Leveled Readers

For more than 15 years, our in-house team of leveling experts has developed hundreds of leveled readers. We have also consulted as independent reviewers to assess and correct the levels in clients’ existing libraries.

Our role: Full service book development, manuscript development, leveling consulting

Catapult ELA, Grades 3–5

Tasked with replacing an aging literacy program, we created prototypes for initial piloting, which were then modified and expanded for a complete-program limited release the following year.

Our role: Concept and produce all student materials; author, edit, and produce all teacher lesson manuals

Animal Action Education

Concept and produce animal welfare-related educational materials for ages 5–14, including student magazines, teacher lesson plans, and technology components, that easily integrate into US and international classrooms.

Our role: Concept and produce all materials for the US market, and international templates for localization

Northern Dogs

Received partially completed materials for a community-based curriculum aimed at the relationship between Canadian First Nations peoples and their dogs which had stalled midstream, created a new organization and structure, then produced all printed curriculum materials to complete the initiative.

Our role: Scope and sequence development; content authoring; all editorial, design, and production tasks through final files to printer

STEM

Concepted and produced a brand-new, from scratch, K–8 supplemental STEM curriculum, including lesson plans, student workbooks, posters, and bills of materials for unit kits.

Our role: Scope and sequence development; content authoring; all editorial, design, and production tasks through final files to printer

Early Grades Reading Assessment

Expanded 16-week phonics program into a complete Grades 1–3 literacy curriculum aligned to Liberian national reading standards. Created student workbooks, decodable book library, and daily lesson plans for 30 weeks of instruction per grade.

Our role: Scope and sequence development; content authoring; all editorial, design, and production tasks through final files to printer

AchieveLiteracy, Grades K–2

Supported a new curriculum manager in the organization and development of a new K–2 literacy intervention curriculum, including leveled books, student anthology, posters, lesson plans, and other support materials.

Our role: Train client curriculum team, edit and produce all curriculum materials

Lesson Plans

Finding writers who can write rich, meaningful lessons that provide the right level of scaffolding and teacher support and still fit within the designated word count can be a chore.

For more than 15 years, Trillium's in-house team has written thousands of lessons for a wide variety of publishers and audiences.

Our role: Prototype, create authoring and editing guidelines, author, edit, page design, templating, and page composition

Perspectives

Our own program concept, this unique K–5 series taps into students’ natural curiosity to help them think critically and read for deeper meaning. Visit www.glaciercreekpublishing.com for more information.

Our role: Concept through manufacture—we did it all!

STEM

Concepted and produced a brand-new, from scratch K–8 supplemental STEM curriculum, including lesson plans, student workbooks, posters, and bills of materials for unit kits.

Our role: Scope and sequence development; content authoring; all editorial, design, and production tasks through final files to printer

Reading Skills

Called upon at the last minute to help with a project that had fallen behind, we received the pieces in various states of completeness, created templates and guidelines, and carried the project across the finish line.

Our role: Organization, edit, page design and composition

Early Grades Math Assessment

Created a complete Grades 1–3 math curriculum aligned to Liberian national standards. Created student workbooks and daily lesson plans for 30 weeks of instruction per grade.

Our role: Scope and sequence development; content authoring; all editorial, design, and production tasks through final files to printer

Writer's Workshop

Wrote, edited, and produced lessons for a K–6 genre-based writing program, then after CCSS was introduced, we revised and updated the program to incorporate new skills and a Common Core focus.

Our role: Author, edit, page composition

Trillium IDS

In 2014, our sister company was founded to focus on the eLearning needs of our clients. The team of eLearning professionals (instructional designers, technologists, and developers) works seamlessly with Trillium's content development team to bring effective online instruction to life. Visit www.trilliumIDS.com for more information.

Humane Community Development eLearning

Given a few workshop manuals and a high-level outline, concepted, wrote, designed, and produced a series of eLearning modules on topics ranging from principles of adult learning and community development to specific training on a proprietary process for humane community development.

Our role: Concept, storyboard, author, edit, design, persevere

Online Interactive Activities

Concepted, designed, and developed a series of interactive activities for kids ages 5–14 to support an education campaign around wildlife trade. Play the games here.

Our role: Concept, author and edit content, storyboard, graphic design, illustration, photo research, media development.

DPM Impact Assessment Tool

From a decision tree provided by the client, created a database-driven online decision-making tool, complete with custom feedback. Click here to explore the tool for yourself. Includes multi-lingual support.

Our role: Storyboard, architect structure, design, media development

AAE Connect

One of our long-time clients wanted to create an online community for its teachers spread across the globe. We documented their requirements, researched platforms that would meet their needs, then designed and built out the platform.

Our role: Requirements gathering, platform research, architect structure, content development, HTML, CSS, site moderation

Animation Scripts and Question Sets

For an online K–3 comprehensive program, wrote over 300 scripts including voiceover and animation instructions, each focusing on a different math or ELA skill. Then, wrote over 400 question sets to provide practice and assessment for discrete math and ELA skills. In addition, the project required the development of more than 100 short reading passages to support instruction, practice, and assessment.

Our role: Author