Illinois Created Tools and Resources

Back to School Packet: ILS for Mathematics

Welcome back to school! In an effort to help you make this the best year possible, the math content specialists put together this packet full of tools to help you measure the implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics in you classroom, resources to strengthen your teaching practice, and materials to supplement your curriculum. Have a great school year!
Considerations for Implementing the Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics​
The implementation guides for mathematics were created by the Illinois Math Content Specialists to assist educators as they implemented the Common Core Standards for Mathematics when they were first adopted in Illinois. These documents acted as a map for teachers—guiding them on their journey and laying out a clear path to reach full implementation. While we have come a long way since that initial adoption year, these documents can still be used to identify weak points in curriculum, instruction, and assessment and determine steps needed to reach full implementation.

Illinois Teach & Talk

This website was created by ISBE Math Content Specialists and Illinois Math Educators to provide a deep understanding of specific Content Standards at each grade level in the New Illinois Learning Standards.  Information here can be used with any curriculum to enhance classroom instruction and specifically incorporate daily math discussions with higher order thinking questions.  Materials are designed for the teacher but incorporate instructional strategies, questions, and tasks to use directly in the classroom.  We strived to make this website user-friendly, research-based, and focused on key ideas.  Standards were chosen based on information new to the grade, information that had moved significantly from previous grades, new or modified definitions, and strategies explicitly called out in the standards.

IL 6-12 Math Stats

This website was created through a partnership with the Math Content Specialists and Julia Brenson from Lyons Township High School. The goal of the site is to provide support for educators as they teach the rigorous statistics standards articulated by the ILS for Mathematics.
Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics Booklet
The Illinois Content Specialists compiled this condensed list of all the Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics from Kindergarten through High School.. Print the whole document or just the grade level you need. Educators now have a 27 page alternative to the 93 page original. 
Classrooms in Action: Tech for Teachers
If you are looking to incorporate quality tech in your classroom, this is the place to start. The content specialists have vetted these tech tools and include a short review of the usefulness, strengths, and weaknesses of each. There are tools to help with standards aligned content, classroom management, family engagement/communication, social emotional learning, and more!

Illinois Open Educational Resource

The IOER is a collection of resources that has been compiled by Illinois educators in an effort to make quality , aligned resources more easily accessible. Educators can search the resources added by other users, add their own resources to share them with other educators, tag and review resources to make them more usable, and build sets and lists to organize their classroom materials. The IOER library will grow over time and the most used and highly reviewed resources will become more visible.
Other Tools and Resources Aligned to the ILS for Mathematics

Thank you so much for visiting the IL Math Teachers In Action page!
About Us
A collaborative project of Classrooms in Action,  Illinois State University and the Illinois State Board of Education, this site is maintained by the ISBE Math Content Specialists. 
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