CORE Instructional Materials First Reading

School Board Meeting June 6, 2016

Presented by:

Dr. Christine Moloney, Executive Director of Instructional Leadership

Tracy Pitzer, Director of Instructional Leadership

Dr. Chrys Sweeting, Assistant Superintendent

On May 25, 2016 the Instructional Materials Committee

(IMC) approved the selection process for

all instructional materials presented for first reading tonight.

Core Instructional Materials

7th and 8th Grade Math

K-6 General Music

7th – 12th Literature

11th and 12th Civics

French

7th and 8th Grade Math

Utah Middle School Math Project:

Published by University of Utah Middle School Math Project in partnership with the Utah State Office of Education licensed under Creative Commons, cc-by 2014

http://utahmiddleschoolmath.org/

Comments or Questions?

K-6 General Music

Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music:

By QuaverMusic.com LLC Copyright© 2011Digital, on-line resources for teachers and students

https://www.quavermusic.com/InfoCenter/https://www.quavermusic.com/Default.aspx

K-6 General Music

• Alignment with PSD Music Essential Standards, Washington State Arts EALRs, and Classroom Based Performance Assessments

• Curriculum mapping features scope and sequence emphasizing assessment and gathering evidence of student growth

• Relevant, current, inclusive of various cultures, and non-biased

• Extensive integration of technology and SmartBoard/ IWB compatibility for 21st century skill development

• Diverse and varied repertoire including folk songs, multicultural and historical art-music examples, modern learning songs, and age-appropriate re-creations of popular genres

• Meets the needs of novice, experienced, itinerant and substitute teachers

Comments or Questions?

7th – 12th Grade Literature

Culturally Responsive Common Core Literature:

• Provide diverse perspectives

• Offer both a window to understand others and mirror to provide context for diverse students who connect with the characters' experiences

• Address prejudice and bias without condoning or excusing either

• Present complex text to prepare students for college, career and life

• Directly aligned with PSD social studies curriculum

• Supports Puyallup School District Strategic directions

7th – 12th Grade Literature Culturally Responsive Common Core Literature –Collection of 8 Novels:

1. Hotel on the Corner of Biter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford (7th)2. Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen (7th)3. Day of Tears, by Julius Lester (8th)4. Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd (8th)5. The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri (10th/11th)6. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (10th/11th)7. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (12th)8. Girls Like Us, by Gail Giles (12th)

Comments or Questions?

11th and 12th Grade Civics

Puyallup School District Digital OER Textbook - Core Sources:

Published by Puyallup School District in partnership with the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, except where otherwise noted this work licensed under Creative Commons, cc-by 2016

[This is a derivative work that incorporates resources with differing Open Licenses.]

11th and 12th Grade Civics

• Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials made freely and legally to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute for little or no cost

• 100% Aligned to Washington State K-12 Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs)

• Aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Can be easily updated for changes in current events and/or pedagogy

• Materials are digital with option to print or distribute electronically

• Skills are presented in an appropriate scope and sequence

• On-line supplemental materials are widely available

• Videos are relevant and culturally represented

• Activities are hands-on and at a high level of thinking skills

• Materials can be integrated into LMS or utilized with standard Office applications

11th and 12th Grade Civics

Puyallup School District Digital OER Textbook - Core Sources

• American Government Online Textbook, by USHistory.org, 2016

• iCivics, by Sandra Day O’Connor Foundation

• Youth Leadership Initiative, by University of Virginia Center for Politics

• The State We’re In, by League of Women’s Voters of Washington, 2014

• Budget Guide for Washington State, by Washington Ways and Means

Committee, 2016

• Washington State Constitution, by Project by Gallagher Law Library

• Building Nature: Topics in Environmental History of Seattle and Spokane,

by Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest at the University of

Washington, 2015

• Since Time Immemorial, by Office of the Superintendent of Public

Instruction of Washington State

• Citizen’s Guide to Washington Court, by Program on the Law and Society,

2011

District Supplemental Materialsto support the Core Civics materials…

Supreme Court of the United States Recordings and Transcripts, by IIT Chicago-

Kent College of Law

EDSITEment!, by National Endowment for the Humanities

Disability History Museum, by DHM

Docs Teach, by National Archives

A Time for Justice, by Teaching Tolerance

Landmark Cases, by Street Law, Inc. and The Supreme Court Historical Society

Register to Vote, by Secretary of State of Washington,

Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices, Washington State Historical Society

Civics Action Project, By the Constitutional Rights Foundation

Washington State Geospatial Portal, by Geography.WA.gov

Teaching Elections in Washington, by Secretary of State of Washington, 2015

French Updated Curriculum

Bien Dit! © 2013 :

In 2016, the adoption committee conducted a search of currently available instructional materials and, based on the textbook review process, determined that the updated version of the current French curriculum best aligns with the Washington State K-12 World Language Learning Standards.

• Aligned to Washington State K-12 World Language Standards and National Standards for Foreign Language Learning (ACTFL)

• Complies with ACTFL’s Alignment of the National Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core Standards (CCSS)

• French speaking cultures world-wide are included in the study of the language

• Materials are provided for differentiated learning

• Assessments align to standards students are expected to achieve

• Multi-media materials are relevant and culturally represented

• Variety of ages, abilities and genders are represented

Comments or Questions?

Next Steps…

Second Reading and Consideration of Approval June 20, 2016