Fall Conference Resources
Check them out here!
Math Happenings
Amplify Desmos
Amplify Digital Cards for Activities! If you don’t want to print the cards for activities, they are available digitally. Here is where you can find them.
As always, there is an ongoing tips and tricks sheet for Amplify here.
DreamBox
DreamBox Math gives you the flexibility to assign personalized lessons that meet your students right where they are. Take a quick tour to learn more.
Literacy Happenings
Expeditionary Learning K-5 professional development opportunities
Interested in learning more about writing and/or supports to meet all learners in your EL block? Check out these options for full-day trainings and sign up here by October 31st.
Curious about sentence-level comprehension and ROAR’s assessment of that?Read this blog from Shanahan (skip the narrative to “First, the research …”
Information on ROAR testing sentence-level fluency
Oregon STEM Hub Resources
Looking for Check out the STEM Hub lending library here! Here is a draft (more to come) of how their lending materials align with EL modules.
Supporting English Learners
Do you have questions about whether or not you should use translated classroom materials with your English language learners? This new guidance document is your first place to start in making that decision:
Guidelines for using translated MATERIALS with ELL students
Following the guidelines on this document is the first step. If you still have questions, please reach out to your language specialist in your building, your instructional coach, or Anna Schmitt-ELD Instructional Coach K-12.
Student Well-Being
Priority Standards for Life and Career Readiness
Each grade level has identified three-four priority standards/skills. These represent areas where we will focus our additional instructional time—not the only skills taught. These standards will be reflected on mid-year progress reports. You can see the corresponding lessons in the right hand column.
K–2 Waypoints Assessments
- The custom Waypoints formative assessments are now open in the app for K–2 teachers. Here are the questions.
- Please complete them by November 21.
- You’ll find them listed in your “To Do List” on your Wayfinder Teacher Page as “2025 K Beginning of Year,” “2025 1st Beginning of Year,” etc. Each includes only six questions aligned to the Life and Career Readiness priority standards reflected on the progress report. These are educator observed Waypoints and they are not on student iPads. Detailed instructions here.
Time saving tip from a teacher friend: Have a class list with questions listed across the top. Think about students who might fall into the sometimes (2-developing) or rarely/never (1-beginning) category. Use this rubric to observe these students first. Then use professional judgement and observation to consider where the rest of your class is in their development. In addition, when teaching Wayfinder lessons, notice which lessons are focused on the priority standards and observe how students respond to the corresponding lessons.
Movement Moments
Dance with Dancing Sticks (can use pencils to tap together)
Would You Rather Mario
Sing Along Moose Tube (K – 1)
Frozen Freeze Dance
Educational Technology
Clever Sub Badges – Optional Survey
Clever Sub Badges are now available for all elementary teachers! This feature makes it easy to share digital resources, slides, and curriculum with substitute teachers. If you have any questions or need help getting started, reach out to Robbie Faith.
We’re #1! Our district is currently the top user of Clever Sub Badges in the country. Because of that, Clever has created a short, optional survey to gather feedback from Bend-La Pine teachers. Here is the survey if you’d like to provide them with feedback on this new feature.
Resources Available for Check-out
The Educational Technology team has some great resources available for you to use in your classroom, including Sphero Bolts, Ozobots, Bee-Bots, and the Sphero Indi. To learn more about each of these codeable robots, check out this blog post. You can visit the Educational Technology blog for the request forms – just look in the right hand column under the “Bring Innovation to Your Classroom” heading.