Last year, our kindergarten Acadience scores grew by 12 percentage points<\/strong>. Twelve points in one year is incredible growth, and it happened because of our teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It happened because teachers learned, adjusted instruction, collaborated with colleagues, paid attention to what students needed, and kept getting better. That 12-point growth represents thousands of small instructional decisions made every day by teachers who believe every child can become a reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, we have an opportunity to build on that momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With all 19 schools at the table, we can learn from one another and continue aligning the instructional practices that make the biggest difference for students. Alignment isn’t about everyone teaching exactly the same way. It’s about developing a shared understanding of highly effective literacy instruction and getting really good at it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that’s what makes this year so exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If our teachers helped create 12 points of growth in one year, imagine what is possible when all 19 schools are learning and working together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every school. Every classroom. Every reader. -Julie Richards, Elementary Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Highlights and Changes for the Upcoming School Year for Amplify Desmos Math: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can watch the replay of the<\/strong> webinar here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Boost!<\/strong> Here is the Teacher Guide<\/a> if you didn\u2019t make it to the session on Wednesday, September 2nd. Administering mClass Math BOY will place students on a pathway automatically, but you can also manually assign students a pathway based on the pre-unit check data. Here is a short video with directions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Supplemental Data Reasoning Lessons –<\/strong> You will notice the Curriculum Maps<\/a> has a link to include supplemental Data Reasoning lessons that align with Oregon Standards. They are aligned to your EL modules to help with connections. You can find the whole list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rice!<\/strong> 3rd and 5th grade received rice in their Amplify Desmos Math kits. We have more if you need additional bags! Let Kerry Morton or your instructional coach know if you need more rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EL-aligned fluency passages K-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In case you missed the session at Moves That Matter, here are some resources to help you and your PLC get started collaborating around complex text, fluency, sentence-level comprehension and fluency, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EL-aligned fluency passages are a tool designed to support instruction in these areas. There is lots of flexibility in how you use them to meet the needs of your grade level and students. One important reminder: all students need opportunities to engage with complex, grade-level text. These passages include built-in instructional supports to help lift all students into that work rather than limiting access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Didn\u2019t receive your Modules 3 and 4 from the print shop? <\/strong> I\u2019m looking forward to hearing what you notice, what works well, what could be improved, and how this tool is supporting your students and your instruction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out the Wayfinder Morning Meeting<\/a> template you can use to build your routines for your community connection time in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you Rather Back to School\u00a0<\/a> Curriculum Access for Substitute Teachers<\/strong> If you created a dedicated Sub Page last year in Clever, you are already good to go. If you are interested in learning more or need support with Clever Sub Badges, just reach out to Robbie Faith<\/a> for support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instructional Tools Website<\/strong> 19 Schools. One Commitment. Every Reader There is something exciting happening across our district this year: all 19 of our elementary schools are represented on our Early Literacy Teams. That Continue reading September 9th Update<\/span>
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Since these passages are being used in classrooms for the first time this year, I\u2019m holding off on filling Print Shop orders for Modules 3 and 4 until we\u2019ve had a chance to gather feedback and make any needed adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Clever Sub Badges make sub planning a little bit easier for teachers and provides substitutes secure access to the digital tools your class uses every day. You can use them to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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In case you didn\u2019t know, you can see all instructional tools that have deployed for you and your class(es) at https:\/\/instructionaltools.bend.k12.or.us<\/a> This site also includes quick start guides to help you get started with many of the deployed tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"