K-5 Literacy
The Standards
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language provide the learning targets for our instruction. More information is available at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: OSPI. Students must learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language effectively in a variety of content areas. The standards promote the literacy skills and concepts required for college and career readiness in multiple disciplines.
Appropriate and effective teaching strategies are implemented in our district to build student skills in:
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonics
- Reading Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension: Literary and Informational Text
- Analytical Writing
- Genre Writing
Elementary District Adopted Materials
- K-5 HMH into Reading
- Really Great Reading: Countdown (K), BLAST (1st & Intervention), HD WORD (2nd, 3rd & Intervention)
Elementary Approved Supplemental Materials
- Voyager Sopris: Step Up to Writing
- Curriculum Associates: Phonics for Reading
Currently Piloting:
- Lexia Core5 Reading
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!”
– Dr. Seuss