Student Activity Workbooks

Independent study curriculum written by Skyrocket's developers
specifically for your students.

What is a SAW?

A SAW is a student activity workbook designed to allow students to independently complete core and elective coursework. SAWs contain background information, lessons, activities, formative assessments, performance tasks and reviews and may have assigned texts and supplemental resources. The goal of the SAW is to allow students to learn the content independently through reading and age-appropriate pedagogical practice. Students then review the SAW with a teacher before completing a Unit Summative Assessment via the Online Assessment Platform. Each semester of a course is composed of 5 SAWs equivalent to 5 units. All SAWs are aligned to state standards.

For sunsetting dates, new course rollouts, links to files or alternative curriculum, please see the Course List.

Assessment Rubrics

Some SAW courses have written or short answer assignments that require additional grading.

Add an Independent Project!

Looking to further customize a course? Independent projects can be approved by your principal by submitting this form and course contract.

Course Materials

Find item numbers, course materials and more for SAWs here.

Sunsetting Processes

Courses that are being replaced with newer courses will now adhere to two sunset dates in a calendar year. When a course is released, its sunset date will ALWAYS be the date which is furthest away from the new course release date.

Sunsetting Policy &Sunsetting Courses

Alternative Curriculum Links

Some SAW courses have had links change since their debut. The Course List designates the courses this applies to, but to see the all the changes on one spreadsheet use the link below.

Checks for Understanding

The Checks for Understanding (CFU) are Google Form quizzes that help students and instructors see how much students understood the unit concepts, before they take the unit assessment. These CFU's are closely aligned with the core materials found on the unit assessments.