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Happy Teacher Appreciation Month!
We're celebrating teachers all month long.
Want to follow our "Thank You Teachers" initiative? Connect with us through @tcmpub on our social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Untold Stories
Explore diverse perspectives!
Empower students by helping them connect with unique stories that promote representation and diversity.
Untold Stories is a meaningful nonfiction series with texts that focus on diverse people and their captivating experiences.
Let's Talk Math
Engage students as mathematical thinkers!
Watch students become effective collaborators and confident problem-solvers with this meaningful new approach to teaching math.
This series by Teacher Created Materials will make learning math more interesting and applicable to the real world by implementing structured, problem-solving routines.
iCivics Readers
Inspire students to make change!
Develop tomorrow’s leaders today by guiding students as they explore issues they really care about.
Created in collaboration with civics expert iCivics, this high-quality literacy and civic resource engages students in critical thinking, thoughtful discussions, and activities about their civic responsibilities.
To Create a World
in Which Children Love to Learn!
For over 40 years Teacher Created Materials (TCM) has published
innovative, imaginative, and award-winning resources for teachers
and students in all subjects for Grades K-12.
Since 1977 and still to this day, our driving vision is to:
Create a World in which Children Love to Learn!
At-Home Learning Resources
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These materials are designed to help students solidify the concepts they are learning at school, and equip them for learning at home!
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Our Story
For over 40 years Teacher Created Materials has published innovative, imaginative, and award-winning resources for teachers and students in all subjects for Grades K-12
Our Promise
Everything we publish is created by teachers for teachers and students because we've always believed that no one knows what teachers need more than other teachers.
Our Mission
Everything we do here at TCM is created by teachers for teachers and students to make teaching more effective and learning more fun.
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Literacy
Enhance students’ literacy skills by focusing on the five essential areas of literacy, including: Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Content Knowledge, and Writing.
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Building Vocabulary
Build academic vocabulary in as little as 20 minutes a day.
TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers
Integrate science, social studies, and mathematics content with these dynamic nonfiction books.
Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts
Empower students to see themselves in the materials they are studying.
Exploring Reading
Guide all students to become strong, independent readers.
Let’s Learn
Perfect resource for any school, teacher, or parent who’s unsure what the new school year will bring.
Language Power
Empower students to build language proficiency through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Exploring Social Studies: California Edition
Discover an innovative, integrated approach to social studies instruction.
Focused Reading Intervention
Bridge the gap between struggling and proficient readers through focused instruction.
Focused Mathematics Intervention
Reinforce key mathematical concepts and build mathematical fluency.
Exploring Reading
Guide all students to become strong, independent readers.
Language Power
Empower students to build language proficiency through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Take-Home Backpacks
Prevent summer learning loss, prepare students for the coming school year, and strengthen school-home connections.
Kids Learn
Prevent summer learning loss and prepare students for the upcoming grade level.
Let’s Learn
Perfect resource for any school, teacher, or parent who’s unsure what the new school year will bring.
Let’s Learn Backpacks
Keep students on track, prevent learning loss, and prepare for unknown learning environments.
180 Days of Practice
Lessons designed to immerse students in each subject, learn key skills, and form good habits.
TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers
Integrate science, social studies, and mathematics content into language arts instruction.
At Your Fingertips
Gain confidence in your ability to make learning meaningful and effective.
Building Vocabulary
Build academic vocabulary in as little as 20 minutes a day.
Professional Learning
Your professional learning partner wherever you are
Teacher Created Materials designs and delivers workshops, coaching and modeling, and motivating keynote presentations in virtual and face-to-face models.
All of our professional learning is topical and offers the utmost in flexibility.
We understand teachers and are able to seamlessly blend pedagogical knowledge, best practices, and hands-on application that can be applied in any instructional setting.
Topics
TCM offers a wide range of popular and relevant topics to start your professional learning.
Live Webinars
Join our virtual Coffee Chats to learn some new strategies, participate in live Q&A, and have some fun with your peers!
On-Demand Webinars
TCM offers FREE on-demand webinars that provide access to robust professional learning on the latest education trends.
Presenters
Motivate and energize your staff with powerful presentations from educational experts.
Training Options
Continue your professional learning journey regardless of where you are teaching.
Product Training
Virtual product training, designed to train teachers on how to use a particular set of products.
TCM Blog Recent Posts
Read the latest articles posted on our blog, written by nationally-recognized experts and get some inspiration for your classroom, at-home or distance learning.
Why Word Roots Matter to a Fifth Grader!
I was in the fifth grade when I first met the word quadruped while reading a homework assignment about mammals (“live-bearing quadrupeds”). Miss Patterson showed us how to unlock the meaning of a long or difficult word - even if we had ...
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How to Engage Students in Civics: 7 Tips & Ideas for Active Learning
Teaching in today’s ever-changing classroom environment presents many challenges, including teaching civics, a complex topic that can quickly stir up emotions. Read more for 7 Tips & Ideas to navigate teaching the latest civics guidelines in engaging, informational, and practical ways.
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