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reresent t&e '-tiered model
(or reading instructions% K-5
students receive instruction
w&ole class and in small)
guided reading grous%
Secondary levels continue a
study o( guided reading%
Reading and writing are art o(
an integrated language arts
rogram) esecially a(ter !
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grade% *irect instruction o(
reading and writing strategies
continues t&roug& all grades%
Work on vertical alignment (or
grades K-5) +-$) and ,--!%
Adotion o( core curriculum K-5.
Investigations in Number and Data
Continue work o( elementary mat&
committee wit& (ocus on
ro(essional develoment related
to new curriculum
Adotion o( new HS Alge/ra and
0eometry rogram
Continue work o( secondary mat&
committee wit& (ocus on vertical
teaming%
Work on LASER five-year
plan, K-8. Focus on adding
inquiry-based kits. Secondary
science work on common
assessments.
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or C1A training%
1uild li/rary o( instructional
resources (or K-5% 2mlement
social studies 0LEs%
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or C1A
training% Pilot o( new
(itness curriculum (or
elementary%
Continue to rovide
oortunities (or
C1A training% 3irst
year o( re4uired
reorting%
Adotion o(
GamePlan music
curriculum) K-5%
On-going support for middle
school applied communications
course.
Work on district alignment of
new ISTE and district standards.
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Instructional focus:
Reading is art o( an
integrated language arts
rogram% Continued
instructional em&asis on
comre&ension and
voca/ulary strategies%
Students discuss) re(lect) and
resond to a variety o(
literary and in(ormational
te5ts%
Instructional focus:
6teac&ing t&e traits
6writing across t&e curriculum
Resources: 7S Curriculum
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Intervention. Soris West Ste
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Instructional focus:
6standards /ased integrated mat&
Resources: "athThematics #)
Problem Solver Noteboo$)
Calendar "ath
%ighl& caable. an accelerated
rogram t&at includes additional
alge/ra instruction and reares
students (or 2ntegrated - in #
t&

grade
Instructional focus:
in4uiry met&odology
content t&emes
t&inking skills
reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Toics: geology9eart&
science9'orces in the (arth
:kit;) &uman /ody systems)
evidence o( c&ange) atoms <
molecules) energy and matter
Resources: (arth %istor&
3=SS teac&er guide)
Sciensauraus
%ighl& Caable: S>C
Proerties of "atter
Instructional focus
65 t&emes o( geogra&y
6t&inking skills
6researc& skills
6reading9writing in content
6discussion
6resentation skills
Toics: world geogra&y and
satial atterns) de(ining culture
:0reece and Rome;) C&ina)
?aan) ot&er Paci(ic Rim
countries
Resources: World Cultures and
Geograh& :7c*ougal Littell;)
N&strom )tlas of World %istor&*
)sia and the Pacific
Students in #rades 6-8
receive an integrated
rogram o( &ealt& and
(itness% Students take a
re4uired (itness course
eac& year in t&eir
encore eriod% Healt&
0LEs are taug&t /y core
teac&ers in grades + and
# and /y t&e Skills (or
Li(e and science
teac&ers at grade $% 2n
!""5-"+) teac&ers /egan
teac&ing a new
revention curriculum.
Too Good for Drugs
and Too Good for
+iolence% >&is
comre&ensive rogram
is o((ered at all t&ree
grades% Resources
include science te5ts)
,N-W curriculum)
>03* and >03@) and a
variety o( sulemental
materials%
State C1As at grade $.
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Planning for Pat
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(lective offerings:
*rama) C&oral
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Key/oards) Art)
2ntegrated Arts :not
all otions availa/le
at all middle sc&ools;
Classroom 1ased
Assessments in t&e
arts will /e re4uired
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Students in #rades 6-8 &ave a
re4uired one-semester course
eac& year in alied tec&nology%
>&e course is aligned wit& t&e
*istrict tec&nology standards%
Key/oarding is taug&t t&roug&out
t&e ' years and students are
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/y t&e end o( $
t&
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Instructional focus:
Reading is art o( an
integrated language arts
rogram% Continued
instructional em&asis on
comre&ension and
voca/ulary strategies%
Students discuss) re(lect) and
resond to a variety o(
literary and in(ormational
te5ts%
Resources: Prentice Hall)
novel units) (luency and
reading in content resources
Instructional focus:
6writing across t&e curriculum)
e5anding /readt& and det&
Resource: 7S Curriculum
8ote/ook
Pilot. 8ancy Atwell) Lessons
That Change Writers
Intervention. Soris West Ste
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Instructional focus:
6standards /ased integrated mat&
Resources: "athThematics / and
Problem Solver Noteboo$% Some
students will /e in an accelerated
rogram t&at includes additional
alge/ra instruction and reares
students (or 2ntegrated - in $
t&

grade%
%ighl& caable. 2ntegrated 2
Instructional focus:
in4uiry met&odology
content t&emes
t&inking skills
reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Toics: living organisms and
traits o( li(e) introduction to
cells) simle organisms) lant
li(e9animal li(e) reroduce-
tion9&eredity) li(e rocesses)
H2@) c&anges o( living
organisms over time) ecology)
interaction o( matter < energy
Resources: Holt) Life Sciences
%ighl& Caable: S>C (lect0
rical) energy < circuit design
Instructional focus:
65 t&emes o( geogra&y
6t&inking skills
6researc& skills
6reading and writing in content
6discussion
6resentation skills
Toics: Euroe) 2slamic
civiliBations) A(rican kingdoms)
river civiliBations) meso-
America) Andean civiliBations%
Resources: World Cultures and
Geograh& :7c*ougal Littell;)
N&strom )tlas of World %istor&)
Rand "cNall& Des$ )tlas
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Instructional focus:
Reading is art o( an
integrated language arts
rogram% Continued
instructional em&asis on
comre&ension and
voca/ulary strategies%
Students discuss) re(lect) and
resond to a variety o(
literary and in(ormational
te5ts%
Resources: Prentice Hall)
novel units
Instructional focus:
6writing across t&e curriculum)
e5anding /readt& and det&
Resources: 7S Curriculum
8ote/ook
Pilot. 8ancy Atwell) Lessons
That Change Writers
Intervention. Soris West Ste
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Instructional focus:
6standards /ased integrated mat&
Resources: "athThematics 1 or
Integrated # :accelerated rogram;
and Problem Solver Noteboo$
%ighl& Caable. Integrated /
Instructional focus:
6in4uiry met&odology
6content t&emes
6t&inking skills
6reading in science
Science Notebooking
conducting investigations
Toics: 1alanced and
un/alanced (orces) atoms and
molecules) interaction o(
energy and matter) t&e solar
system
Resources: Prentice Hall
Science (2lorer :select /ind;
Instructional focus:
Was&ington State and t&e Paci(ic
8ort&west :&ig& sc&ool gradua-
tion re4uirement;
Toics: Was&ington a(ter state-
&ood) imact o( t&e *eression
and WW22) contemorary
Was&ington
Resources: The Pacific North0
3est :0i//-Smit&;) Dail& -ral
Washington State Geograh&
and Simulation :Smart and
Smarter;% We the Peole :Center
(or Civic Education;
Students in #rades 6-8
receive an integrated
rogram o( &ealt& and
(itness% Students take a
re4uired (itness course
eac& year in t&eir
encore eriod% Healt&
0LEs are taug&t /y core
teac&ers in grades + and
# and /y t&e Skills (or
Li(e and science
teac&ers at grade $% 2n
!""5-"+) teac&ers /egan
teac&ing a new
revention curriculum.
Too Good for Drugs
and Too Good for
+iolence% >&is
comre&ensive rogram
is o((ered at all t&ree
grades% Resources
include science te5ts)
,N-W curriculum)
>03* and >03@) and a
variety o( sulemental
materials%
State C1As at grade $.
3itness. 'itness
Planning for Pat
Healt&. Sara.s Stor&
(lective offerings:
*rama) C&oral
7usic) 1and)
Key/oards) Art)
2ntegrated Arts :not
all otions availa/le
at all middle sc&ools;
Classroom 1ased
Assessments in t&e
arts will /e re4uired
/y t&e State in !""$-
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Students in #rades 6-8 &ave a
re4uired one-semester course
eac& year in alied tec&nology%
>&e course is aligned wit& t&e
*istrict tec&nology standards%
Key/oarding is taug&t t&roug&out
t&e ' years and students are
e5ected to &ave /asic mastery
/y t&e end o( $
t&
grade% Eac&
grade also &as a (ocus on t&e
et&ical use o( tec&nology%
.utcomes or #rade 6/
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6intro to 7S E5cel
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