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Welcome to the CCS Achieve3000 page! Here, you will find information about Achieve3000, helpful tutorials for reports and tools, and important updates happening in our schools. Achieve3000 accelerates literacy learning growth for all students with differentiated content and instruction. It is proven to double and even triple expected reading gains in a single school year. It is our district's official Tier 2 & 3 literacy intervention and acceleration resource for grades six through nine. Special requests for school or teacher use are also considered. Achieve3000 is accessible to teachers and students via Clever.
CCS Achieve3000 Monthly Competition for Secondary Schools SY22-23
Keep up the great work! Competitions are paused for now but may return for springtime motivation.
Interested in PD?
See PD offerings to the right.
EOY LevelSet AssessmentThe EOY LevelSet assessment window will open on May 1, 2023 for the district. It's important for students to take the EOY LevelSet seriously so the results accurately reflect their end of year knowledge. If needed, prepare students
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Office of Teaching & Learning
Sonja Dill
Supervisor of Secondary Curriculum
Support for Accounts & Access
Achieve3000
Kamala Abbott & Amber Harris
Product Managers
Support for Teacher PD & Instruction
Kirsten Colsen
Customer Advocacy
Support for Principals and APs
kirsten.colson@mheducation.com
Virtual Meetings for Q&A and Demonstrations
Upcoming Achieve3000 PD Offerings
March: Principals & Instructional Coaches
March: Teacher & Instructional Aides
Achieve3000 Recorded Training Sessions
Access past training sessions here. You will need to register to enter this site, which is designed for CCS educators only.
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Accelerate Learning with Achieve3000 Literacy: Success Guaranteed!
Accelerate learning growth for all students with Achieve3000 Literacy’s differentiated content and instruction. It is proven to double and even triple expected reading gains in a single school year.
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Accessing Prior Knowledge
This lesson plan is for teaching students to access their prior knowledge towards enhancing reading comprehension.
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Analyzing Student Data
You know the importance of progress monitoring in order to make data informed instructional decisons. Find out how Achieve3000 makes this task easier.
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Asking Questions for Information Lesson Plan
This lesson plan allows students to practice asking questions to get information and increase comprehension.
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CCS List of Physical Science Articles in Achieve3000
For Physical Science, use this list, created by the district Secondary Science Coordinator, to quickly identify articles and activities relevant to the content throughout the school year.
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CCS List of Social Studies Articles in Achieve3000
For Social Studies, use this list, created by the district Secondary Social Studies Coordinator, to quickly identify articles and activities relevant to the content throughout the school year.
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Context Analysis (Context Clues) Lesson Plan
This lesson plan instructs students to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by using surrounding information in text.
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Figurative Language Lesson Plan
This lesson plan provides opportunities for students to identify examples of figurative language.
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General Lesson Plan Template
Use this succinct lesson plan template for any lesson instruction. It includes the "I Do, We Do, Two Do, You Do" model.