Welcome ALSDE Review Committee Members!
Twig Science Elementary for Alabama is a high-quality comprehensive science curriculum built to meet the standards of the 2023 Alabama Course of Study: Science.
The following resources provide an overview of Twig Science Elementary for Alabama and additional evidence for how the curriculum meets the criteria of the ALSDE High-Quality Instructional Materials Review Form.
Twig Science Elementary in Action
This video showcase introduces the components and instructional design of Twig Science Elementary for Alabama, including overviews of its effective lesson structure, alignment with the 2023 Alabama Courses of Study Science: Grades K-5, supports for special populations, and assessments. Classroom footage shows how the curriculum provides a phenomena-based and student-driven learning experience that engages all students in making sense of their world through the wonder of science.
Find the completed form Section 2: Alignment to Alabama Course of Study Standards for each grade, K-5.
These forms provide specific evidence of how and where each standard is addressed in each grade.
This guide will assist you with finding sources of evidence for the criteria in Sections 3 and 4 of the HQIM Review Form.
Open Guide for HQIM Review Form: Sections 3 and 4 PDF
This program overview provides a walkthrough of our academic partnerships, program design, program components, assessments, and teacher supports.
Open Program Overview PDF
This document includes the scope and sequence for each grade followed by detailed progression information that outlines the knowledge students will acquire in each module and the knowledge they will continue to build as they progress grade by grade.
Open Alignment and Progressions PDF
This guide introduces how Twig Science Elementary provides strategies and opportunities to embed literacy throughout science instruction.
Open Guide to Literacy in Twig Science PDF
These documents provide correlation information for how Twig Science Elementary for Alabama connects to college- and career-ready ELA and mathematics standards.
These additional sources of evidence provide further support that Twig Science Elementary meets the criteria of the ALSDE High-Quality Instructional Materials Review Form.