Elementary Teaching and Learning Tools | |||
Core Instruction with Digital Components All teachers deliver all core instruction directly in a mixture of whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction and activities. Students primarily interact with the teacher and print texts, workbooks, and copies. Digital tools are available to enhance activities, personalize independent practice, and provide multiple means to demonstrate understanding. | |||
Subject | Tool | A typical lesson flow | Digital Components Available |
Math | i-Ready was adopted in 2022 and provides math assessment, lessons and practice work. | Teacher lead mini-lesson utilizing digital slides. Students use paper workbooks. Centers or rotations with teacher directed small group instruction, student interpersonal activity, and digital myPath* rotation. Whole group wrap up and reflection on learning *i-Ready recommends a range of 30–39 minutes of MyPath practice per week. | √ Digital Teacher Teacher √ Physical Teacher Text & Tools √ Digital Teacher Presentation Tools √ Physical Teacher Presentation Tool √ (K-5) Student Digital Text available √ (K-5) Digital assignments available √ (K-5)Students Digital adaptive practice available no Student creativity tools |
ELA: English Language Arts | Benchmark was adopted in 2022 and provides literacy lessons in grades K-5. | Teacher lead mini-lesson utilizing digital slides. Students use paper workbooks or magazines. Centers or rotations with teacher directed small group instruction, student interpersonal activity, and digital myPath rotation. Whole group wrap up and reflection on learning. | √ Teacher Presentation Tools √ (K-5) Student Digital Text available √ (K-5) Digital assignments available noStudents adaptive practice no Student creativity tools |
ELA: English Language Arts (My Path only) | i-Ready was adopted in 2022 and provides math assessment, lessons, and practice work. | There is not a direct instruction component for i-Ready ELS. Teachers use it as one of their ELA center or rotation activities. Students practice skills using iReady MyPath on iPads daily or 2-3 times a week. *i-Ready recommends a range of a range of 30–39 minutes of MyPath practice per week. | no Teacher Digital Presentation Tools no Student Digital Text available no Digital assignments available √ (K-5)Students adaptive practice no Student creativity tools |
Science | TCI was adopted in 2019 and provides science lessons and activities for students. | Teacher led mini lesson utilizing digital slides or presentation tools. Some students use iPads in grades 3-5 to read the text and take notes while all other students in grades K-5 use a printed packet and/or textbook. Experiments are done using hands-on materials and/or by making and recording observations. | √ Teacher Presentation Tools √ (3-5 only) Student Digital Text available √ (3-5 only) Digital assignments available noStudents adaptive practice no Student creativity tools |
Social Studies | Houghton Mifflin… describe | Teacher led mini lesson using textbook and trade books. Students use worksheets and textbooks (when available) to take notes. | no Teacher Presentation Tools no Student Digital Text available no Digital assignments available noStudents adaptive practice no Student creativity tools |
SEL | Second Step provides social-emotional lessons focused on building positive relationships and managing emotions. | Teacher led mini lesson utilizing digital videos or using cards. Students use discussions and worksheets to practice. | √ Teacher Presentation Tools no Student Digital Text available no Digital assignments available noStudents adaptive practice no Student creativity tools |
Optional Supplemental Digital Tools Supplemental digital tools are completely optional tools selected to add value to the curriculum as time allows. Teachers use these in a variety of ways to meet the needs of their students. Use of these tools differs greatly over the year based on content and projects. Priority is always given to the core curriculum tools. | |||
Math and ELA | Freckle (K-5) Freckle provides additional Math and Reading practice and helps to develop math fluency and ELA skills. Families who want extra practice may access it at home. |
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Reading | Myon (2-5) Myon provides classrooms with access to digital books personalized to their interests, grade, and reading level. It is a digital classroom library. | ||
Reading | Raz-Kids (K-1) Raz-Kids provides classrooms with additional access to interactive, leveled books and teaching resources aligned to our Benchmark Curriculum. | ||
Misc | BrainPop (3-5) BrainPop Jr (K-2) Brainpop provides short animated videos on topics across content areas. These are used to build background knowledge, reteach concepts, or begin research. Videos have optional quizzes and activities that follow for active engagement. | ||
Keyboarding Skills | Typing Agent (3-5) Typing Agent is a self-paced, adaptive keyboarding curriculum to increase familiarity and effective use of keyboard input. | ||
Creativity and Productivity | Book Creator (K-5) A publishing tool used by some teachers as a final step in the writing process (after paper/pencil planning, drafting, and revising) for specific projects. | ||
Creativity, Productivity, and Family Communication | SeeSaw (K-5) SeeSaw is used to provide teacher - parent communications and assignment submission and workflow in our K-5 Classrooms. It’s multimedia tools allow learners to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways. | ||
Productivity | Google Classroom (3-5) Google Classroom provides teacher - parent communications and assignment submission and workflow in our 3-5 Classrooms. | ||
Productivity | Google Apps for Education (3-5) Google Apps for Education provides students with access to productivity tools like Docs, Sheets, and Slides with integrations into Google Classroom and 3rd party applications. | ||
Rostering\SSO Services | Classlink (K-5) Classlink provides our classrooms with a single portal sign-on for our digital instructional tools. Classlink also supports educational rostering for applications. Students use ClassLink only to sign into the above tools. | ||
