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!
New Edition!
Language Power
Build English Language Proficiency!
Anchored by dynamic, level-appropriate text sets and grounded in rigorous instruction in the four language domains, Language Power, 2nd Edition accelerates students’ English language proficiency.
New Resource!
Building Connections: A Book Collection Curated by Free Spirit Publishing
Improve student comprehension, cooperation, and communication through a carefully curated collection of books focused on essential life skills and the whole child.
New Edition!
Fiction Readers
Cultivate a lifelong love of reading
Pique students' curiosity about the world while broadening their reading experiences and enriching their vocabulary. Fiction Readers builds literacy and comprehension skills through the K-5 collections of leveled readers.
New Resources for the Science of Literacy!
Gain a deeper understanding of how students learn to read!
This NEW collection of professional development books explores current research on the science of reading and discusses what it means for classrooms today.
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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Feel free to explore and browse our extensive catalogue of diverse Subjects that are suitable for all Grade levels, suitable for classrooms and remote teaching.
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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TCM creates and publishes titles for your Classroom, Library or Home envornments, including solutions for Professional Advancement of educators.
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Coaching, workshops and keynotes in virtual and face-to-face models
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Featured products
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.
Aligning to the Science of Reading: 3 Considerations for Every Teacher
As far as hot topics in literacy go, the Science of Reading would make the top of the list. If you google the term, you get a myriad of results, from trainings to programmatic promises. In an effort to support all teachers ...
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Why Teaching Fiction Matters
Research tells us that reading proficiency is highly correlated with the amount of reading that students do. Former classroom teacher and district curriculum specialist Alan Becker describes his experiences with fictional texts and how he used these engaging texts as a doorway ...
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