DPS Success After-School Tutoring Curriculum

DPS Success is an after-school tutoring curriculum designed for students in grades 3–10 across the city. Schools have targeted students who will benefit from this short-term intervention. Classes include strategy instruction in reading, writing, and mathematical problem solving. Materials include Comprehensive Math Assessment and Soaring Scores in grades 3–8, and CSAP Reading and Math Coach in grades 9 and 10.

The purpose is to teach students strategies, not to get the right answers. Powerful ways to help students learn strategies include:

Think-alouds and modeling about how to use strategies;
Guided practice with students;
Support for students as they work in pairs or alone;
Discussions about the thinking they did to come up with their answers; and
Analyzing test questions and being explicit about strategies.

Parent Letters

Elementary English (PDF or Word)
Elementary Spanish (PDF or Word)
Secondary English (PDF or Word)
Secondary Spanish (PDF or Word)

Mathematics

Select DPS Success after-school tutoring lessons to address student needs on grade-level assessment objectives identified by DPS Benchmark Assessments and/or CSAP results. All files are in Excel.
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10

Elementary School

Grade 3 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Grade 4 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Grade 5 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Elementary School CSAP Rubrics and Released Items (PDF)

Middle School

Grade 6 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Grade 7 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Grade 8 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Middle School CSAP Rubrics and Released Items (PDF)

High School

Grade 9 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
Grade 10 Teacher's Guide—(PDF or Word)
High School CSAP Rubrics and Released Items (PDF)

Literacy

Elementary School

Note: In addition to downloading the the ELA-S teacher's guides, ELA-S teachers should also download the ELA-S Soaring Scores activities from this page. English versions of the Soaring Scores activities are provided as paper-based books and are not provided here for download.

Grade 3
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Soaring Scores Activities Grade 3 (PDF)
- (ELA-S) Soaring Scores Activities Grade 3, ADDENDUM (PDF)
- (ELA-S) Soaring Scores Activities Grade 3, ADDENDUM 2 (PDF)
Grade 4
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)
- (ELA-S) Soaring Scores Activities Grade 4 (PDF)
- (ELA-S) Soaring Scores Activities Grade 4, ADDENDUM (PDF)
Grade 5
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)

Middle School

Grade 6
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)

Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction Information Article (PDF or Word)
Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)

Grade 7
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 5 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)
Grade 8
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Narrative Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Poetry (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Nonfiction Information Article (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Writing (PDF or Word)

High School

Grade 9
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction and Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Identifying Author’s Purpose in Nonfiction and Fiction (PDF or Word)
- Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Determining Word or Phrase Meanings in Context (PDF or Word)
- Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Using Organizational Features of Text (PDF or Word)
- Unit 5 Teacher's Guide—Library Terms Review (PDF or Word)

Unit 6 Teacher's Guide—Editing (PDF or Word)

Grade 10
- Unit 1 Teacher's Guide—Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction and Fiction (PDF or Word)

Unit 2 Teacher's Guide—Drawing Conclusions and Making Predictions (PDF or Word)
Unit 3 Teacher's Guide—Determining Word or Phrase Meanings in Context (PDF or Word)

Unit 4 Teacher's Guide—Using Organizational Features of Electronic Media (PDF or Word)
Unit 5 Teacher's Guide—Literary Terms Review (PDF or Word)
Unit 6 Teacher's Guide—Editing (PDF or Word)

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