November 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Curriculum Committee Meeting

Key Points of the Briefing: 

• We are seeking approval of the BHS Spanish Curriculum (levels 1, 2, 3, and 4) and Spanish Film curriculum.

• These curricula address the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) standards which supports communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. 

• We use Senderos as our core instructional resource. 

• The curriculum is as follows:

  • Level 1

    • Spanish 12

  • Level 2

    • Spanish 21 Honors

    • Spanish 22 

  • Level 3

    • Spanish 31 Honors

    • Spanish 32 

  • Level 4

    • Spanish 41 Honors

    • Spanish 42 

  • Spanish Film

• Students increase their proficiency with the language throughout the levels. Our district offers students the ability to graduate with the Seal of Biliteracy. 

Key Points of the Briefing: 

Currently, we use Bridges 2nd Edition (2019) in our PreK-5 math classrooms and they recently updated the edition. We have at least 2 teachers per grade level piloting the Bridges 3rd Edition Materials. Below are a few of the highlights that we like about the Bridges 3rd edition materials.

1. Number Corner is re-aligned and mapped out in a Day-by-Day model that teachers really find helpful

2. Many assessments have been revised to address the length of the assessments as well as priority standards addressed in the unit. Detailed "next steps" show where there are continued learning opportunities for standards not meant for mastery in other Units or Number Corner. There are also activities for individual or small-group reengagement linked in as well as checkpoint differentiation suggestions.

3. Many lessons have been adjusted to reflect teacher feedback.

4. Problem Solving Tasks, called Concept Quests, have been added to every grade K-5.. We do not have to pay extra for this resource in the future if we adopt the 3rd edition.

5. More specific items from Grades 4 & 5 - 

• In Unit 1 in Grade 5 - "Brad’s Baseballs" - designing boxes that hold balls is replaced with BRADco, which is a company that designs buildings - both help students learn concepts of volume. 

• In Grade 4 Unit 1 - They had added patterns and sequences to address 4.OA.5, which was not previously included. 

• Revamped the Grade 4 Fractions unit to make the egg cartons look more like fractional parts and included cartons of 18 - this helps with the idea of equivalent fractions and introduces 9ths (not for mastery in Gr 4)