The Seesaw Framework
Seesaw’s Core Principles
Seesaw was thoughtfully designed to support the entire elementary learning journey. By tailoring our design to cater to the elementary experience, we embrace joy, inclusivity, and connection as our core principles. These principles play a crucial role in mitigating achievement gaps and enhancing equity by providing robust support for a diverse range of learners at this foundational stage of education.
All-In-One Platform
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Ensure learning is active and hands-on, with a focus on play, creativity, and encouragement of divergent thinking.
Remove barriers to entry to enable any learner and family members to participate and thrive.
Include families and administrators to be part of the learning experience and engage as active participants.
Positive outcomes for learners, families, and educators.
Seesaw’s Learning Experience Platform is a comprehensive PreK-6 solution, that contributes significantly to enhancing student learning outcomes. Successful districts leverage Seesaw to effectively support one or more of the following use cases below. They can be implemented independently or in conjunction to support a variety of state or district initiatives with a various funding options to support them.
Instructional Resources
Includes thousands of engaging ready-to-teach standards-aligned lessons across all subject areas, PreK-6. Instruction • Formative Assessments • Digital Portfolios • Family Communication & Engagement • Accessibility & Differentiation
English Language Arts • Early Literacy • Math • Science • Social Studies • Computer Science • Motor Development English Language Development • Character Building • Summer Learning • Lessons in Spanish • Daily Routines
Curriculum Alignments
The Seesaw Library provides supplemental curriculum correlated to over 30 core curriculum publishers. Harmony • Second Step • CSTA • ISTE • Amplify CKLA • Benchmark Advance • Fundations • Heggerty HMH Into Reading • Journeys ELA • Reading Horizons • Discovery • ReadyGEN ELA (Savvas) • Wit & Wisdom Wonders • Bridges Math • EnVision Math (Savvas) • Eureka Math • Everyday Math • Go Math • Illustrative Math HMH Into Math • PreK on My Way (Scholastic) • Three Cheers for PreK (Savvas) • Frog Street Literacy Frog Street Math • Amplify Science • Elevate Science (Savvas) • TCI Science • Twig! Science
Flexible Implementation Options
Whole Class Instruction
Accessibility
Stations and Small Group
Seesaw is designed to meet WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines and provide students with versatile tools to express their learning through photos, videos, voice, text, and more. Teachers can deliver instruction through various modes to support pre-readers and visually impaired students, and ensure accessibility for hearing-impaired students and families with features like text labels, captions, and video closed captions.
Guided Practice
Independent Work
Blended Learning
Integrations & Compatibility
We make it easy for schools to integrate with platforms they already use, allowing students and teachers to securely and easily access the tools they need without additional overhead. *Two new integrations coming soon. * *
Digital Portfolios
Capture Evidence of Learning to Gather
Learning Artifacts
Track growth year-over-year from PreK-6 (and beyond) with Seesaw’s digital portfolios. Work done inside or outside of Seesaw can be captured for progress monitoring, and to hear reflections from students on their learning. Video and screen recordings provide visibility and insights into student thinking, so teachers can pinpoint student needs and personalize instruction. Digital portfolios demonstrate proficiency beyond traditional assessments and help support IEP/504 documentation and parent-teacher conferences.
Three Simple Ways to Capture Student Learning
Capture Hands-On Learning
Take a photo or video of any assignment, from math manipulatives to science experiments, to art projects.
Share, Reflect, Celebrate, and Measure Yearly Growth
Gather Digital Artifacts
Upload tools help capture any assignment in Seesaw, where students can reflect on their learning.
• Seesaw’s digital portfolios capture student work throughout the entire school journey, helping to measure and celebrate development throughout the years
• Students can reflect on their learning and share with families or peers
• Digital portfolios encourage student ownership and spark growth throughout the year
• Families can see daily work to support and celebrate their child
• Highlight pages provide teachers with flexible, ready-to-assign templates for students to capture and reflect on their learning in repeatable formats
Encourage Student Voice & Autonomy
Video, voice recording, drawing, and more help provide visibility into student thinking and allows them to demonstrate proficiency beyond traditional assessments.
97% of teachers say Seesaw helps them capture evidence of student learning over time.
“Perfect for student-led conferences
Seesaw has been instrumental in helping our K-5 students build a digital portfolio of their work that can be shared with not only their teachers but also their parents/ guardians. Students love adding creative artifacts that demonstrate the knowledge and skills they are developing in various subject areas.
- Jennifer S, Digital Learning Coach, Burlington, Massachusetts
A Look Inside
Seesaw Instruction & Insights
A New Tier of Seesaw for Back-to-School 2024
Actionable Insights at the School & District Level
New dashboards provide deeper visibility into engagement on Seesaw and performance on standards.
Engagement Dashboard
Set District-Wide Standards and Rating Scales for Consistency
Now users will only see the standards and rating options set by the district throughout Seesaw.
Learning Insights Dashboard
Organize the School & District Library to Meet Your Needs
Curate instructional sequences with new bulk tools to bring your scope and sequence into Seesaw. Save teachers time and align with your initiatives by providing high-quality content in a space they already utilize.
Control Contributor Permissions
Organize by Subject, Grade, Theme, Curriculum Alignments
Plus new integrations support a streamlined implementation!
Deepen Instructional Impact for All Learners with Exclusive Tools and Supplemental Curriculum Packages
Premium Instruction and Assessment Tools
Reading Fluency Assessment
Capture accuracy, words correct per minute, omissions and more!
Focus Mode alows teachers to limit the amount of tools on the canvas
Custom, flippable tiles
A new free response option for formative assessments
Read aloud with word-by-word highlights
Supplemental Curriculum Packages
• PreK-2 Content in English & Spanish
• 500+ Lessons
• Covers phonemic awareness and phonics skills, letter identification and recognition, sight word practice and fluency
• Utilizes the new premium tools & assessments
*Packages available for Seesaw Instruction & Insights subscriptions
• K-5
• 450+ lessons to start
• Three levels of lessons in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts
• Our multimodal tools give students a safe place to listen, speak, read, and write with built-in scaffolds that allow them to access grade-level content knowledge and skills
Seesaw Early Literacy
Seesaw Instruction & Insights Supplemental Curriculum Package
Support foundational reading skills with 600+ engaging, hands-on, PreK-2 lessons that bring joy and student autonomy to an area that can feel repetitive and boring.
Evidence-backed supplemental early literacy curriculum built on the leading elementary learning experience platform that instills confidence and joy.
• Student voice recording promotes reflection and reading fluency
• Flexible student groups unlock easy differentiation
• Lessons address top skills through a balanced literacy approach
• Includes modeling and multiple practice formats
• Utilizes NEW premium tools like Reading Fluency Assessments that automatically analyze student progress on literacy skills
Grounded in the Science of Reading, aligned to Scarborough’s Reading Rope
We use evidence-based approaches to literacy, with intentionally designed, explicitly scaffolded, and differentiated instruction. Aligned to state/national standards and over 30 different curricula.
Explore Seesaw Early Literacy
Alphabet Garden PK-TK
Alphabet Treasures K
Fun Phonemes PK-TK, K
Phenomenal Phonics K-2
Fonética fenomenal K-2
Fonemas fantásticos K
High Frequency
Words With Turtle K-2
Letter & Word Book Treehouse K-1
Passages Playhouse K-2
Introduce early learners to letters through hands-on lessons that invite students to practice letter formation, phonemic awareness, and making connections to each letter in the real world.
Students complete activities on their alphabet journey to build rapid letter recognition and identification - hearing, identifying, and writing the letters of the alphabet in multimodal ways. Available in Spanish!
Students build phonemic awareness with Teacher Barnes and Sound Hound by listening to, identifying, and matching sounds to build mastery of each phoneme. Available in Spanish!
Dynamic phonics practices help students recognize sound-spelling relationships by sorting, blending, segmenting, and making connections. Available in Spanish!
Los cuadernos de ejercicios son cosa del pasado. ¡Con Seesaw, las lecciones de fonética son fascinantes y divertidas!
¡Sigue a Loro Sonoro para practicar y jugar con los fonemas!
Engage students in dynamic activities that foster analysis, spelling, identification, writing, creativity, and practical application of over 100 high-frequency words, paving the way to build confident and fluent readers.
Embark on an enriching literacy journey and ignite a love for learning in early readers as they explore the alphabet, practice letter and digraph sounds, build foundational vocabulary, and master decoding skills!
Dive into the world of reading fluency and comprehension! Invite students to experience reader’s theater, while engaging in word work and reading comprehension activities, fostering confident and skilled readers.
Phonics Games K-2
Enhance phonics fluency with Phonics Games: engaging, interactive activities that reinforce sound-spelling patterns and foster early reading and writing skills, perfect for independent or partner play!
Everything teachers need for flexible, effective implementation
• Versatile lessons that support whole-class, small group and independent work
• Activity mats
• Lesson plans
• Teachers guides with week-by-week recommendations
Industry award-winning platform
English Language
Development
Developmentally appropriate lessons can be flexibly taught through various ELD model, with language supports and modeling that make the content accessible to multilingual learners at all levels of language proficiency.
The package includes
• Lesson plans
• Teacher Guide for implementation
Seesaw Instruction & Insights
Supplemental Curriculum Package
Seesaw ELD provides K-5 multilingual learners with scaffolded opportunities to practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking English in the context of over 480 ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies lessons.
With Seesaw’s multimodal tools, multilingual learners have a safe space to learn, practice and build confidence while honoring their strengths and experiences.
Level 1
• Resource Guide to align with your specific content area needs and ELD model
Follows the WIDA framework and developed with language & content experts
The Seesaw Difference
3 Levels of Language Acquisition per Lesson
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Level 3
• Dr. Kia McDaniel
• Dr. Adria Klein
• Dr. Ebony Shockley
• Dr. Tamar Posner
• Dr. Tahira DuPree Chase
Teachers Students Administrators
Communicate with families in 100+ languages
Collaborate with coteachers, support staff, and families
Create student groups for easy differentiation
Access multiple ways to model, practice, reflect on, and use new language skills
Hear themselves, reflect, and develop their English language skills
Monitor the progress of their ELD program
Make data-driven decisions with school and district level dashboards
Support Equity & Access & Diverse Learners
• Engagement
• Representation
• Action & Expression
Mulitmodal tools enable equitable participation, student agency, and support accommodations
Digital Portfolios Document Learning
Capture growth to support IEP/504 documentation
Accessible Seesaw Supports:
• Web version screen readers
• Speech to Text or Dictation
• Custom voice instructions and label options
• Colors, contrasts and fonts
• Close captioning
Progress Monitoring & Evidence for MTSS Interventions
Seesaw equips schools and districts with evidence-based tools to implement Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, engage all learners, and promote the holistic well-being of children.
Tier 1 • Research-Based Core Instruction
• Auto-graded formative assessments help teachers identify student needs, capture data to guide instruction, and simplify ongoing progress-monitoring assessments
• Provide instructional leaders with actionable insights to make data-based decisions district-wide in the Learning Insights Dashboard
• Accessible multimodal learning and assessment tools ensures every student has the ability to show what they know in the format that fits their needs
• Support high-quality instruction with thousands of PK-6 standards- and curriculum-aligned lessons in the Seesaw Library, including Character Building content
• Provide families visibility into student learning with a real-time view of classwork. Plus, flexible messaging tools provide a convenient area to share progress and keep everyone in the learning loop
Tier 2-3 • Targeted & Intensive Intervention
• Quickly differentiate content for individual students or flexible student groups with similar intervention or enrichment needs
• Digital portfolios capture evidence of learning beyond traditional assessments, whether hands-on or digital, in one spot with student reflections and feedback attached
• School-wide messaging and co-teachers facilitate intervention team collaboration in the same environment where student learning is happening
• Seesaw ELD provides K-5 multilingual students opportunities to practice English in the context of over 480 grade-level appropriate ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies lessons
Industry Validations & Certifications
Learning Insights Dashboard
The Learning Experience Platform That Transforms Elementary Instruction
Trusted and Loved by 25 Million Educators, Students, and Families
Seesaw is the only elementary Learning Experience Platform, that offers a suite of award-winning tools and curriculum to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features.
Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop with continuous visibility into the student learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.
Administrators
Teachers
The impact was astounding! With Seesaw, our students could showcase their work in ways we hadn’t imagined before. Photos, videos, and written assignments came to life on this platform, allowing for a comprehensive view of their progress. Not only that, but Seesaw also opened up seamless communication channels between students, parents, and teachers.
- Fifth Grade Teacher Melissa S. Newville, Pennsylvania
Students
Families
Schools & Districts Use Seesaw For
Instruction: Enable teachers to deliver high-quality, standards-aligned supplemental instruction that encourages student voice and choice (including front-of-class, centers/stations, independent work). Lessons are aligned to 30+ core curriculum publishers.
Family Engagement: Engage families in the learning process through inclusive two-way communication with text translation options in 100+ languages. Families gain insight into their student’s work and a window into the classroom.
Digital Portfolios: Capture learning completed within and outside of Seesaw through digital portfolios that showcase daily, quarterly, and yearly student growth.
Assessment & Data-Driven Decisions: Routinely assess student learning to glean meaningful insights into their understanding and make data-informed instructional decisions. Schools can also create custom auto-graded formative assessments with detailed reports.
Accessible & Differentiated Learning: Enable developmentally appropriate, accessible, and differentiated instruction to reach and engage all learners, and meet legal requirements for Multilingual Learners and Special Education students. Schools can support IEP & 504 accommodations and paperwork.
Award-Winning Instructional Platform
Grounded in Research and Designed by Experts
• Validated as a designated Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Tier III and Tier IV evidence-based intervention by industry-leading, third-party edtech insights organization, LearnPlatform
• Earned Digital Promise product certifications for Research-Based Design for Instructional Learning Products and Learner Variability
• Awarded International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Seal of Alignment, demonstrating powerful instructional tools that deliver a high-quality learning experience aligned with leading digital age standards
• Structured and explicit literacy instruction based on the Science of Reading research from Dr. Louisa Moats and Wiley Blevins
• Supports educators in applying the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines to their instruction
• Equips schools and districts with evidence-based tools to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
