Instructional Materials has committed to a rigorous selection process for all HQIM. This process includes input from all APS stakeholders including your peers and content area experts. In our commitment to fostering academic excellence and supporting you, we emphasize the use of district-vetted and approved high-quality instructional materials. These resources were carefully selected to ensure they align with our standards, promote engaging learning experiences for all students, and ultimately contribute to improved student outcomes. Should your schools choose to purchase outside materials, they will need to go through a similar vetting process. Contact Library Services for more information.
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4-5 Phonemic Awareness
K-5 Reading Intervention
6-8 Reading Intervention
Amira Learning Website
K-3 Phonics
K-3 Phonemic Awareness
Special Education K-1 - Intervention
Early Literacy Skill Builder
Special Education K-12 - Alternate Core
Special Education K-12 - Intervention
The supplemental resources featured here are shared for your consideration. While we support their use, the district does not offer financial or curricular support for these items
K-5 Core
K-5 - Intervention
6-8 Core
Illustrative Math Resource Hub
6-12 - Intervention
9 - 11 - Core
Special Education - Targeted Intervention
Special Education K-12 - Alternate Core
The supplemental resources featured here are shared for your consideration. While we support their use, the district does not offer financial or curricular support for these items
HS - Biology Core
HS - Chemistry Core
HS - Physics Core
The supplemental resources featured here are shared for your consideration. While we support their use, the district does not offer financial or curricular support for these items
K-5 Integrated into ELA/SLA
6th - World History
8th - American History
7th - NM History
HS - World History
HS - US History
HS - US Government
HS - Economics
The supplemental resources featured here are shared for your consideration. While we support their use, the district does not offer financial or curricular support for these items
PBS Learning Media (videos, lessons & more)
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
The library catalog and databases can be accessed through Classlink (my.aps.edu), in the APS Libraries folder.
K-12
Destiny Discover is a library search platform that empowers students and educators to easily find and access the resources they need. Users can explore a vast collection of books, ebooks, audiobooks, and more.
K-Adult
Brainfuse is an online tutoring and academic support platform that provides various educational services, including live tutoring, homework help, and test preparation. Tutoring is available in English and Spanish.
Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna (Spanish)
Britannica Escolar (Spanish)
Britannica Launchpacks (Social Studies)
Britannica ImageQuest (images, video, audio)
Britannica School
K-12
CultureGrams offers in-depth cultural insights into countries and regions around the world. It provides students and educators with reliable information, including traditions, customs, recipes, demographics, and geography. With engaging visuals and firsthand accounts, CultureGrams helps users gain a deeper understanding of global cultures.
Gale Informe Académico (Spanish)
Gale Research in Context
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Gale U.S History in Context
National Geographic Kids captivates young minds with stunning photography and engaging articles, videos, and games about the natural world, covering topics such as animals, science, and cultures.
K-5
PebbleGo is an interactive digital resource designed for early learners, presenting information on animals, science, and social studies in an engaging and accessible format. PebbleGo includes multimedia content, articles, videos, and read-along options.
K-12
TeachingBooks enhances the reading experience for students and educators by providing a rich collection of multimedia materials related to children's and young adult literature. It offers access to author interviews, book trailers, lesson plans, and other resources that bring literature to life.
K-12
Sora is a student reading platform that gives students access to thousands of popular ebooks, audiobooks, read-alongs, comics, and magazines. Students can log in 24/7, from school and home. They can also personalize their settings, earn achievement badges, see their individual reading stats, and much more!
Elena Aguilar e-Books & Audiobooks on Sora - Arise, the Art of Transformational Coaching, Coaching for Equity, The Onward Book, & The PD Book
The Writing Revolution - The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback.
Data Wise - In the wake of the accountability movement, school administrators are inundated with data about their students. How can they use this information to support student achievement? Data Wise presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining text scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will help schools capture teachers’ knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, enhance school culture and climate, and improve students’ results.
Explicit Instruction - This highly practical and accessible resource gives special and general education teachers the tools to implement explicit instruction in any grade level or content area. The authors are leading experts who provide clear guidelines for identifying key concepts, skills, and routines to teach; designing and delivering effective lessons; and giving students opportunities to practice and master new material.
District supported app integrations include paid and rostered apps and are available in Classlink for easy student and staff access. Some of the listed and approved apps have single sign on enabled which automatically signs APS students and staff in with their google accounts when accessed from Classlink.
Please visit the APS TrustedED Apps Dashboard for additional apps that have been reviewed and approved by the App Review Committee. Schools may choose to use the approved apps, but may need to use school funds to purchase and work with the Technology department to integrate with existing systems when possible.
See how the "myView" literacy program is transforming classrooms! Students feel a deep connection to the stories, finding them fun, interesting, and easy to understand. Teachers praise the program's scaffolded, multi-read approach that systematically builds fluency and ensures all students can access the curriculum.
With powerful features like dual-language support and assessments that provide immediate feedback, "myView" gets everyone excited about reading!
Leslie Saucedo - Executive Director: Middle School Learning • Teaching & Learning
Cheryl Wheeler - Executive Director: Elementary Learning • Teaching & Learning
Marisol Fraga - Executive Director: High School Learning • Teaching & Learning
The APS Teaching and Learning department encompasses grade level support K-12. With a rigorous focus on improving student outcomes, the team of Executive Directors and their teams of resource teachers work to support teachers with implementing HQIM effectively, understanding grade level-standards, and using best practice and high-impact instructional strategies to meet the needs of all students.
The Elementary team is focused on supporting the grade-level experience K-5 with specialists supporting ELA and Math in each grade that offer best practices, curriculum training, and coaching. This team works to develop specific support for the district's Goal 1: Early Literacy.
The Middle School team is focused on supporting the implementation of Interdisciplinary Teams in partnership with ASU, that offers a new and exciting model for the middle-grade student experience. This team works to develop specific support for the district's Goal 2: Eighth Grade Math Proficiency, use of grade-level standards and effective instructional strategies.
The High School team is focused on supporting the development and implementation of the Academies of Albuquerque in partnership with Ford NGL. This team works to develop specific support for the district's Goal 3: College & Career Readiness, use of grade-level standards and effective instructional strategies.
Rachel Altobelli
Senior Director
APS Library Services supports the collection, management, and use of library resources in 137 school libraries and five district libraries. Library Services offers technical and professional support to school librarians in a wide variety of ways.
Professional development at large in-services, small training sessions, and one-on-one site visits.
Technical support for our centrally administrated Destiny Online Catalog, the portal to library books, e-books, and research databases.
Acquisitions, processing, and cataloging support for school libraries.
Access to high-quality online information for APS students and teachers.
Procedures, best-practice guides, and how-to sheets to help with common school library situations such as showing videos and multi-media.
Help with inventories and other projects.
If you would like someone from LSIM to visit your site to offer suggestions, please contact Rachel Altobelli.