Teacher Created Materials, Inc., is the publisher and sole source provider and copyright owner for all items on the included list within the United States. These items can only be purchased through Teacher Created Materials, Inc. These items are not distributed in stores for retail sales, through any third-party distributed in stores for retail sales, or through any third-party distributors. TCM creates their own Sole-Sourced resources and curriculum as well as provides embedded professional development, research, best practices, scope and sequence/pacing plans in every resource. CM provides easy to implement, consistent tools and has provided constant support to the School District of Osceola County throughout various implementations in the school district over the span of the past 10 years. TCM’s resources are research-based, some components are ESSA-rated, and all are evidence based and aligned to FL BEST. The resources are highly engaging, diverse, current, well-priced for the value of what is included, easy to use and implement, respected, and provide solid ways for students to learn and prepare for the current and future grade levels. Teacher Created Materials developed this program to teach words that children will encounter most often, helping them become strong, confident readers. • Build strong word recognition and background knowledge with paired, full-color books. • Focus on the same high-frequency words in a different context with each reader pair. • Utilize the accompanying Management Guide to provide support for early literacy instruction with research, management tips, additional activities, standards correlations, and more. • Implement before, during, and after reading activities in the teacher pages in each lesson. • Provide additional practice in for workstations or centers with accompanying full-color activity pages for students. • Integrate technology with PDFs of books, printable activities, templates, and bookmarks, as well as professional audio recordings. Can Requirements Be Modified So Competitive Products or Services Can Be Used? Detail Why Piecing the Kits Out is Not in the Best Interest of the District. All of TCM’s resources are comprehensive no matter the content area. They provide a spiraling curriculum across grade levels PreK-8, fiction and nonfiction texts, embedded PD, visual user instructions, pacing plans, reading levels, full lesson plans, formative assessments, summative assessments, pdfs of texts, student activities, parent engagement tools, digital tools including audio and video tools. Our support is also comprehensive through implementation webinars and immediate help from their FL Sales Team. What would the user agency do if the product or service were discontinued? TCM strives to provide appropriate enhancements to their resources as technology and standard practices evolve. Teacher Created Materials, Inc. 5301 Oceanus Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Phone#: 800-858-7339 Fax#: 888-877-7606 orders@tcmpub.com Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification.
