Cougar Ridge Site Council January 7, 2013

Topics Reading Your Questions

Washington’s Vision for Education Every Washington public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21 st century. 3

Adopted Adopted English Language Arts Standards Not Yet AdoptedA dopted

Common Core State Standards CCSS Parent Video

CCSS Implementation Timeline (ISD) Phase 1: Awareness and Understanding, Alignment, and Adoption Phase 2: Align Resources and Materials Phase 3: Classroom Transitions Phase 4: Statewide Implementation through the Assessment System

State Testing New CCSS Assessments Spring 2015

Content Progressions and Shifts in English Language Arts K Print Concepts & Phonological Awareness Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency Reading Literature & Informational Text, including literary nonfiction Balance K-5 50% Literature 50% Informational Text Reading Literature – stories, drama, poetry Balance gr. 6-8 = 45% Balance gr = 30% Reading informational text including literary nonfiction Balance gr. 6-8 = 55% Balance gr = 70% Literacy (Reading) History/Social Studies, Science, Technical Subjects Writing Standards Balance of Text Types: grades 4 – opinion = 30%; information = 35%; narrative = 35% Literacy (Writing) History/Social Studies, Science, Technical Subjects: Grade 8 – argument = 35%; information = 35%; narrative = 30% Grade 12 – argument = 40%; information = 40%; narrative = 20% Speaking & Listening Standards Language Standards, including vocabulary acquisition and use Content Progressions and Shifts in English Language Arts

Balanced Reading in ISD Independent Reading Read To Guided Reading Shared Reading

Reading Materials

“ My students seem to really enjoy the books that are used during the Making Meaning lessons. The lessons are well structured and I believe the focus lessons are helping my students to look more carefully at main characters, problems, solutions, and making inferences.”

I LOVE this new curriculum! This new program is everything I love about reading. Making connections, mental images, questioning, nonfiction text, inferring… I could go on and on and on. In my classroom I have seen my students come alive with excitement and wonder. They are investigating and challenging themselves. They are becoming readers so much faster than when we had McGraw Hill holding us back. Thank you for fighting for this, for believing in this and for giving us the tools and the time to teach kids to LOVE reading.

Your questions… What are the reasons for curricula changes? –Student Data –Educational Research –Best Practice Will spelling be part of the literacy program or a stand-alone program?

Your questions… What lessons have we learned from recent adoptions ? What changes have we made regarding the science roll-out?

What’s next… What curriculum adoptions are anticipated in the near future? Writing PE/Health