The Curriculum Chronicle
December 2019
We WILL provide complex grade-level texts for all students, every day in service of grade-level cognitive tasks and assessments.
Upcoming Deadlines and Requests
- 11/22 Spring novel purchase and transfer requests due
- 12/13 District PLC's - Roosevelt 8-10am
- 1/15 End of 1st Semester
- 1/23 PLC Facilitator Training - (note the date change)
Request for Texts & Transfer of Materials: SPRING 2020 due 11/22
Any PURCHASE or TRANSFER request for novels for second semester is due by Nov. 22nd.
It seems early but by the time I am able to get quotes back from vendors, a PO request approved, shipment, and our district bar-coding process completed, it takes nearly 4-6+ weeks to move materials.
Requests for newly purchased materials will not be approved after that time.
Please limit your purchase requests to absolutely vital needs. Priority will be given to unique high school courses that require specific material updates. Middle schools should make every attempt to refrain from purchasing new texts in preparation for new materials 2020-2021.
Please box up novels you are done with for the fall and have your building textbook manager initiate a transfer back to Central Stores.
Use the form linked below to request a text. This includes textbooks and novels. This will be approved or denied by me based on alignment to curriculum and availability.
Current novel inventory is located in the spreadsheet below. Please consider using texts we already have available in the district prior to initiating a request for new purchases.
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Grading Guidance: SRG Did You Know?
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Current EL Curriculum - Middle School
While 75% of texts are slated to change, the following will remain in the new draft:
6th Module 1: Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief
7th Module 1: A Long Walk to Water
8th Module 2: To Kill a Mockingbird