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Curriculum & Instruction Update

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Grades 2 – 11 Reading Comprehension (Fiction, Non-fiction, &

Informational Sources) Phonetic Principles Vocabulary Figurative language

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) Grades K – 3 Phonemic Awareness (Blending & Sound-To-Letter) Oral Reading in Context (Passage Reading & Comprehension) Alphabetics (Letter Sounds & Concept of Word)

Read Naturally Grades 2 – 6 Fluency (Rate & Accuracy)

Establishing Benchmarks in Reading

Course(s) Year Implement

ed

Year Field

Tested

Year AYP/

Accreditation

Kindergarten First Grade

Second Grade2011-2012 N/A N/A

3rd - EOC 2011-2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2013

2010 English SOL Revisions Implementation Timeline

* 2010 Curriculum Framework is currently available for public

review and comment.

2010 English SOL

Revisions Implementation

PlanCurrent Curriculum

Resources Grades K-12

Reading Leadership Team will meet to review, discuss and submit feedback to the state on the grades K-12 Curriculum Framework.

Ongoing Professional Development

Grades K – 11

As PD requests/needs are identified, opportunities will be organized by the Literacy Coordinator for the division and by the Reading Specialist at their school.

School Year

2010-2011

Curriculum Development Grades K-11

Reading Specialists and teachers develop and identify resources for the 2010 English standards.

Summer 2011

Curriculum Revisions Grades K-12

Teachers and Reading Specialist Teams will revise the GPS to include 2002 and 2010 English content and newly identified resources.

Reading & Writing Program Evaluation

Our reading & writing program promotes research-based literacy instruction to increase student achievement.

A committee of K – 12 teachers, the Literacy Coordinator, and administrators will be formed to :

Gather, organize, and analyze the current reading & writing program

Make recommendations for better alignment between beliefs and practices

Course(s) Year Implemente

d

Year Field Tested

Year AYP/

Accreditation

Kindergarten First Grade

2009-2010 N/A N/A

Second Grade 2010-2011 N/A N/A

3rd – Algebra II 2010 – 2011 Spring 2011 Spring 2012

2009 Mathematics SOL

Revisions

Professional Development Select teachers will attend professional

development opportunities provided by VCTM, VDOE, and Dan Mulligan.

All math teachers will attend professional development in February on the content changes at their grade level.

Math Leadership Team members are identifying specific needs, both PD and materials, within their school and submitting requests to the Math Coordinator.

Establishing Benchmarks in Mathematics

Math Content Assessed

Number Sense

Estimation & Computation

Algebra

Geometry

Measurement

Statistics & Probability

Problem Solving, Reasoning & Proof

MAP Assessment Overview

Adaptive Assessment

Growth Model

Nationally Normed

Aligned with the VA SOL

Fall & Spring Testing Windows(Fall testing window closes on

October 8)

Sharing Resources

(Literacy, Math, Science, &

Social Studies)Our Guides for Pacing and Standards (GPS) are now located in

Moodle! Opportunity for teachers and coordinators to add resources that

can be shared across the division Web-based and can be accessed from anywhere Content related eResources are organized by SOL Provides a home page with links to division-wide eResources

Interactive Achievement (IA) Item banks and assessments can be shared across schools and

classrooms Assessments can be administered online, pencil/paper, and with

clickers Item banks and assessments are being revised in IA to reflect the

new Math & Social Studies standards

Course(s) Year Implement

ed

Year Field

Tested

Year AYP/

Accreditation

Kindergarten -2nd Grade

2009-2010 N/A N/A

3rd Grade 2010-2011 2009-2010 2011

Grades 5-11 2010-2011 2009-2010 2011

Grades 9-12Economics/Personal Finance

2011-12 N/A * 2015

2009 Social Studies SOL Implementation Timeline

* Graduation requirement, no SOL assessment

Social StudiesVA SOL Revisions

Social Studies textbook adoption 2009-2010 led to the purchase of SOL correlated content readers in grades K-3 and local grade 4 standards

New locally developed curriculum for grade 4 in response to K-12 strand data analysis noting student need for more emphasis on geography

Social Studies textbook adoption grades 5-12 led to purchase of class sets of Virginia specific editions of textbooks aligned to the SOL. In addition to textbooks, teacher and student laptops will be used to expand curriculum and instruction opportunities through eResources correlated to the new SOL.

Remaining funds budgeted for eResources : increasing the number of student laptops and implementation of Stratalogica, an online atlas and mapping program to improve geographic content in all social studies classes

Economics/Personal Finance courses to be implemented with next year’s freshman class. No SOL test at this time, but must pass each course to graduate by 2015

2009 Social Studies SOL

Revisions

Professional Development Select teachers will attend professional

development opportunities provided by VCSS, VGA and VDOE to assist in implementing SOL revisions.

All teachers attending professional development in August and October in preparation for Revised Social Studies SOL content, the laptop initiative & Stratalogica.

Members of Team Social Studies are identifying specific needs, both PD and materials, within their school and submitting requests to the Social Studies Coordinator.

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