Accelerates Academic Vocabulary

Vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of students' future academic success across the curriculum. Longman Cornerstone and Longman Keystone provide explicit instruction in academic vocabulary throughout all levels of the series.

Develops Transferable Skills

Content-rich readings from across the curriculum paired with modeled learning strategies equip students with the tools they need to achieve academic success as they transition to mainstream classrooms.

A Roadmap to Academic Success

A well-organized, yet easy-to-use roadmap of skills is essential to helping your students achieve success. The step-by-step lesson plan and built-in strategies for differentiated instruction ensures that every learner gets the support he or she needs to achieve long term academic success.

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Cornerstone Program Components:

California Teacher’s Edition
Standards-based lesson plans use an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach to delivering explicit instruction (Introduce, Teach, Practice) and teaching skills to mastery. Content standards that are the focus of instruction are clearly identified on every left-hand page. Strategies for Universal Access as well as tools to Accelerate Language Development are found on the right-hand pages.

California Teacher’s Resource Book
Includes blackline masters of Graphic Organizers and answer keys for the Student Edition, Workbook, and Reader’s Companion. Also includes letters home to introduce the unit to students’ families as well as Reading Summaries for every reading in the Student Edition.

California Placement and Exit Tests
Designed to place students in the appropriate level of Cornerstone.

California Assessment Book
Standards-based tests for every selection, including summative unit tests.  There is also a diagnostic pre-test (given during the first week of school,) a mid-term test, and a post-test (given during the last week of school) so that teachers can measure student progress effectively throughout the year.

Program Audio Cd
Includes recordings of each of the readings, academic
and key vocabulary words with sample sentences.

Video DVD
Provides 5–7 minutes of background-building
information on the theme or topic of each unit.

California Teacher’s CD-ROM w/ ExamView™ Assessment Suite
This electronic Teacher’s Edition provides the entire content of the print TE together with the electronic files of all the print teaching resources (lesson plans, answer keys, graphic organizers, etc.).  In addition, the built-in ExamView Test Generator provides a powerful and easy-to-use tool for Standards-based assessment and reporting.

California Student CD-ROM w/ eBook
The entire Student Edition on CD-ROM with additional  inter-activities for skills taught in text.  Also includes complete video and audio recordings, hyperlinks to web resources, and a “Read and Record” feature that allows students to practice their reading and speaking fluency.

Phonics and Word Analysis Kit
The Phonics and Word Analysis Kit builds the foundational phonics, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary skills for emerging readers, English learners, students with interrupted formal education, and other learners with severely limited reading abilities. 

  1. Phonics Workbook

The Phonics Worktext provides instruction and practice in each sound/symbol combination.

  1. Phonics Teacher’s Guide with Audio CD

Teacher’s guide to each phonics concept with step-by-step lesson plans. The Audio CD provides pronunciation of phonemes and words to build phonemic awareness and vocabulary.

  1. Phonics Flashcards

Flashcards to help student practice and master sound/symbol combinations.

  1. Decodable Reader Set

High-interest readings with highly controlled vocabulary to help learners decode text and build reading confidence.