be accessed and used by the educator to pre-teach specific terms to students and develop their math vocabulary. This resource includes vocabulary in multiple languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, etc.When logging in using the Teacher Login, Just Started lesson demonstrates embedded vocabulary support in the form of the Bulb icon. The voice prompter tells the student what they are expected to do for the task. If they select an incorrect answer, the program prompts them to keep trying. If the student clicks on the Bulb icon or the Question Mark icon, they are provided with hints, or the task is phrased in a different way to help them understand and attempt the activity. Students may also turn on Closed Captioning to help their understanding of the activity.

Evaluation for 3.1c
Materials include explicit educator guidance for enrichment and extension activities for students who have demonstrated proficiency in grade-level and above grade-level content and skills.

DreamBox MathActivity Hub, an online platform that offers additional content and activities to extend student learning. "DreamBoxchallenges advanced learners with learning opportunities that build higher-order thinking skills through complex problem-solving, adaptive acceleration through dynamic skill progression, and STEM connections through real-world applications." The materials provide enrichment opportunities through resources available in one such activity titled "Prominent Individuals: STEM," which invites students to research a well-known professional from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. Students complete research and writing prompts and create a profile to present their selected individual to the class. A sample list of prominent mathematicians, scientists, and technologists is provided. The activity includes various presentation options, such as performing in character with props and scenery or creating a visual display that highlights the individual's life and contributions.The online materials automatically provide advanced learning paths for the students who show masterywiththeir current grade-level skills. This is explained in the Implementation Toolkit article "Students Working in Multiple Grade Levels inDreamBox Math" by the following quote: "For example, a student who understands place value but has difficulty counting items in groups may be assigned earlier work that nurtures the ability to count in groups while simultaneously working on higher grade-level lessons that build upon their place value knowledge."TheDreamBoxReviewerSite contains a section called How It Works, which consists of three tabs: Program Components, User Experience, and Intelligent Adaptability. These pages lay out how the adaptive program responds to student engagement and adapts lessons and activities to meet the needs of the student. The Intelligent Adaptability page has an image of a flowchart that details the process, and the steps students go through. The User Experience page talks about how teachers can extend learning by personalizing assignments and goals for students who are showing grade-level proficiency. These resources allow the teacher to extend the students' learning as they demonstrate understanding and proficiency at grade-level tasks.

Evaluation for 3.1d
Digital materials include accommodations, including text-to-speech, content and language supports, and calculators that educators can enable or disable to support individual students.

TheDreamBoxInsight Dashboard, accessed through the Teacher Login, has anAccessibility Statementunder the Resources section. According to this document,DreamBoxstrives to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at the AA level, which is the standard required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).In the Reviewers Site, Supports for All Learners, Differentiation and Scaffolds, "optional point-of-use supports such as embedded hints, help, and instructions that can be replayed, as well as the option to turn on audio and captions, enable students to further personalize their learning experience." It includes built-in text-to-speech support available to all students. This accommodation is automatically accessible and does not require teacher activation or control. Students can click on the speaker icon to have content read aloud and have the option to choose from four different narration voices within the game's settings.DreamBox Mathdoes provide certain tools and resources, including online Teacher Tools that can be used with interactive whiteboards or projectors. These tools are designed to enhance whole-class instruction and support the development of computation strategies.

Evaluation for 3.1e
Materials include educator guidance on offering options and supports for students to demonstrate understanding of mathematical concepts in various ways, such as perform, express, and represent.

The materials include opportunities for students to reflect on and demonstrate their understanding of mathematical concepts through a Math Journal, which is available in theDreamBoxActivity Hub. The journal prompts include: "Describe what you have done recently inDreamBox," "What math lesson or game has been most challenging to figure out? What makes it challenging?" "Describe a lesson inDreamBoxyou recently completed with success," "Explain how one of the lessons inDreamBoxhelps you during math time in your classroom," and "Draw a picture showing a lesson or game inDreamBoxyou are trying to figure out."Within the Lesson Designtab,DreamBox Mathprovides information on how its lessons are grouped into three categories: namely, "Exploration and Sense Making," "Looking for Structure and Relationships," "Fluency, Application, andProcedural Skills." Mathematical process standards are also incorporated into the activities to build problem solving, reasoning, and communication skills, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding in different ways.Also under the Instructional Design tab of the Reviewer Site, the materials provide aProcess Standards Alignmentdocument. This document outlines how theDreamBox Mathactivities are aligned to the process standards that require students to perform, express, and represent their mathematical understanding.

Evaluation for 3.2a
Materials include explicit (direct) prompts and guidance for educators to build knowledge by activating prior knowledge, anchoring big ideas, and highlighting and connecting key patterns, features, and relationships through multiple means of representation.

The materials provide explicit guidance for educators to activate prior knowledge. In the grade 5 "Exploring Ordered Pairs in the First Quadrant—Lesson 1"Teacher Guide, the Warm-Up prompts teachers to ask students to recall what an ordered pair is and where it is located on the coordinate plane. Students are directed to draw a simple coordinate plane on their paper and label the axis in preparation for the lesson.In the Curriculumtabfor Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 5.4B (Teacher Login site), there are several documents to support the teacher in the form of lesson narratives and teacher resources. In the "Solving Multi-Step Problems with Unknowns"lesson, there are Focus Strategies listed first, such as "Think Aloud" and "Think-Pair-Share." These methods help the educator make their thinking visible while also encouraging students to share their reasoning with peers. The lesson begins with a Warm Up activating students' prior knowledge about representing a word problem with an equation including the unknown quantity. The Introduction instructs the teacher to tell students that they are going to be working on a series of problems that are connected, and the focus will be on creating an equation with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. The script includes prompts where the teacher asks students to explain how they created the equation and how they chose to represent the unknown quantity. Students are provided with opportunities to share their thinking with a partner and the class. The lesson closing has the teacher praising the students for their hard work and instructing students to reflect on their learning and share it with a partner.Materials include explicit prompts and guidance for teachers to highlight key patterns and relationships through multiple means of representation. In grade 5 "Fraction Multiplication 2," students use area models to build conceptual understanding of multiplying fractions. The teacher begins, "This square represents 1 whole unit. It has an area of 1 square unit. The side lengths are all 1 unit. We are asked to build and shade 1/9 of the square. What do we have to do first?" After students divide the whole into ninths and shade 1/9, the teacher continues, "Now that we have divided the whole into ninths and shaded 1/9, how can we build and shade 1/6 of that 1/9?" Students then find the product of 1/6 x 1/9, and the teacher prompts discussion with, "We have created a rectangle that represents the answer to this problem. Discuss what you think the answer is and how you know." The lesson continues with related problems using the same unit square. The teacher asks the students to look at the other problems and find the pattern.

Evaluation for 3.2b
If designed to be static, materials include educator guidance for effective lesson delivery and facilitation using various instructional approaches.

This guidance is not applicable because the program is not designed to be static.

Evaluation for 3.2c
Materials include multi-tiered intervention methods for various types of practice and structures and educator guidance to support effective implementation.

Materials include multi-tiered intervention methods and educator guidance to support effective implementation. The "Growth Report," updated nightly, provides insights into student progress that can be viewed by the whole class or by individual students. Educators can use this data to track progress, identify areas of focus, and form small groups by sorting students into Below, Near, or At/Above rostered grade level using the Group View. As students grow throughout the year, the data updates to reflect changes, helping teachers identify those performing below the classroom average across multiple mathematical domains. This allows educators to pinpoint students who may need additional academic support beyond regular instruction and determine which domains to prioritize for whole-group intervention.Through the Reviewers Site, Data and Progress Monitoring instructions are given for how to use whole-group and small-group assignments, as well as hosting one-on-one conferences with students. Suggestions are also given for how to choose and assign small groups of students the assignments for remediation or enrichment.The "UsingDreamBoxfor MTSS"articlefound in the Insight Dashboard, provides detailed instructions for the educator on how to implement tiered support and intervention for their students. The document provides guidance to teachers on beginning with the Launchpad Assessment followed by the Instructional Strategies available in the program, such as "LessonHighlights" and "Reports." It further outlines how "Growth Reports" can be used to create small-group and whole-group instruction and identify intervention needs of individual students. This comprehensive resource clearly provides guidance for the educator to implement all the features of the program effectively.TheProgress Monitoring and Key Reportsresource found in the Insight Dashboard provides educators with explicit instructions on how to interpret student engagement within the program. It includes processing prompts such as "What mistakes do you see students making in this lesson? What questions can you ask that will provide open-ended thinking if the student were to try this lesson again?" and "Based on the student's activity, which domain and lesson group would you prioritize?" The document goes on to show teachers how they can use the Assignments tool to provide independent and guided learning support for individual students based on their analysis of the data as explained above. Assignments use real time proficiency about each student and can be used to supplement their Learning Pathway. Lesson Recommendations are another way the program provides guidance on how to support student's guided practice in areas of need.The adaptive materials adjust the level of difficulty based on student responses and provide immediate feedback to support personalized learning. When a student struggles, the program offers in-lesson scaffolding to support their understanding. If the student continues to struggle,DreamBox Mathmodels the correct response and may exit the lesson, marking it as "Completed with No Demonstrated Understanding." This performance data informs the selection of future lessons within the student's personalized learning pathway. Regardless of how a student performs, each completed lesson contributes to an ongoing assessment of understanding, allowing the program to continuously adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs.

Evaluation for 3.2d
Materials include enrichment and extension methods that support various forms of engagement, and guidance to support educators in effective implementation.

On the Reviewer Site, under thetabSupports for All Learners, the materials provide a subsection for "Multi-Tiered Interventions." In this section, the educator is informed thatDreamBox Mathwill provide enrichment and extension by challenging advanced learners "through complex problem-solving, adaptive acceleration through dynamic skill progression, and STEM connections through real-world applications," to build their "higher order thinking skills."The materials provide educators with a variety of resources to implement enrichment activities that foster an engaging learning environment. In the "Mathematicians in My World" activity, students research someone in their community who uses mathematics in their profession, complete related writing prompts, and create a profile to present their chosen mathematician to the class. This activity helps students see how math is used in everyday life and understand its importance beyond the classroom.The materials provide options and guidance for effective differentiation to meet the diverse needs of learners and support enrichment. TheDreamBox MathInsight Dashboard allows educators to monitor student progress and make instructional adjustments based on data from each student's personalized learning path. On the student's Home page, teachers can view recommended lessons, identify the relevant domain and lesson group, and determine which concepts students are ready to learn, enabling educators to personalize instruction and make informed decisions that support and enhance student growth.

Evaluation for 3.2e
Materials include prompts and guidance to support educators in providing timely feedback during lesson delivery.

Through the Reviewers Site, students who are falling behind the recommended usage will be identified with a caution symbol by their name, which will alert teachers immediately to students who may need further support.DreamBoxTeacher-Student Messaging: Overview tells educators that a red dot will be next to a student's name when they have asked or responded to feedback. This helps the teacher to check in with students in a timely manner. This section on messaging also gives educators guidance for the type of messages that could be beneficial in different situations.When logged into "DreamBoxUniversity," educators can access Professional Learning Content. Under this tab, there is a Learning Path tile, where educators can see the different professional learning courses available, grouped by topic. When an educator chooses the "Getting Started withDreamBox Math—Learning Path," they have access to a course where educators learn the materials alert an educator when a student is repeatedly completing lessons with "No Demonstrated Understanding," with a flag on the Home page of the Educator Insight Dashboard. This alert and the guidance provided when the educator clicks on the student are part of the prompts and guidance the materials provide to educators for delivering timely feedback.The online program includes a real-time "Assignment History Report" that tracks current data on student performance in assigned lessons. This report updates in real time, allowing educators to monitor progress as it happens. On the Assignment Card, the Lessons Column displays status icons for each completed or paused lesson, helping teachers quickly interpret student performance. For example, a check mark indicates successful completion with demonstrated understanding, while other icons represent lessons completed without understanding, repeated unsuccessful attempts, or lessons that were paused and not finished. These insights enable teachers to identify students who may need additional support and provide timely, targeted feedback.Within "DreamBoxUniversity" resources, there is a course that teachers can complete to better understand how to monitor and support learning activity. Here, the "Lesson Highlights" feature is explained to provide insight into the student's activity, and a highlights video shows the teacher how many times the student clicked on aspects of the activity and updates in real time. It also shows howDreamBox Mathprompted and responded to the student's engagement.

Evaluation for 3.3a
If designed to be static, materials include educator guidance on providing and incorporating linguistic accommodations for all levels of language proficiency [as defined by the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)], which are designed to engage students in using increasingly more academic language.

This guidance is not applicable because the program is not designed to be static.

Evaluation for 3.3b
If designed to be adaptive, materials include embedded linguistic accommodations for all levels of language proficiency [as defined by the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)], which are designed to engage students in using increasingly more academic language.

Through the Reviewer Site, Supports for All Learners, Emergent Bilingual Support, Learn More,Supporting English Language Learners Using DreamBox Math, the materials use hands-on activities and digital resources to help Englishlanguagelearners (ELLs)explore and learn mathematical concepts with less language dependence. The digital math manipulatives allow students to develop a deep understanding of concepts and skills through multiple modalities, promoting problem-solving and critical thinking. This use of visuals and manipulatives with routine academic language makes the materials more accessible, especially for emergent bilingual (EB) students.Within theDreamBoxReviewerSite, a section lays out the support available for diverse learners. Within this section, there is a tab for Emergent BilingualStudents. This resource lists how the educator can support learners by highlighting the hands-on activities, using digital manipulatives, and providing lesson support. Educators are encouraged to use a variety of implementation models, such as whole groups, small groups, and homework. The guidance states that teachers can turn on Spanish language instructions for students who need them. All content and activity guidance is then provided to the student in Spanish. Further, teachers can build confidence and engagement by monitoring student progress using the embedded assessments.The materials include embedded linguistic accommodations to support ELLs. According to theDreamBox Math for Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners (ELLs) document, scaffolded audio and visual supports improve math vocabulary by helping students connect mathematical terms to key concepts and communicate their thinking more effectively. In addition, visual representations and meaningful contexts, including using manipulatives, enable students to access and understand mathematical concepts at their individual levels of language proficiency. However, the materials do not address the full range of language development levels defined by the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).The materials include only generic tips for supporting emergent bilingual students and do not address the multiple levels of language development. The Teacher Narratives consistently use strategies to support emergent bilinguals, such as: "Have students pair up with a partner to generate responses together. Have students restate each other's reasoning in classroom discussions. Introduce academic vocabulary as needed." While these strategies offer general support, they lack differentiation or scaffolding aligned to the varying language proficiency levels that emergent bilingual students may exhibit.

Evaluation for 3.3c
Materials include implementation guidance to support educators in effectively using the materials in state-approved bilingual/ESL programs.

DreamBox Mathdoes not provide specific guidance for use in state-approved bilingual/ESL programs. The educator is not explicitly guided on when and how to use this resource. It is not listed in the Teacher Narratives that accompany several of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills(TEKS) or referenced within the student activities. However, while strategies provide general support for English learners, the materials do not address or align with state-approved bilingual or English as a SecondLanguage(ESL) program models.

Evaluation for 3.3d
Materials include embedded guidance to support emergent bilingual students in developing academic vocabulary, increasing comprehension, building background knowledge, and making cross-linguistic connections through oral and written discourse.

Through the Reviewer Site, Instructional Design, the "Developing Academic Mathematical Language" section,DreamBox Mathreferences educator tools, such as printable glossaries and lesson highlights, to help scaffold and extend language development in English and Spanish. However, these resources are found in either Spanish or English, not both simultaneously, which would allow for cross-linguistic connections through oral and written discourse. The Teacher Narratives guide teachers in developing academic vocabulary, increasing comprehension, and building background knowledge through oral and written discourse, including cross-linguistic connections through oral or written discourse."DreamBoxUniversity" offers several professional development resources and videos for educators. The UsingDreamBox MathLessons for Instruction video shows educators how to use the lesson videos provided for each standard with students in a whole-group or small-group classroom setting. The video also includes recommended stop points, oral discussion prompts, and sentence stems to support student discourse. It provides guidance on increasing engagement without answering what the students see and interact with in the program.The materials provide aresourceentitledSupporting English Language Learners using DreamBox Math. Thisdocumentfrom the Resources tab of the Educator Login explains five ways to useDreamBox Mathto supportemergentbilingual students. These ways include "highlight the hands-on activities, use of digital manipulatives, and in-lesson supports, use a variety of implementation models to increase access and personalize instruction, offer Spanish speaking students the opportunity to learn in Spanish and English, monitor growth and progress on key reports by utilizingDreamBoxembedded formative assessments, and strategically build student confidence, motivation, and engagement." This resource provides guidance on how the online materials include embedded guidance to support vocabulary development, increased comprehension, build background knowledge, and make cross-linguistic use of both oral and written discourse in specific lessons for the adaptive learning pathways.

Evaluation for 3.3e
If designed for dual language immersion (DLI) programs, materials include resources that outline opportunities to address metalinguistic transfer from English to the partner language.

This guidance is not applicable because the program is not designed for dual language immersion (DLI) programs.

Evaluation for 4.1a
Practice opportunities throughout learning pathways (including instructional assessments) require students to demonstrate depth of understanding aligned to the TEKS.

In grade 5, the digital math program offers students targeted practice through organized lesson groups. For example, in the "Multiply and Divide with Decimals" lesson group, students multiply and divide decimal numbers expressed to the hundredths place using ratios and a unit price context, addressingthe Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 5.3.F and 5.3.G. One of the lessons,"Dividing Rational Numbers with Quotients to 0.10, 0.25 or 0.50 Precision," is a "Looking for Structure and Relationships" lesson type. As students move through the lesson group, they receive a proficiency percentage that reflects their progress and understanding.The learning path tasks and assessments are structured around three distinct lesson types: "ExploringandSense Making," "Looking for StructureandRelationships," and "Fluency, Application,andProcedural Skills." "ExploringandSense Making" lessons focus on developing conceptual understanding and connecting multiple representations. Looking for "StructureandRelationships" encourages strategic thinking as students identify mathematical patterns and relationships. "Fluency, Application, andProcedural Skills" lessons provide opportunities for students to practice applying strategies accurately, efficiently, and flexibly in areas where they have already demonstrated understanding. The digital math program analyzes mistakes, assesses, and scaffolds the students as they progress through the learning path. The students' TEKS proficiency is displayed on theDreamBoxInsight Dashboard.

Evaluation for 4.1b
Questions and tasks, including enrichment and extension materials, increase in rigor and complexity, leading to grade-level and above grade-level proficiency in the mathematics TEKS.

When accessing the teacher version ofDreamBoxAdd Assignment by Topic or Standard, the materials allow the teacher to assign both short- and long-term assignments based on TEKS or instructional materials. The Teacher Login microsite provides thecurriculum by grade level. This shows the TEKS strands and activities/lessons listed under each of the TEKS. Within the many options provided, there is scope for students to encounter items that go beyond the grade level. The materials provide a "Growth Report" with grade-level standings and current growth targets.The"How It Works" section of theDreamBoxReviewerSite mentions that the program places students on a starting initial level based on their diagnostic assessment. This may be different from their enrolled grade level based on their performance. Once placed on their individual learning pathway, students progress at their own pace as they complete lessons and activities within the platform. This process allows opportunities for enrichment and extension as and when they are ready for it.TheDreamBoxReviewer Site contains atabentitledInstructional Assessments, when the Learn More button is clicked, the materials supply articles for howDreamBoxworks. In the article, "DreamBox Math: Continuous AssessmentandAdaptivity," it states that the material "constantly assesses and adapts to individual student needs." The lessons are chosen based on the data the program has collected. While the lessons may seem similar, the content adjusts to meet the students' needs.

Evaluation for 4.2a
Materials demonstrate coherence across concepts horizontally within the grade level by connecting patterns, big ideas, and relationships.

In the Teacher Experience, "TheDreamBoxDifference"—Grades 3–5 video, it is explained that the virtual manipulatives used help the student to understand the big ideas, and through limiting the use of these manipulatives,DreamBoxis able to push students to use more efficient strategies.In the Teacher Login site, there are several standards within the "Geometry and Measurement" unit for grade 5.Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 5.5A and 5.6AB involve students beginning with classifying two-dimensional shapes within hierarchies to show similarities and differences in their properties. Then they progress tothree-dimensionalshapes to find their volume. This demonstrates horizontal alignment for patterns, big ideas, and relationships.Within the Curriculumtab when logged in as an educator, educators can see all domains for any given grade level. In grade 5, educators can choose TEKS 5.4F from the "Algebraic Reasoning" domain. Within this TEKS there are15lessons listed. The lessons start simple, with the order of operations with just addition and subtraction moving left to right, to simplifying expressions with all aspects of the order of operations (except exponents) in the expression. This horizontal alignment shows how the complexity and depth of the TEKS build.

Evaluation for 4.2b
Materials demonstrate coherence vertically across concepts and grade bands, including connections from grade K–6, by connecting patterns, big ideas, and relationships.

Vertical alignment across content and grade bands is present, as seen in the lessons and activities for TEKS 3.4A, 4.4A, and 5.3A. Activities in grade 3 have students encountering one- and two-step problems using addition and subtraction up to 1,000. In the activity, students encounter real-world situations that could be represented using equations for both addition or multiplication, since the equation builder tool has all those functions. This provides the opportunity for the students to represent their thinking in many ways, and they are not necessarily restricted to one way of representing the word problem.In theTEKS Correlation Guideprovided in the ReviewerSite, activities are listed across grades K–5. There are tools introduced in the lower grade levels that continue to be used as problem-solving strategies up to grade 5 as well. For example, some of the tools and strategies introduced in the younger grades are also seen in the activities for grades 3–5, such as number line, strip diagrams, comparison symbols, arrays, and standard algorithms.The materials provide educators with an "Activity Feed Report" under the Report tab of theEducatorLogin. When viewing this report, educators can see what activities students have been working on, their level of understanding of the lesson, and the connections of TEKS within the lessons.The materials include vertical strategies, like digital manipulatives, to connect earlier and more advanced concepts. For example, in grade 3, students use snap blocks to determine if two expressions are equivalent; in grade 4, they use snap blocks to decompose fractions using time or money; and in grade 5, students use snap blocks for division with remainders.

Evaluation for 4.2c
Materials demonstrate coherence across lessons or activities by connecting students’ prior knowledge of concepts and procedures to the mathematical concepts to be learned in the current grade level and future grade levels.

In the Teacher Experience: Add Assignment, Assign by Topic or Standard, there is the choice of above- or below-grade-level Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and lessons to assign as short- or long-term assignments. This allows the teacher to guide students to experience concepts and procedures above their current grade level.In the Teacher Login site, activities in grade 2 introduce students to representing multiplication as repeatedly adding groups of objects. These activities involve representation of these equal groups as arrays and requiring students to count them in groups. In grade 3, the vertically aligned TEKS for multiplication (TEKS 3.5B) begins the list of activities with multiplication using arrays. This draws on their prior knowledge of the concept and representation encountered in grade 2. The activities proceed to using area models to complete two-digit by one-digit equations. This sets students up for using this strategy to multiply large numbers in grade 4. These activities demonstrate evidence for coherence of activities by connecting to students' prior knowledge of concepts.In theTEKS Correlation Guideprovided in the Reviewer site, activities are listed across grade K–5. There are tools and procedures introduced in the lower grade levels that continue to be used as problem solving strategies up to grade 5 as well. For example, some of the tools and procedures introduced in the younger grades that are seen in the activities for grades 3–5 are number line, strip diagrams, comparison symbols, arrays, and standard algorithms. The activities prompt students to show their thinking using these tools and guide them if they need additional support to demonstrate their thinking/understanding.Within the Reviewer Site, under theInstructional Designtab, it is noted that "students are supported in building cognitive maps of connected ideas, allowing for deeper understanding and retention. The curriculum is intentionally designed with vertical and horizontal coherence, and is adaptive, reflecting the dynamic nature of student thinking." This intentional coherence allows for a rigorous and relevant instructional design that builds on background knowledge and connects to future grades.The materials connect prior knowledge to current lessons and future skills by helping students understand the relationship between operations. In the "Explaining the Addition/Subtraction Relationship"Teacher Guide, students are presented with two problems: one with a missing sum in an addition problem and one with a missing number in a subtraction problem. Students work independently to find the missing number, then discuss how both problems have the same solution. The teacher emphasizes that addition and subtraction are inverse operations and concepts students have already encountered through fact families. This understanding helps students check their work and choose appropriate strategies for solving problems. Students apply this understanding while working to solve and check problems, reinforcing how the connection between operations supports more advanced problem-solving.

Evaluation for 4.3a
Materials provide spaced retrieval opportunities with previously learned skills and concepts across learning pathways.

The Teacher Login site includes activities and teacher narratives for all of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to be covered in that grade level. Activities provide multiple opportunities to review skills and concepts learned in prior grade levels. The adaptive pathway moves students through these activities by responding to student performance and input as they engage with and complete the tasks. For example, within TEKS 5.2A to 5.2C, students represent decimals up to thousandths using expanded notation and move to rounding decimals. These skills reinforce place value understanding from prior grade levels, including decimals, which are introduced in grade 4. Beginning the learning pathway this way allows for spaced retrieval of skills and concepts learned in earlier grade levels. Since this program is adaptive, these tasks appear just in time and as needed by the student as they engage with the platform. The "Review" lesson for 5.2C begins with a number line that students can scroll to find the interval they need. The prompt asks them to round the given number to the nearest tenths. Students are required to use the embedded expansion tools to zoom in to the number line and plot the rounded number. This activity reviews and promotes recall of several skills and concepts learned earlier, such as labeling a number line, tenths and hundredths place value, and rounding. Therefore, it provides spaced retrieval practice for the students in their individualized learning pathways.The materials support spaced retrieval by revisiting previously learned skills and concepts across different lessons and learning pathways. For example, a grade 5 student in the "RoundandCompare FractionsandDecimals" lesson group may work on the lesson"Rounding Positive Rational Numbers to the Hundredths Place."In this lesson, students are asked to select three numbers that round toeightwhen rounded to the nearest tenth. The game gives reminders to check the hundredths place to decide whether to round up or down and uses a golf ball on a number line to help students confirm if they rounded correctly.

Evaluation for 4.3b
Materials provide interleaved practice opportunities with previously learned skills and concepts across learning pathways.

The Lesson Design tab in theDreamBoxReviewer site states that this program has three types of research-based lessons that include "Exploring and Sense Making," "Looking for Structure and Relationships," and "Fluency, Application, and Procedural Skills." The activities and tasks that students complete as part of their learning pathway are also grouped this way. The page states that "these lessons support sense-making, transfer and mastery."Within the Implementation Toolkit located under the Resourcestab when logged in as an educator, there is an "AboutDreamBoxLearning" section. This section contained the article, "DreamBox MathStudent Experience: Navigating the Grades 3–5 and 6–8 Learning Environments." This article explains how the tools and manipulatives adjust to fit the content, lesson type, and student skill level. These adjustments allow for students to experience interleaved practice as they work through their Lesson Chooser.

Evaluation for 5.1a
Questions and tasks provide opportunities for students to interpret, analyze, and evaluate models and representations for mathematical concepts and situations.

In theReviewer Site, Supports for All Learners, under Automatic Differentiation and Just In Time Scaffolding,DreamBox Mathdescribes its use of virtual manipulatives and visual models with the intention to provide interactive tools, like number lines, area models, and base-10blocks, to help students visualize abstract concepts, explore different strategies, and build problem-solving skills. This allows students to interpret, analyze, and evaluate various models and representations.The ReviewerSite includes a Lesson Designtabthat provides information on how its lessons are grouped into three categories, namely "Exploration and Sense Making," "Looking for Structure and Relationships," and "Fluency, Application, andProcedural Skills." Mathematical process standards are also incorporated into the activities to build problem solving, reasoning, and communication skills, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding in different ways.The questions and tasks in thegrade 5 "Identifying Numbers 2–24 as Prime, Composite, or Neither" game provide students with meaningful opportunities to represent and identify prime, composite, or neither types of numbers using snap cube models. Students are prompted with questions such as, "Is one prime, composite, or neither?" and "Is 24 prime, composite, or neither?" Students use snap cubes to build models that represent the factors of each number and then analyze these models to determine whether the number is prime, composite, or neither, supporting both conceptual understanding.

Evaluation for 5.1b
Questions and tasks provide opportunities for students to create concrete models and pictorial representations to represent mathematical situations.

The questions and tasks in the"Identifying Two Factors of a Number to 35 Using Number Blocks"game provide students with opportunities to create pictorial representations to find the factors of a number. Students are prompted with questions, such as "Build 14 in two different ways" and "Build 27 in two different ways," using number blocks arranged in two rows.In the Student Experience grade 5 "Fractions: Add and Subtract," students are asked to move coins to the fraction bar to represent the given fractions. Students are then asked to interpret and rewrite the subtraction model they have created using common denominators. Students are then asked to answer the subtraction problem. Using theHint button will help students use the model to create a subtraction scenario. Using theHint button again will help the student to use the correct coins to represent the given fraction.The Curriculumtabon the Teacher Login site, grade 5 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 5.3H includes lessons and activities where students work with fractions. In the "Using a Bar Model to Solve and Addition or Subtraction Word Problem Involving Fractions" activity, students are prompted to use a bar model or strip diagram to pictorially represent the problem before solving it. They can adjust the units they would like to show in the diagram to match the word problem.

Evaluation for 5.1c
Questions and tasks provide opportunities for students to apply conceptual understanding to new problem situations and contexts.

In the Reviewer Site, Instructional Design, underDevelopingConceptual andProceduralUnderstanding, the program states, "DreamBoxdevelops procedural fluency by enabling students to explore multiple pathways to a solution and encouraging strategic flexibility. Procedural fluency is not practiced in isolation—it is developed through sense-making, strategy development, and fluency-building lessons. Students engage with models, manipulatives, and symbolic representations to build efficiency, accuracy, and confidence." This allows students to use their understanding that was developed through the virtual manipulatives to apply it to procedures and new problem situations.The Instructional Design tab also provides information on the TEKS alignment of the lessons and activities, as well as a "Curriculum Overview." The overview explains howDreamBox Mathfosters true understanding by transference, providing students with real-world scenarios to apply their understanding. Developing mathematical language and providing personalized support are additional ways in which students can comprehend mathematical concepts and situations.

Evaluation for 5.2a
Materials provide tasks that are designed to build student automaticity and fluency necessary to complete grade-level mathematical tasks.

Through the ReviewerSite, the third lesson type of the three research-based lesson types is "Fluency, Application,andProcedural Skills—Students apply skills in novel problems, using efficient strategies and symbolic representation." This will allow students the chance to practice with both automaticity and fluency while using this program.When logged into "DreamBoxUniversity," educators access the Curriculum Catalog under Additional Resources. The educator can find the article, "Beyond Times Tables: Automaticity 1," which explains the objective of students being able to "multiply by friendly numbers greater than 20." The use of automatized facts allows students to identify the equations that show one-digit by two-digit multiplication and solve as many as possible in a given amount of time. The students will see a summary board of the facts they got correct and the ones they got wrong and receive "tips and tricks for success." The video at the bottom explains the location of this lesson in the timeline after discovering, learning, and practicing multiple strategies for multiplication. This builds their ability to identify the strategy they can use most efficiently to solve the equations within the time constraint, which shows their fluency in the strategies.In the Teacher Login Curriculum resources for grade 5,Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 5.3A includes several activities for practicing automaticity where students complete multiplication equations by breaking them down into partial products first. This supports students' automaticity by forcing them to break down the factors into more manageable numbers and then adding the partial products to solve the problem. There are several such activities listed within this TEKS. These lessons are grouped under the "Fluency, Application, andProcedural Skills" category.

Evaluation for 5.2b
Materials provide opportunities for students to practice the application of efficient, flexible, and accurate mathematical procedures throughout learning pathways.

On the Reviewer Site under thetab, Student Experience, the materials provide a subsection"Meaningful Context," where the educator can see how students will interact with symbolic representations, visual models, virtual manipulatives, game-based challenges, and real-world applications, all with the intention to build their flexible thinking.

Evaluation for 5.2c
Materials provide opportunities for students to evaluate mathematical representations, models, strategies, and solutions for efficiency, flexibility, and accuracy throughout learning pathways.

The Lesson Design tab within theDreamBoxReviewerSite showcases how the program is conceived and categorized. Lessons fall into one of three categories: "Exploring and Sense Making," "Looking for Structure and Relationships," and "Fluency, Application, and Procedural Skills." Presenting real-world scenarios for students to apply their learning enables their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Activities that fall under the structure and relationships category allow students to gain a deeper conceptual understanding of the concepts they are learning by analyzing similarities and patterns. Finally, the fluency and procedural skills tasks increase their ability to work confidently and select efficient strategies to solve problems.When logged into "DreamBoxUniversity," educators can accessDreamBox MathProfessional Learning Content, where there is a Learning Path tile allowing educators to see the different professional learning courses available grouped by topic. When an educator chooses the "Getting Started withDreamBox Math—Learning Path," access to a course, "UnderstandingDreamBoxAdaptivityandAssessment" showcasing that materials progress through rigor and explains "For every concept or skill,DreamBoxfirst engages students in conceptual sense-making." The graphic shows that the next stage of lessons is for students to find structure and relationships, and the last stage is procedural skills and fluency. This logical flow through the skill allows students to become efficient, flexible, and accurate at the skills on their learning pathway.The grade 5 lesson"Dividing Unit Fractions by Whole Numbers"provides students with opportunities to evaluate mathematical models and strategies as they practice how to divide unit fractions by whole numbers. Students solve a series of related problems independently, using a variety of strategies. As students share and discuss their approaches with partners and then with the class, they compare methods, consider different ways of thinking, and reflect on which strategies are most effective. Through reflection and peer dialogue, students evaluate the efficiency and flexibility of the models and strategies they use, deepening both conceptual understanding and procedural accuracy.In the"Decimal Sums on the Number Line"lesson, students have opportunities to evaluate mathematical models, strategies, and solutions. Students explore and compare different ways to solve decimal problems by using number lines and friendly equations. Students practice simplifying problems mentally, modeling missing values, and analyzing the effectiveness of various approaches, and through class discussions, students reflect on which strategies are the most efficient and flexible.

Evaluation for 5.2d
Materials contain guidance to support students in selecting increasingly efficient approaches to solve mathematics problems.

Within the Reviewer Site, there is guidance provided for educators on creating and using assignments to further personalize learning for individual students. This resource shows how teachers can use student activity reports from the Educator Dashboard to create and place students on activities that will move them to deeper understanding of strategies once they have mastered the foundational understanding of the concept. "For example, when teaching students to understand and become fluent with multiplication of whole numbers,DreamBox Mathwill engage students through a wide variety of models and strategies such as skip counting, doubling, tripling, number lines, arrays, and number strings." All of these lessons lead to a deep understanding of, and fluency with, multiplication. Therefore, using this feature will move the students to adopt more efficient strategies for math problem solving.On the Reviewer Site under the Instructional Design tab, the materials provide a subsection "Curriculum Overview," where the educator is informed thatDreamBox Mathdevelops procedural fluency by allowing students to engage with models, manipulatives, and symbolic representations. Interacting with these different approaches builds the student's efficiency when solving mathematics problems.The materials provide guidance to help students select efficient strategies for solving mathematical problems. In the Division within 10,000 with Remainders Teacher Tool, the program prompts students to use helper equations to solve division problems, and to promote efficient problem-solving, students are allowed to use up to five helper equations.

Evaluation for 5.3a
Materials explicitly state how the conceptual and procedural emphasis of the TEKS are addressed.

The materials do not explicitly explain how or why the conceptual understanding supports the procedural emphasis of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The materials do not explicitly emphasize how the use of virtual manipulatives builds conceptual understanding.Materials do not explain how conceptual understanding is used to support the procedural focus of the TEKS.

Evaluation for 5.3b
Questions and tasks provide opportunities for students to use concrete models, pictorial representations, and abstract models as required by the TEKS.

Through theReviewer Site, Supports for All Learners, Differentiation and Scaffolds,DreamBox Mathuses concrete and representational models like "number lines, area models, and base-ten blocks" to help students visualize abstract concepts, explore different strategies, and build problem-solving skills. Guided tutorials articulate how models relate to algorithms and numeric representations, reinforcing understanding and aligning seamlessly with TEKS objectives. This supports students in connecting and creating the models to the abstract.The Lesson Design tab within theDreamBoxReviewer site showcases how the program is conceived and categorized. Lessons fall into one of three categories—"Exploring and Sense Making," "Looking for Structure and Relationships," and "Fluency Application and Procedural Skills." Presenting real-world scenarios for students to apply their learning enables their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Activities that fall under the structure and relationships category allow students to gain a deeper conceptual understanding of their learning concepts by analyzing similarities and patterns. Finally, fluency and procedural skills increase their ability to work confidently and select efficient problem-solving strategies. This grouping of content allows students to engage with concrete models, pictorial representations, and abstract models as required by the TEKS.Specifically in grade 5, lessons support students in developing a deep understanding of fraction operations by progressing from concrete models to abstract strategies. Students begin by using real-world contexts, such as money and time, to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. They then use pictorial models, including bar models and open number lines, to represent sums and differences with unlike denominators. Finally, students apply abstract strategies to solve word problems involving fractions.

Evaluation for 5.3c
Materials include supports for students in connecting, creating, defining, and explaining concrete and representational models to abstract (symbolic/numeric/algorithmic) concepts, as required by the TEKS.

Through theReviewer Site, Supports for All Learners, Differentiation and Scaffolds,DreamBox Mathuses concrete and representational models like "number lines, area models, and base-ten blocks" to help students visualize abstract concepts, explore different strategies, and build problem-solving skills. Guided tutorials articulate how models relate to algorithms and numeric representations, reinforcing understanding and aligning seamlessly with TEKS objectives. This supports students in connecting and creating the models to the abstract. The lessons found under Teacher Resources support students in defining and explaining the models of abstract concepts.The Student Experience section of theDreamBoxReviewer site provides information on how materials are organized and presented to the students within the program. Being an adaptive online program, every activity/task has digital manipulatives that allow students to see and create visual models and understand symbolic representations. Students use these tools to connect and create more abstract representations, such as equations and expressions, to show their understanding as they engage with the program. Just-in-time support, along with opportunities to pause, think, and reflect on feedback before proceeding, also aids in enhanced understanding.Specifically, the grade 5 curriculum under TEKS 5.3E contains a Teacher Narrative, "Decimal Products in Real Life." In this Narrative, students connect, create, and explain how they solve for products involving decimals in real-life scenarios, first through the concrete context of money and then through the use of the algorithm. At the end of the lesson, students explain what they learned and which strategies they found helpful.Specifically, in the grade 5 curriculum under TEKS 5.3L, the material contains two Teacher Narratives, "Dividing Unit Fractions by Whole Numbers" and "Dividing Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions—Lesson 3." In these Teacher Narratives, students connect, create, and explain how they solve for quotients involving unit fractions, first through the concrete models using fraction circles and number lines, and then through the abstract concept of the algorithm using just the given problems and pencil and paper. At the end of both lessons, students will explain what they learned and how they can use it in the future.

Evaluation for 5.4a
Materials provide opportunities for students to develop academic mathematical language using visuals, manipulatives, or other language development strategies.

Through the Reviewer Site, Emergent Bilingual Support, the materials use hands-on activities and digital resources to help Englishlanguagelearners (ELLs) explore and learn mathematical concepts in a manner that is less language-dependent. The digital math manipulatives allow students to develop a deep understanding of concepts and skills through multiple modalities, promoting problem-solving and critical thinking. Using visuals and manipulatives with routine academic language provides opportunities for students to develop academic mathematical language.On the Reviewer Site, under the Instructional Designtab, the materials provide a subsection titled "Curriculum Overview." At the bottom of this section is the heading Developing Academic Mathematical Language. Here, the materials inform educators thatDreamBox Math"integrates academic vocabulary throughout its lessons." This section also explains that supports like visuals, virtual manipulatives, and guided prompts are embedded to assist students in developing their academic mathematical language.Specifically, when logged into theDreamBoxStudent Experience as a grade 5 student, there are five lessons that students can choose from. One of them is the "Round and Compare Whole Numbers" lesson. Here, there is a red "?" icon. When students click on this icon, the program explains a number line and identifies the task the student needs to do. Instead of just reading aloud the written prompt on the screen, this tool helps the students understand the visual, manipulative, or task, supporting academic mathematical language development.Also in grade 5, the "Classifying Two-Dimensional Figures—Lesson 4"Teacher Guideprovides opportunities for students to develop academic mathematical language through visuals. The teacher leads a discussion to clarify the defining attributes of squares and circles. Students then work in pairs to draw examples and non-examples of these shapes and write down the attributes that define them. Then, the student pairs share their findings with the class. To conclude, students write a brief reflection on what they learned about classifying shapes and share it with a partner.

Evaluation for 5.4b
Materials include embedded educator guidance to scaffold, support, and extend students’ use of academic mathematical vocabulary in context when communicating with peers and educators.

In the resources provided to educators, theSupporting English Language Learners Using DreamBox Mathdocument guides how to highlight and use the digital features available to help students gain confidence, practice, and engage with all aspects of the program. This guidance, along with theGlossary of Mathematical Termsprovided for educators and students in eleven different languages, and the lesson narratives that provide teachers with advice on how to scaffold and support student discourse in the classroom, is present in the materials, including using academic mathematical vocabulary in context.Within the Student Experience login, there are five games that students can choose from each time. These games include several embedded tools such as text-to-speech, a hint button (Bulb icon), a "?" icon for additional explanation and support, and manipulatives such as fraction bars, number line, equation builder, etc. There is no evidence of an interaction discussion board where students can justify their thinking and see their peers' responses. Additionally, the real-time chat or voice response tools do not prompt students to refine their explanations using precise mathematical language.In the grade 4 curriculum under the "Number and Operations" domain, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 4.2B, the material contains a Teacher Narrative, "Understanding the Value of Digits in Whole Numbers." In this Teacher Narrative, educators are given guidance to have students think-pair-share, have whole-class discussions, and reflect and write on what they have learned. For example, educators are guided to say, "What do you notice about these numbers? Turn to your shoulder partner and discuss your observations," for the first set of numbers displayed on the board. Then, educators allow students to share their numbers and explain their reasoning with the whole class. At the end of the lesson, students are prompted to write a reflection to answer one of two questions: "What is important to pay attention to in numbers in standard form?" or "How do we represent numbers in word form?" This guidance provides scaffolds and supports for students to use their academic vocabulary.

Evaluation for 5.4c
Materials include embedded guidance to support student application of appropriate mathematical language and academic vocabulary in discourse.

In theDreamBoxTeacher Experience under Resources and Teacher Tools, the grade 5 "Fraction Multiplication 2" lesson plan asks students how to shade in one-ninth of a square. Students are encouraged to talk about strategies with their partner prior to sharing with the class and implementing that strategy. With these possible responses, students will be using an understanding math language with their peers. This guidance encourages the students to use mathematical language and academic vocabulary when responding.In grade 5, the "Classifying Two-Dimensional Figures—Lesson 4"Teacher Guideincludes embedded guidance to support students using appropriate mathematical language during discourse. The teacher asks, "What makes a square a square? What attributes does it have?" Students discuss the question in pairs, and selected pairs share their thoughts with the class. The teacher then guides the discussion to clarify the defining attributes of squares and circles. To conclude the lesson, students write a brief reflection on what they learned about classifying shapes and share their reflections with a partner.Also in grade 5, the "Exploring Ordered Pairs in the First Quadrant—Lesson 1"Teacher Guideincludes embedded guidance to support students' use of appropriate mathematical language and academic vocabulary during discourse. Students begin by creating their own input–output tables using a pattern of their choice. They then graph the ordered pairs they generate. After graphing, students work in pairs to discuss their graphs and observed patterns. To conclude the lesson, students write a short reflection on what they learned about ordered pairs and patterns. The reflection should include at least one ordered pair they graphed and a description of their pattern.

Evaluation for 5.4d
Materials include embedded guidance to facilitate mathematical conversations allowing students to hear, refine, and use math language with peers.

Grade 5 curriculum under the "Numbers and Operations" domain, TEKS 5.3K, the material contains a Teacher Narrative, "Adding Positive Rational Numbers with Problem Strings." In this Teacher Narrative, the class is practicing adding positive rational numbers. Throughout this Teacher Narrative, educators are given guidance to have students think, pair, share, have whole-class discussions, and reflect and write on what they have learned. These different modes of discourse allow students to hear the academic vocabulary with and from their peers.In grade 5, "Comparing Numbers with Symbols—Lesson 4" includes embedded guidance to facilitate mathematical conversations, allowing students to hear and use mathematical language with their peers. The teacher asks, "Which is greater, 9.25 or 9.215?" Students solve the problem independently and then discuss their reasoning with a partner. Selected students are invited to share their strategies with the class. To conclude the lesson, students reflect on what they learned about comparing numbers.In grade 5, "Exploring Data with Problem Strings—Lesson 2" includes embedded guidance to prompt mathematical conversations. Students work through a series of problems involving data from graphs, beginning with a problem based on a frequency table. The teacher says, "Take two minutes to solve this problem independently. Think about what the data is telling you." Students work on the problem individually, and selected individuals share their strategies with the class. The materials include guidance, such as sentence frames, to help students refine and use precise mathematical language during peer conversations.

Evaluation for 5.4e
Materials include embedded guidance to anticipate a variety of student answers including exemplar responses to questions and tasks, including guidance to support and/or redirect inaccurate student responses.

In the Optional Supplemental Resources, a Teacher Resource entitled "Let's Build It!" provides educators with common misconceptions that students may have throughout the lesson (e.g., "students may try to partition a whole into unequal shares"). The Teacher Resource also anticipates student answers and includes exemplar responses for questions and tasks.In the Teacher Experience under Curriculum, students can access hints to help solve problems. If they continue to respond incorrectly, the hints repeat, and the program ultimately shows the correct solution. The program also accepts a variety of correct responses, providing embedded guidance to support and redirect inaccurate answers.

Evaluation for 5.5a
TEKS process standards are integrated appropriately into the materials.

Materials show howDreamBox Mathlessons and virtual manipulatives align with all seven ofthe Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) process standards through theDreamBoxReviewer Site, Instructional Design, TEKS Alignment, andProcess Standard Alignmentguide. Story problems are included for all operations, and students use tools and a problem-solving model to understand and work with mathematical concepts. Students create and use multiple representations to analyze relationships throughout the DreamBox activities. This provides evidence of integrating the TEKS process standards.Also, on theDreamBoxReviewer Site, the materials provide a subsection entitled TEKS Alignment under the Instructional Design tab. On this page, there is an article linked asProcess Standards Alignment. This article is entitled "Mathematical Process Standards" and provides educators with the process standards and some examples ofDreamBox Mathlessons that engage students with the process standards. Through the examples listed, educators can see that the process standards are implemented appropriately within the materials. For example, to meet the process standard "Apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace," all the word problem questions are given in a real-world context chosen by the student.In the grade 5 "Using Fractions to Solve Real-World Problems" student activity, students work on the content standard to represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators, using objects, pictorial models, and properties of operations, which corresponds to TEKS 5.3.H. Although the TEKS process standards are not explicitly stated in the lesson, they are appropriately integrated. Students apply mathematics to real-life situations by solving a story problem involving parts of a sandwich. They use a problem-solving model to analyze information, develop a strategy, and determine a solution. The task encourages students to communicate their reasoning through words, numbers, and pictures and to justify their thinking using appropriate mathematical language.

Evaluation for 5.5b
Materials include a description of how process standards are incorporated and connected throughout the learning pathways.

DreamBox Mathincludes a description of how process standards are incorporated and connected throughout the learning pathways. TheProcess Standards Alignmentguide outlines how lessons and virtual manipulatives align with the TEKSmathematicalprocessstandards. This annotated table provides specific examples of student engagement in problem solving, reasoning, and communication. The guide supports educators in understanding how process standards are embedded across instructional content.TheDreamBox MathTeacher Narrative: "Representing Numbers with Objects" references theprocessstandards at the start of the lesson and connects them to real-life applications for students.

Evaluation for 5.5c
Materials include an overview of the TEKS process standards incorporated into each lesson.

On the Reviewer Site under the Instructional Designtab, the materials provide a subsection, TEKS Alignment. On this page, there is an article linked asProcess Standards Alignment. This article is entitled "Mathematical Process Standards" and provides educators with the process standards and some examples ofDreamBox Mathlessons that engage students with the process standards. A table also shows how selectDreamBox Mathlessons align with TEKS process standards.Within the Teacher Narratives folder, there are teacher guides for each lesson. These guides include the TEKS Breakout, as well as the TEKSprocessstandards for every lesson.The student's Activity Feed displays the lessons the student is currently working on, a description of each lesson, and the TEKS addressed. For example, a grade 5 student working on the "Subtracting Fractions with Any Unlike Denominators Using an Open Context on a Bar Model" lesson includes a description stating, "Students add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators using a bar model and double number line model."

Evaluation for 6.1a
Materials provide opportunities for students to think mathematically, persevere through solving problems, and to make sense of mathematics.

Within the Implementation Toolkitunderthe Resourcestab, educators have access to an AboutDreamBoxMath section. This section contains an article entitled "HowDoes DreamBox MathWork?" This article explains how, inDreamBox Math, "it's not just about right and wrong answers and how quickly each student gets there." The materials facilitate conceptual approaches and scaffolding with hints that benefit students and deepen their understanding because students are thinking mathematically, persevering through problems, and making sense of mathematics throughout theDreamBoxplatform.According to theDreamBox MathStudent Experience webpage, the adaptive materials support mathematical thinking and sense-making through engaging, real-world contexts. Visual tools, such as number lines, area models, and arrays, help students develop higher-order skills by allowing them to interact dynamically with mathematical relationships. As the materials state, "Game-based challenges and real-world applications allow students to show a deeper understanding of math, moving beyond early sense-making and showing true fluency and application."On theDreamBox MathStudent Experience webpage under the Meaningful Context tab, the materials provide opportunities for students to persevere in problem solving by encouraging flexible thinking and the use of multiple strategies rather than relying on a single method. Interactive tools engage students in exploring various approaches, while hints and real-time scaffolding offer moments to pause, reflect, and respond to feedback, supporting continued progress through the lesson.

Evaluation for 6.1b
Materials support students in understanding, explaining, and justifying that there can be multiple ways to solve problems and complete tasks.

When accessing theDreamBoxInsight Dashboard website, there is a Curriculumtabthat lays out the lessons and activities by grade level and content group. These teacher-led and student-led resources show different ways a problem can be solved by providing multiple strategies and approaches to problem solving. Teachers can add specific activities to students' learning pathways. There are opportunities for students to justify their thinking through opportunities to provide explanations of their solutions.Within theDreamBoxInsight Dashboard, there are lessons and activities grouped by grade level. In the grade 5 lessons, teacher-led whole-group lessons focus on a particular skill or content area with mostof theTexas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) having Teacher Narratives. Within these lessons, there is always a section called "Focus Strategies." Here, two strategies are highlighted for the teacher to use to help engage students in talking and processing their thinking and learning about mathematics. Some strategies mentioned here include "Think-Pair-Share" and "Think Aloud." Also, there are recommended stop points throughout the lesson where teachers are encouraged to ask open-ended prompts and provide students with time to share their chosen strategies with a partner.Grade 5 curriculum material contains a Teacher Narrative, "Multiplying Decimals in Real Life—Lesson 1." In this Teacher Narrative, the class is exploring decimal multiplication where, throughout this Teacher Narrative, educators are given guidance to have students solve independently, with their own strategy. After independent time, educators facilitate a think-pair-share to have students share their strategies with a partner. Educators have guidance to facilitate a whole class discussion, recording the strategies that were used. This formulaic procedure from the materials shows the materials support students in understanding the reality of multiple ways to solve a problem and explaining those different strategies. Materials do offer specific prompts or guidance to support students in justifying the reasoning a specific strategy was used to solve problems and complete tasks.

Evaluation for 6.1c
Materials are designed to require students to make sense of mathematics through multiple opportunities for students to do, write about, and discuss math with peers and/or educators.

Within the "DreamBoxUniversity" website, there is a resource for educators calledUsing DreamBox Lessons as an Instructional Tool. This resource provides recommendations on how educators can launch lessons, promote opportunities for discussion, and use video lessons to enhance engagement. There are even some prompts provided to initiate and facilitate student discourse, such as the following prompts: "What do you notice?" "What do you wonder?" "Do you have an estimate?" and "Why do you think that?"Underthe Curriculumtabwithin theDreamBoxInsight Dashboard, there are teacher-led lesson narratives and resources provided. For TEKS 5.4H, there is a document calledExploring Area and Perimeter with Problem Strings. Teachers are directed to use the "Think Aloud" and "Think-Pair-Share" strategies to provide opportunities for students to talk to their peers and share their thinking. During the lesson, teachers are encouraged to provide students with opportunities to process and share their thinking as the lesson progresses. They are asked to think about relationships, patterns, and any discoveries they are making. At the end of the lesson, the students write a reflection of their learning and what strategies they found most helpful.In the grade 5 curriculum under the "Numbers and Operations" domain, TEKS 5.3E, the material contains a Teacher Narrative, "Multiplying Decimals in Real Life—Lesson 1." In this Teacher Narrative, students do mathematics by individually solving 7.50✕8. They then discuss mathematics by sharing their strategies with their partner and in a whole-class discussion. Finally, students write about mathematics by writing their reflection about what they learned and the strategies that were helpful. This process shows the materials provide the students with opportunities to make sense of mathematics by doing, writing, and discussing.

Evaluation for 6.2a
Materials support educators in guiding students to share and reflect on their problem-solving approaches, including explanations, arguments, and justifications.

DreamBox Mathmaterials support educators in guiding students to share and reflect on their problem-solving approaches, including explanations and justifications. The website states, "DreamBoxassessment is based on students' demonstrated understanding, not just correct answers. Each lesson contains measurable learning objectives aligned to the TEKS where student evidence is showcased in not only what they answer, but what they do, and how they show their thinking."DreamBox Mathmaterials support educators in guiding students to share and reflect on their explanations and justifications. Ingrade 5, theTeacher Guidefor "Comparing Decimals to Thousandths" prompts students to solve problems independently, then share their strategies afterward. Students are encouraged to explain the reasoning behind their answers, justify the use of decimal comparison symbols, and evaluate the effectiveness of their methods in comparison to peers.TheTeacher Guidesupports students in sharing and reflecting on their arguments, explanations, and justifications during instruction. The ELPS(English Language Proficiency Standards)-aligned Teacher Narratives provide guidance for teachers on facilitating discourse where students defend their reasoning, compare strategies, and reflect on the strength of their explanations and justifications.

Evaluation for 6.2b
Materials include prompts and guidance to support educators in providing explanatory feedback based on student responses and anticipated misconceptions.

TheDreamBoxInsight Dashboard home page provides a lot of data on how the students are accessing and progressing within the program. The "Alerts and Achievements" section shows Standard Completed, Lesson Groups Completed, and May Need Attention groupings of students in the class/grade level, which provides a quick snapshot for the teacher to see where the students are currently performing. Additionally, the "Standards Report" provides a whole class view of which students have mastered standards, which ones are in progress, and which ones have not started a particular standard across the curriculum. While all these data points are valuable, there is educator guidance on how to address specific misconceptions within standards and what educators can do to anticipate misconceptions, as well as some guidance on how to assign specific tasks/activities to students and how to provide explanatory feedback for student misconceptions.Through the Teacher Tool lesson provided through the Insight Dashboard, guidance is provided for educators on possible student responses to the prompts/lesson. Guidance is also provided on how educators might facilitate discussion and continue students' comprehension of the concept. Strategies that involve partnering students based on their demonstrated understanding, allowing opportunities to hear from multiple students, and encouraging students to come up with their own strategies are presented.Materials include acurriculum lesson "Decimal Products in Real Life in the ExplorationandWhole Class Discussion" where the lesson plan directs the teacher to, "Present the first problem: 1.25 x 4. Allow students to solve it independently. Remind them to think about money when solving a problem like this. After a minute, ask for volunteers to share their strategies. Write their strategies on the board. Discuss the different approaches and highlight the importance of place value in their reasoning." This prompts educators in providing explanatory feedback based on student responses and anticipatory misconceptions.