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Reading series adoted !""#-
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reresent t&e '-tiered model
(or reading instructions% K-5
students receive instruction
w&ole class and in small)
guided reading grous%
Secondary levels continue a
study o( guided reading%
Reading and writing are art o(
an integrated language arts
rogram) esecially a(ter !
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grade% *irect instruction o(
reading and writing strategies
continues t&roug& all grades%
Work on vertical alignment (or
grades K-5) +-$) and ,--!%
Adotion o( core curriculum K-5.
Investigations in Number and Data
Continue work o( elementary mat&
committee wit& (ocus on
ro(essional develoment related
to new curriculum
Adotion o( new HS Alge/ra and
0eometry rogram
Continue work o( secondary mat&
committee wit& (ocus on vertical
teaming%
Work on LASER five-year
plan, K-8. Focus on adding
inquiry-based kits. Secondary
science work on common
assessments.
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or C1A training%
1uild li/rary o( instructional
resources (or K-5% 2mlement
social studies 0LEs%
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or C1A
training% Pilot o( new
(itness curriculum (or
elementary%
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or
C1A training% 3irst
year o( re4uired
reorting%
Adotion o(
GamePlan music
curriculum) K-5%
On-going support for middle
school applied communications
course.
Work on district alignment of
new ISTE and district standards.
K
Instructional focus:
5&onemic awareness
5&onics
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. Rig/y) Read
Well guided reading
selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5reading8writing connection
Resources: Lucy Calkins) irst
!and: "nits of Study for
Primary #riting
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
Supplemental: 'oung
$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
nonfiction reading in science
Science Notebooking
making observations
Topics: Observation, five
senses, Trees (kit), living and
non-living organisms, habitats,
classifying plants & animals,
push-pull & position,
observing the sun & the moon
Resources: FOSS Trees
teacher guide
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5geogra&y skills
Topics: sel( and classroom
community
Resources: Allenman 9
1ro&y:s Social Studies
E;cursions) K-'
Instructional focus:
5in4uiry met&odology
5content concets
5t&inking skills
Topic: ersonal sa(ety
Students in grades
K-5 receives a
minimum o( one
&our o( music
instruction weekly%
Elements o( drama
and dance may /e
incororated into
music instruction and
also in classroom
activities% <any
sc&ools &ave an art
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t&e visual arts%
Students in K-5 &ave access to
comuters eit&er t&roug& a
comuter la/ or lato cart%
Students work toward mastery o(
t&e SS* tec&nology standards
w&ic& can /e (ound in *ocus&are%
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1asic 3acts Pilot tests
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Instructional focus:
5&onemic awareness
5&onics
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. Rig/y) Read
Well guided reading
selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5reading8writing connection
Resources: Lucy Calkins) irst
!and: "nits of Study for
Primary #riting
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
Supplemental: (rigo and 'oung
$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
reading/writing in science
Topics: Air and Weather (kit),
the water cycle, light & sound,
land invertebrates
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5geogra&y skills
Topic: (amily
Resources: Allenman 9
1ro&y:s Social Studies
E;cursions) K-'
Topics:
5ersonal sa(ety
5&ealt&y ersonal
relations&is
5inter-ersonal and
grou rocess skills
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Instructional focus:
5&onemic awareness
5&onics
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. 0uided
reading selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5reading8writing connection
Resources. Lucy Calkins irst
!and. "nits of Study for
Primary #riting
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
Supplemental: (rigo and 'oung
$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
nonfiction reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Topics: 2nverte/rates) New
Plants 6kit7) making
o/servations) li4uids and
solids) classi(ying lants and
animals) roerties 9 c&anges
Resources: FOSS Air &
Weather teacher guide
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5in4uiry and in(ormation skills
5geogra&y skills
Topics: neig&/or&ood
community wants and needs)
community roles and
resonsi/ilities
Resources: Allenman 9
1ro&y:s Social Studies
E;cursions) K-'
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking
skills
5in4uiry and
in(ormation skills
5discussion
Topic: &ealt&y living
Students in grades
K-5 receive one &our
o( music instruction
weekly% Elements o(
drama and dance
may /e incororated
into music instruction
and also in classroom
activities% <ost
sc&ools &ave an art
docent rogram)
resented /y trained
arent volunteers) to
rovide instruction in
t&e visual arts%
Classroom 1ased
Assessments in t&e
arts will /e re4uired
/y t&e State in !""$-
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Students in K-5 &ave access to
comuters eit&er t&roug& a
comuter la/ or lato cart%
Students work toward mastery o(
t&e SS* tec&nology standards
w&ic& can /e (ound in *ocus&are%
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Six Trait Rubric
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1asic 3acts Pilot tests
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Instructional focus:
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. 0uided
reading selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5writers works&o
Resources: Calkins) ?nits o(
Study (or teac&ing writing
grades '-5
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
Supplemental: (rigo and 'oung
$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
nonfiction reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Topics: Aquatic Habitats (kit)
Puget Sound marine
environments, changes in
ecosystems, variation of
inherited characteristics,
properties of materials, water
& weather
Resources: STC Chemicals
kit, GEMS Aquatic Habitat
guide
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5in4uiry
5researc& skills
5ma skills
Topics: Regional Community
6Cultures) =ative Cultures7
Resources: Resource >u/s)
teac&er note/ooks) $ap C%amp
)tlas rogram) Allenman 9
1ro&y:s Social Studies
E;cursions) K-'
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking
skills
5in4uiry and
in(ormation skills
5discussion
Topic: 3itness and *rug
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Science) =S>APress
C1A. Humans and t&e
Environment% Em&asis on
teac&ing cultural universals and
alying t&is knowledge to
=ative cultures%
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Instructional focus:
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. 0uided
reading selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5writers works&o
Resources: Calkins) ?nits o(
study (or teac&ing writing
grades '-5%
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
Supplemental: (rigo and 'oung
$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
nonfiction reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Topics: types of energy,
Terrariums (kit), FOSS
Variables (kit), Formation of
Earth Materials Terrarium
(kit)
Resources: FOSS Variables
teacher guide, GEMS,
Terrariums teacher guide,
NEED Elementary info book
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5in4uiry
5researc& skills
5ma skills
Topics: Was&ington State
History) 0eogra&y) and
0overnment
Resources: #as%ington
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#as%ington State )tlas rogram
6=ystrom7
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking
skills
5in4uiry and
in(ormation skills
5discussion
Topics: &ealt&y
decisions) emotional
and &ysical c&anges
Students in grades
K-5 receive one &our
o( music instruction
weekly% Elements o(
drama and dance
may /e incororated
into music instruction
and also in classroom
activities% <ost
sc&ools &ave an art
docent rogram)
resented /y trained
arent volunteers) to
rovide instruction in
t&e visual arts%
Classroom 1ased
Assessments in t&e
arts will /e re4uired
/y t&e State in !""$-
", (or grade 5%
Students in K-5 &ave access to
comuters eit&er t&roug& a
comuter la/ or lato cart%
Students work toward mastery o(
t&e SS* tec&nology standards
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Instructional focus:
5(luency
5voca/ulary
5comre&ension
Core Resources: Harcourt
Story Town
Supplemental. 0uided
reading selections
Intervention. Strategic
2ntervention 6tier !7 and
2ntervention Station 6tier '7
Instructional focus:
writing as a rocess
5teac&ing t&e traits
5writers works&o
Resources: Calkins) ?nits o(
study (or teac&ing writing
grades '-5%
Instructional focus:
5standards /ased integrated mat&
Core Resources: Calendar $at%)
Investigations&
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$at%ematicians materials
Intervention: $at%letics
Instructional focus:
inquiry methodology
content themes
thinking skills
nonfiction reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Topics: Earth, Moon, Stars
(kit)/astronomy, Microworlds
(kit), Focus on Fossils,
Chemical Reactions (kit),
Atoms and Molecules
Resources: FOSS
Microworlds teacher guide,
GEMS, Earth, Moon and
Stars teacher guide, GEMS
Chemical Reaction teacher
guide
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking skills
5discussion
5in4uiry
5researc& skills
6organi@ed around civic ideals
and rincials7
Topics: coloni@ation)
Revolutionary War) develoment
o( t&e Constitution 9 1ill o(
Rig&ts) gov:t structure
Resources: #e t%e People)
Nystrom )tlas Program of "*S*
!istory
Instructional focus:
5t&emes and t&inking
skills
5in4uiry and
in(ormation skills
5discussion
Topics: Human 0rowt&
and *eveloment) 0oal
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