Elementary Academics
English Language Arts
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English Language Arts State Standards
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “Into Reading”
- Literacy Instruction grounded in the “Science of Reading” Research and Evidence Based Practices
- Explicitly and Comprehensively taught Elements of Foundational Reading Skills
- Structured Literacy Pathway to code-based automatic word recognition
- Culturally Relevant and Diverse texts to help students see themselves and others through a range of cultures, perspectives and experiences
- Integrated multi-linguistic strategies
- Vocabulary Development through content and connection to background knowledge activation
- Rigorous Text Analysis through shared and independent Close Reading scaffolds to support high order comprehension
- Writing to Sources utilizing text evidence across modes: Opinion, Expository and Narrative
- Data informed and differentiated instructional moves to monitor student progress and meet the range of learning needs
Into Reading provides instructional resources for students that allow them to gain the foundational building blocks they need to apply word study lessons to be accurate and automatic readers. Targeted teaching materials ensure that children master the necessary decoding and encoding skills to become fluent readers and writers. Students are taught to recognize genre characteristics, cite text evidence, and draw from a growing bank of skills and strategies to make meaning from complex grade-level texts.
Through whole group, small group and independent instructional models, students are provided with daily opportunities to support the full range of writing modes and forms through the steps of the writing process, while also developing students’ ability to have productive, collaborative conversations.
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Health
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Oregon Health Education Standards
Search LOSD policies in the link above for program exemptions.
The Great Body Shop
THE GREAT BODY SHOP is a comprehensive health education curriculum which is sequential, developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and medically accurate. The lessons align with Oregon’s Health Education Standards and are embedded with social-emotional learning.
If you would like to review the health curriculum, please contact your child's school.
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For Families
- Family Portal: To login to the classroom Family Portal, go to http://www.TheGreatBodyShop.net. Click on the Family link at the top of the page. Next, enter the Username and Password provided by your child’s teacher. Once logged into the Family Portal, you will have digital access to THE GREAT BODY SHOP resources assigned by the classroom teacher.
- Partnership in the teaching and learning process
- Monthly Student Issues and Family Bulletins in four languages
- Family activities, homework, and lesson extensions
- Theme-based music
- The Family Connection Newsletter
Erin's Law
What Is Erin’s Law?
In 2015, the Oregon legislature passed SB 856, also known as Erin’s Law. Erin’s Law requires the development and adoption of child sexual abuse prevention programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade in all Oregon public schools.
SB 856 mandates that all Oregon Public Schools provide:
- A minimum of 4 instructional sessions (equal to or greater than a standard class period) of sex abuse prevention instruction per year for grades kindergarten through 12
- Sexual abuse instruction that is integrated and part of required district comprehensive sexuality education plan and is aligned with state standards
- Instruction that is age appropriate, medically accurate, and is not shame or fear based
- Instruction that is culturally inclusive and is responsive to diverse students including race, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation
- A parental involvement component to inform parents about child sexual abuse topics
- A professional training component for administrators, teachers and other school personnel
Resources
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Mathematics
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i-Ready Classroom Mathematics
i-Ready Classroom Mathematics is a robust mathematics program that creates a rich classroom environment in which students at all levels become active, real-world problem solvers. Through teacher-led instruction, students develop mathematical reasoning, engage in discourse, and build strong mathematical habits. This math program’s instructional framework supports students to engage in discourse to construct a deep conceptual understanding of math concepts. The program's emphasis on student-centered learning ensures that students are not merely passive recipients of information but are at the heart of the learning process.
i-Ready Classroom Mathematics:
- Encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of mathematics concepts through the embedded Standards for Mathematical Practice.
- Builds on students’ prior knowledge with lessons that make connections within and across grade levels and directly address the major focus of the grade.
- Provides students with real-world problems that encourage students to build upon their existing knowledge, discuss their work with peers, and make connections across multiple strategies and representations.
- Reaches all students with protocols for engagement and cultural connections to on-the-spot differentiation and inspiring STEM-focused graphic stories, teachers are provided with many options for engaging students and driving individual growth.
- Encourages hands-on learning opportunities for students as they investigate problems with math manipulatives so they can develop deep conceptual understanding before moving on to more abstract mathematical challenges.
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Science
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Mystery Science
MYSTERY SCIENCE is a curriculum aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and supports Common Core. It features rigorous lessons in science and engineering that inspire students to love science. Each Mystery begins with a question that is explored through hands-on scientific investigations, discussion questions, engaging videos and experiences that connect to real-world phenomena.
NGSS Links
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Biodiversity, Plant Life Cycle Grades K-5
Why do leaves change color in the fall?
Exploration (5 min)
Activity: Falling for Leaves (30 min)
Social Studies
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Oregon Social Science Standards
Into Social Studies
Education in the social sciences aims to help students develop as rational, humane and productive citizens in a democratic society. Four elements of social studies education are necessary to help develop such citizens-knowledge, skills, values and participation. Democratic values, such as freedom, equality and due process, are the core of our national experience. Students should be involved in the thoughtful examination of ideas, viewpoints.
(Source: ODE Standards website)
Overview of Into Social Studies
Becoming a good citizen often starts at home, but the lessons extend to the classroom, where students connect with their community, their country, and beyond. Here, they begin to understand what it means to be a contributing member of society.
Into Social Studies is an engaging, flexible curriculum that marries nonfiction content with literacy goals, so students develop the strong contextual foundations they need to build knowledge and find their place in the world.
- Standards-based approach.
- Monthly student magazines strengthen students' critical thinking and writing skills to support them as they develop into global thinkers and empower learners.
- Inquiry-based learning.
- Hands-on activities.
- Students experience growth in their understand and learning through lessons designed to invite discourse and foster community engagement.
(Source: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt website)
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