DRAFT OF LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM COMPLETED

Hope all of you are enjoying the dog days of summer. The draft of our Language Arts Curriculum is on our web site. Much thanks to the curriculum committee who worked very hard to put this together. Please note that this is a DRAFT. We are looking to you for input to make this useful to anyone teaching LA in BPS. A wiki page has been developed so that during the school year you can go onto this wiki, click on your grade level, and add information for the LA Vertical Team to review. There is nothing new in the curriculum. You have been doing the work. Curriculum Committee representatives will review the structure with you in the fall. Our goal is to review all suggested revisions, make changes to this draft, and share with the BOE at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Even when this is voted on, we will keep this an interactive document. Our goal is to make this useful to any teacher teaching language arts.

VERTICAL TEAMS

During the 2010-2011 school year, we will have vertical teams for Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science. Membership will consist of representatives from K-12 in the district. Our goal is to review, revise and discuss curriculum issues in the content areas and promote articulation across the district. If you would like to be a member of one of these teams please let me know. Your participation is welcomed.

MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA

The first draft of the Math Curriculum has been completed K-9. Thank you to all the members of this committee. We will be working on the math high school curriculum and refining the K-9 curriculum in the fall so we can present to the District Curriculum Council and the Teaching and Learning Committee of the BOE. This curriculum will also be in draft form for the school year so we can get your input. ( It will be on our web site and on a wiki.)
A draft of Social Studies K-4 has been completed. An overview of what needs to be covered has been emailed to all K-4 teachers. Additional resources will be available to all K-4 teachers in September. Middle and high school teachers are working on their drafts. Units of study for 5-8 have been decided upon. We will meet in the fall to review the format and complete the drafts.
Hopefully we can get this to all teachers teaching social studies by November 2010.
Thanks again to all the teachers who have worked so hard to get our curricula completed.