In LAUSD elementary classrooms they use workbooks, sheets from the publishers, and photocopies at a waste of millions while enriching the publishers. There is not enough practice on any skill for every student to attain mastery of that skill.
My students used five to six Math books with Math paper folded into 16 squares. The students got plenty of practice and practice equals mastery.
For Language Arts exercises, I used a textbook along with lined paper. I used lined paper for creative writing too. I supplemented the textbook with charts and transparencies and the students worked and there was sufficient practice for mastery.
Do they really learn how to punctuate quotations by putting in commas and quotation marks on a printed page?
My students wrote their own dialogue and put in the punctuation.
LAUSD: Your tax dollars at waste always!