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From your Clever Landing Page, you can choose the Amplify Waffle “Programs and Apps” and have access to additional interactive, instructional resources to support the implementation of the ELA programming. In this week’s Instructional Minute, we are going to highlight the Skill Modules located within the “Other Resources” section. While Amplify’s core lessons provide the instruction, practice, and support students need to master grade-level skills. These modules are an additional instructional resource to support targeted instruction of particular skills and concepts. They can be used to introduce, review, or provide additional support for your students.

Check out the Writing Modules within the Skills Modules to support your students in preparing for the Constructed Response for the upcoming M-STEP Assessment. Review the content within the Use of Evidence Module for each grade level 6 - 8 for additional instructional resources.

Student and Teacher Roles

The following is an example from a high school art class. This example demonstrates how a teacher moved from intentional planning to adjusting instruction based on student formative responses.

Learning Target: I can interpret created art.

A challenging learning target was supported by connections that the teacher could make to the local community and also tie to students’ cultural backgrounds. Evidence of student understanding came from their writing and paired discussions, which allowed the teacher greater access to the students’ understanding. Teacher used probing questions to get additional insight into student thinking. The teacher used earlier discussion about local murals to help advance student thinking about the emotion associated with the image after recognizing that students were struggling with this aspect. Whole class final student reflections informed the next steps.

Create custom targeted question sets to improve instruction. This resource has thousands of real test questions, allows the user to filter questions, and then export into a PDF if needed. Follow the link below for access!

SAT, PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 Educator Question Bank

K-8 Science:

• March 12th
• April 9th
• May 14th

K-8 Math:

• No March meeting
• April 17th
• May 20th

K-8 ELA:

• April 8th
• May 6th

9-12 Math:

• March 20th
• April 17th
• May 15th

9-12 ELA:

• April 1st
• May 6th

Click on the above title to view the evaluation documents for staff!

Below you can find the new, updated required instructional minutes by grade level and content area. Each grade level also includes a sample schedule.

Teachers are encouraged to monitor student progress regularly using formative assessments and adjust pacing as needed based on classroom data. However, teachers should aim to stay within two weeks of the pacing outlined in the guides to maintain alignment with district-wide goals. While we do not adjust pacing for snow days, the pacing is a guide and the expectation is to stay within the established two-week time frame.

The documents attached outline K-8 curricular resources, standards and pacing. This can also be found by clicking here on the LSD website.

The document attached outlines 9-12 curricular resources, standards and pacing. This can also be found by clicking here on the LSD website.

A resource to use as you see fit.