DreamBox Math for Texas - Grade 1 Suitability Report: Prohibitions Criteria

All instances of the character depicted wearing an open vest will be updated to show the character wearing a shirt that fully covers his torso. Additionally, all instances of this specific character fishing will be replaced instead by visuals of this character and an animal dancing as the student progresses through the lesson.

Mock-up of new content is here and will be uploaded via form:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EfjHS…

All instances of the character depicted wearing an open vest will be updated to show the character wearing a shirt that fully covers his torso. Additionally, all animations featuring this character fishing will be replaced with animations of the character gathering fruit as students progress through the lesson.

Link to mock-up here, and will be uploaded via form:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EfjHS…

Thank you for your feedback regarding the standards alignment in our teacher narratives. We want to clarify that our instructional materials have always been aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), not to Common Core.

We understand how the use of the header “Standards for Mathematics” and the prefix “MA” before the standard may have caused confusion. These were labeling choices used for internal consistency and not indicative of Common Core alignment. To ensure clarity and avoid any future misinterpretation, we propose updating the teacher narratives to reflect “TEKS” as the section title and to remove the “MA” prefix from the standard.

Proposed updates to the teacher narratives cited by reviewers can be seen here:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EatOs…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/Ecn9s…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EUQpC…

Proposed updates to other teacher narratives can be viewed here: https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:f:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/Er01U…;

Thank you for your feedback regarding the standards alignment in our teacher narratives. We want to clarify that our instructional materials have always been aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), not to Common Core.

We understand how the use of the header “Standards for Mathematics” and the prefix “MA” before the standard may have caused confusion. These were labeling choices used for internal consistency and not indicative of Common Core alignment. To ensure clarity and avoid any future misinterpretation, we propose updating the teacher narratives to reflect “TEKS” as the section title and to remove the “MA” prefix from the standard.

Proposed updates to the teacher narratives cited by reviewers can be seen here:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/Eewz6…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EUQpC…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EbN_z…

Proposed updates to other teacher narratives can be viewed here: https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:f:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/Er01U…;

Thank you for your feedback regarding the standards alignment in our teacher narratives. We want to clarify that our instructional materials have always been aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), not to Common Core.

We understand how the use of the header “Standards for Mathematics” and the prefix “MA” before the standard may have caused confusion. These were labeling choices used for internal consistency and not indicative of Common Core alignment. To ensure clarity and avoid any future misinterpretation, we propose updating the teacher narratives to reflect “TEKS” as the section title and to remove the “MA” prefix from the standard.

Proposed updates to the teacher narratives cited by reviewers can be seen here:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/ESyz3…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EU8mw…
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EbWR3…

Proposed updates to other teacher narratives can be viewed here: https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:f:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/Er01U…

All instances of the character depicted wearing an open vest will be updated to show the character wearing a shirt that fully covers his torso. Additionally, all instances of this specific character fishing will be replaced instead by visuals of this character and an animal dancing as the student progresses through the lesson.

Link to mock-up of new content here, and will be uploaded via form:
https://discoveryed.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/PE_Public_Sharing_Folder/EfjHS…