{"id":7874,"date":"2026-02-18T19:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:32:26","slug":"february-18th-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2026\/02\/18\/february-18th-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 18th Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pasta Fossil Art from W.E. Miller Elementary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our Vision for Literacy – from Julie Richards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our vision for literacy in Bend La Pine is that 95%<\/strong> of our students are reading at or above grade level by the end of 2nd grade.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have some \u201cwins\u201d to celebrate!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindergarten mid year Acadience data has grown from 57% in 24-25 to 68%<\/strong> at or above benchmark in 25-26!!!!  AMAZING!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we are recognizing the SRE kindergarten team as they had amazing growth on DIBELS. With a composite score from 61% at BOY to 88% MOY, the highlight is that 95% of kindergartners know all their letters and sounds. They said “I think our success can be attributed to our work with the Early Literacy Cohort. We’ve used intentional goal setting, altering practices and routines to focus on the most important goals first, prioritizing  our Foundational Skills block and maximizing the time spent, providing students more opportunities to respond and “do the work”, and every student being in decodable text daily.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next few TLC blogs we will continue to celebrate growth in Early Literacy and celebrations from the Math Growth and Engagement Network!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literacy Happenings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you been eagerly awaiting fluency passages that align with EL topics? <\/strong>
Would you like to join a small team of teachers to develop these?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signup here<\/a><\/strong> before February 24th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What:<\/strong> create weekly fluency passages for grades 1st – 5th grade to support fluency development while also building background\/vocabulary for EL topics<\/p>\n\n\n\n