Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Grade-Level Content Guide 2024-2025

Grade

Canyons School District 2024-2025 School Calendar K-12 Calendar

August October SMTWT F S SMTWT F S SMTWT F S September

Aug 12-16 Teachers at School Aug 19 First Day of School Sept 2 Labor Day Recess

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Sept 23, 24 Parent/Teacher Conferences High Schools Sept. 24, 25 Parent/Teacher Conferences Middle Schools Sept. 25, 26 Parent/Teacher Conferences Elementary Schools

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Sept 27 No Student Day (Compensatory Day) Oct 17, 18 Fall Recess Oct 21 Teacher Professional Day- No Students

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Jan 16 End of 2nd Quarter Jan 17 Grading Day Jan 20 Martn Luther King Jr. Day Recess

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Feb 24, 25 Parent/Teacher Conferences Middle Schools Feb 25, 26 Parent/Teacher Conferences High Schools Feb 26, 27 Parent/Teacher Conferences Elementary Schools

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Apr 7-11 Spring Recess

Teacher Professional Day- No Students, Board approved 1/17/23

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May 26 Memorial Day Recess

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Note: School emergency closure days will be made up by scheduling remote learning day(s)

-Every Friday is an Early Out Day -This calendar is not for Brighton Students

Master Schedule Components Grades K-5 Final 2024-2025

MONDAY-THURSDAY KINDERGARTEN

MONDAY-THURSDAY 1-5GRADES

FRIDAY SCHEDULE

LIFE SKILLS ● Morning Meeting and/or Circles

LIFE SKILLS ● Morning Meeting and/or Circles

LIFE SKILLS ● Thrive Time

15Min

15Min

25Min

LITERACY BLOCK ● Foundations ● Language and Reading Comprehension ● Writing ● Skill-Based Instruction MATHBLOCK ● Build Number Sense ● Review or Pre-teach

LITERACY BLOCK ● Foundations ● Language and Reading Comprehension ● Writing ● Skill-Based Instruction MATHBLOCK ● Build Number Sense ● Review or Pre-teach

LITERACY BLOCK ● Foundations ● Language and Reading Comprehension ● Writing

150Min

150Min

135Min

MATHBLOCK ● Build Number Sense ● Review or Pre-teach

● Vocabulary and Fluency Practice ● Learning Intentions & Success Criteria ● Concept /Skill Development and Application ● Skill-Based Instruction

● Vocabulary and Fluency Practice ● Learning Intentions & Success Criteria ● Concept /Skill Development and Application ● Skill-Based Instruction

● Vocabulary and Fluency Practice ● Learning Intentions & Success Criteria ● Concept /Skill Development and Application

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75Min

RECESSES, TRANSITIONS, AND LUNCH

RECESSES, TRANSITIONS, AND LUNCH

RECESSES, TRANSITIONS, AND LUNCH

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BRAIN BOOSTER ● PE/Playworks ● Arts/BTS ● Library Media ● STEM

BRAIN BOOSTER ● PE/Playworks ● Arts/BTS ● Library Media ● STEM

NO SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES

45Min Back-up to Recess

45Min Back-up toRecess

ORAL LANGUAGE BLOCK ● Plan, Do, Review ● Math Area, Block Area, House Area, Writing Area, Book Area, Art Area

SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES

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405 minutes

295 minutes

©Canyons School District

Elementary Assessment Calendar 2024-2025 As of May 14, 2024

Aug19

Start of School Year

Aug19 – Ongoing Afternoons of Aug 19 – Aug 23

WIDA Screener Testing of new ML Students on Chromebooks Kindergarten – Administer KEEP Entry OR personalized meet and greet with student and their family (individual appointments) Acadience Reading & Early Literacy Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students). Finish make-ups by Sept. 20th Acadience Math & Early Math Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students). Finish make-ups by Sept. 20th

AUGUST

Aug 23 – Sept 20

Aug 23 – Sept 20

SEPTEMBER

Oct 1 – Oct 31

SRSS-IE – All Students Grades K – 5.

Oct 22 – Nov 15 SALTA Testing Oct 22 – Nov 26 AAPPL testing for DUAL Immersion classes ONLY.

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Jan 6 – Jan 31 SRSS-IE – All Students Grades K – 5.

Acadience Reading & Early Literacy Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students). Finish make-ups by Jan 31st.

Jan 6 – Jan 31

JANUARY

Jan 6 – Jan 31 Acadience Math & Early Math Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students ). Finish make-ups by Jan 31st. Jan 7 – Mar 7 WIDA ACCESS Testing Multilingual Students K – 5. Mar 10 – May 23 Dynamic Learning Maps – DLM (for select students with an IEP). Mar 24 – Apr 4 Grade 5 Keyboarding Assessment (Data Due Apr 12) Mar 26 – Apr 30 SRSS-IE – Grades K – 5 (All Students).

FEBRUARY

MARCH

April 7 – 11

Spring Recess

RISE End-of-Year Summative Assessment – Grades 3, 4, and 5. Acadience Reading & Early Literacy Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students). Finish make-ups by May 23rd. Acadience Math & Early Math Alternate Assessment – Grades K – 5 (All Students). Finish make-ups by May 23rd.

Apr 14 – May 23

Apr 28– May 23

APRIL

Apr 28 – May 23

May 30

End of School Year – Grades K – 5 (All Students).

MAY

Math District-Wide Standards-Based Assessments Elementary

DWSBA#1 Window

DWSBA#2 Window

DWSBA#3 Window

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K

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1st

Nov 1 - Nov 15 Oct 25 - Nov 8 Oct 25 - Nov 8 Oct 25 - Nov 8 Oct 25 - Nov 8

Jan 16 - Jan 31 Jan 16 - Jan 31 Jan 16 - Jan 31 Jan 16 - Jan 31 Feb 7 - Feb 21

Apr 19 - May 2 Apr 19 - May 2 Mar 28 - Apr 18 Mar 28 - Apr 18 Mar 28 - Apr 18

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Kindergarten--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall * Score Winter Score Spring Score

Above

6 +

10 + 7 – 9 4 – 6 0 – 3 21 +

16 +

Beginning Quantity Discrimination (BQD)

Benchmark

5

13 – 15 9 – 12

Below

2 – 4 0 – 1 6 – 8 4 – 5 0 – 3 5 – 6 2 – 4 0 – 1 33 + 9 + 7 +

Well Below

0 – 8 34 +

Above

Benchmark

14 – 20 8 – 13

25 – 33 14 – 24 0 – 13 14 – 15 10 – 13 16 +

Number Identification Fluency (NIF)

Below

Well Below

0 – 7 13 +

Above

Benchmark

11 – 12 7 – 10

Next Number Fluency (NNF)

Below

Well Below

0 – 6 89 +

0 – 9

Above

110 +

Benchmark

24 – 32 13 – 23 0 – 12

72 – 88 49 – 71 0 – 48

92 – 109 67 – 91

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below 0 – 66 *Note. Well Below Benchmark for Fall for a Kindergarten student may indicate minimal access to instruction.

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Kindergarten--Literacy Acadience Reading Measure Performance Description Fall* Score Winter Score Spring Score Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) Above No Benchmarks No Benchmarks No Benchmarks Benchmark Below Well Below First Sound Fluency (FSF) Above 16 + 43 + Not Administered Benchmark 10 – 15 30 – 42 Below 5 – 9 20 – 29 Well Below 0 – 4 0 – 19 Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Above Not Administered 44 + 56 + Benchmark 20 – 43 40 – 55 Below 10 – 19 25 – 39 Well Below 0 – 9 0 – 24 Nonsense Word Fluency— Correct Letter Sounds (NWF-CLS) Above Not Administered 28 + 40 + Benchmark 17 – 27 28 – 39 Below 8 – 16 15 – 27 Well Below 0 – 7 0 – 14 Acadience Reading Composite Score Above 38 + 156 + 152 + Benchmark 26 – 37 122 – 155 119 – 151 Below 13 – 25 85 – 121 89 – 118 Well Below 0 – 12 0 – 84 0 – 88 *Note. Well Below Benchmark for Fall for a Kindergarten student may indicate minimal access to instruction.

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets First Grade--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Number Identification Fluency (NIF) Above 33 + Not Administered Not Administered Benchmark 27 – 32 Below 16 – 26 Well Below 0 – 15 Next Number Fluency (NNF) Above 14 + Not Administered Not Administered Benchmark 12 – 13 Below 9 – 11 Well Below 0 – 8 Advanced Quantity Discrimination (AQD) Above 13 + 22 + 25 + Benchmark 10 – 12 19 – 21 22 – 24 Below 6 – 9 14 – 18 17 – 21 Well Below 0 – 5 0 – 13 0 – 16 Missing Number Fluency (MNF) Above 6 + 9 + 12 + Benchmark 4 – 5 8 10 – 11 Below 2 – 3 6 – 7 8 – 9 Well Below 0 – 1 0 – 5 0 – 7 Computation (COMP) Above 6 + 14 + 20 + Benchmark 5 11 – 13 17 – 19 Below 3 – 4 7 – 10 11 – 16 Well Below 0 – 2 0 – 6 0 – 10

Above

148 +

53 +

68 +

Benchmark

124 – 147 81 – 123

46 – 52 33 – 45 0 – 32

59 – 67 44 – 58 0 – 43

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 80

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets First Grade--Literacy Note: NWF = Nonsense Word Fluency Acadience Reading Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) Above No Benchmarks Not Administered Not Administered Benchmark Below Well Below Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Above 47 + Not Administered Not Administered Benchmark 40 – 46 Below 25 – 39 Well Below 0 – 24 Nonsense Word—Correct Letter Sounds (NWF-CLS) Above 34 + 59 + 81 + Benchmark 27 – 33 43 – 58 58 – 80 Below 18 – 26 33 – 42 47 – 57 Well Below 0 – 17 0 – 32 0 – 46 Nonsense Word—Whole Above 4 + 17 + 25 +

Benchmark

1 – 3

8 – 16 3 – 7 0 – 2 34 + 23 – 33 16 – 22 0 – 15 86% +

13 – 24 6 – 12

Words Read (NWF-WWR)

Below

0

Well Below

N/A

0 – 5 67 +

Above

Oral Reading — Words Read Correctly (ORF-WRC)

Benchmark

47 – 66 32 – 46 0 – 31 97% +

Not Administered

Below

Well Below

Above

Oral Reading— Accuracy (ORF-Accuracy)

Benchmark

78% – 85% 68% – 77% 0% – 67% No Benchmarks

90% – 96% 82% – 89% 0% – 81%

Not Administered

Below

Well Below

Above

17 +

Benchmark

15 – 16 0 – 14

Not Administered

Retell

Below

Well Below

N/A

Above

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177 +

208 +

Benchmark

113 – 128 97 – 112

130 – 176 100 – 129

155 – 207 111 – 154

Acadience Reading Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 96

0 – 99

0 – 110

*Note: NWF = Nonsense Word Fluency

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Second Grade--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Computation (COMP) Above 8 + 14 + 19 + Benchmark 6 – 7 11 – 13 15 – 18 Below 3 – 5 8 – 10 10 – 14 Well Below 0 – 2 0 – 7 0 – 9 Concepts and Applications (C&A) Above 18 + 31 + 47 + Benchmark 14 – 17 24 – 30 35 – 46 Below 8 – 13 15 – 23 23 – 34 Well Below 0 – 7 0 – 14 0 – 22

Above

32 +

57 +

86 +

Benchmark

24 – 31 16 – 23 0 – 15

46 – 56 30 – 45 0 – 29

66 – 85 48 – 65 0 – 47

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Second Grade--Literacy Acadience Reading Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Nonsense Word—Correct Letter Sounds (NWF-CLS) Above 72 + Not Administered Benchmark 54 – 71 Below 35 – 53 Well Below 0 – 34 Nonsense Word—Whole Above 21 +

Benchmark

13 – 20 6 – 12

Words Read (NWF-WWR)

Not Administered

Below

Well Below

0 – 5 68 +

Above

91 +

104 +

Oral Reading— Words Read Correctly (ORF-WRC)

Benchmark

52 – 67 37 – 51 0 – 36 96% +

72 – 90 55 – 71 0 – 54 99% +

87 – 103 65 – 86

Below

Well Below

0 – 64 99% +

Above

Oral Reading— Accuracy (ORF-Accuracy)

Benchmark

90% – 95% 81% – 89% 0% – 80%

96% – 98% 91% – 95% 0% – 90%

97% – 98% 93% – 96% 0% – 92%

Below

Well Below

Above

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31 +

39 +

Benchmark

16 – 24 8 – 15

21 – 30 13 – 20 0 – 12 256 +

27 – 38 18 – 26 0 – 17 287 +

Retell

Below

Well Below

0 – 7

Above

202 +

Benchmark

141 – 201 109 – 140 0 – 108

190 – 255 145 – 189 0 – 144

238 – 286 180 – 237 0 – 179

Acadience Reading Composite Score

Below

Well Below

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Third Grade--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Computation (COMP) Above 15 + 25 + 35 + Benchmark 13 – 14 22 – 24 29 – 34 Below 9 – 12 16 – 21 21 – 28 Well Below 0 – 8 0 – 15 0 – 20 Concepts and Applications (C&A) Above 28 + 50 + 59 + Benchmark 23 – 27 40 – 49 47 – 58 Below 13 – 22 24 – 39 32 – 46 Well Below 0 – 12 0 – 23 0 – 31

Above

56 +

99 +

126 +

Benchmark

49 – 55 33 – 48 0 – 32

83 – 98 57 – 82 0 – 56

101 – 125 74 – 100

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 73

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Third Grade--Literacy Acadience Reading Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Oral Reading — Words Read Correctly (ORF-WRC) Above 90 + 105 + 118 + Benchmark 70 – 89 86 – 104 100 – 117 Below 55 – 69 68 – 85 80 – 99 Well Below 0 – 54 0 – 67 0 – 79 Oral Reading— Accuracy (ORF-Accuracy) Above 98% + 99% + 99% + Benchmark 95% – 97% 96% – 98% 97% – 98% Below 89% – 94% 92% – 95 % 94% – 96% Well Below 0% – 88% 0 % – 91% 0% – 93%

Above

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Benchmark

20 – 32 10 – 19 0 – 9 11 + 8 – 10 5 – 7 0 – 4 289 +

26 – 39 18 – 25 0 – 17 11 – 15 7 – 10 16 +

30 – 45 20 – 29 0 – 19 19 – 22 14 – 18 0 – 13 405 + 23 +

Retell

Below

Well Below

Above

Benchmark

Maze Adjusted Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 6

Above

349 +

Benchmark

220 – 288 180 – 219

285 – 348 235 – 284

330 – 404 280 – 329

Acadience Reading Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 179

0 – 234

0 – 279

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Fourth Grade--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Computation (COMP) Above 21 + 39 + 58 + Benchmark 17 – 20 31 – 38 46 – 57 Below 12 – 16 21 – 30 33 – 45 Well Below 0 – 11 0 – 20 0 – 32 Concepts and Applications (C&A) Above 44 + 63 + 93 + Benchmark 34 – 43 49 – 62 71 – 92 Below 21 – 33 30 – 48 46 – 70 Well Below 0 – 20 0 – 29 0 – 45

Above

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101 +

150 +

Benchmark

70 – 83 47 – 69 0 – 46

83 – 100 55 – 82

117 – 149 81 – 116

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 54

0 – 80

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Fourth Grade--Literacy Reading Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score

Advanced Proficient

Level Not Available Level Not Available Level Not Available Level Not Available

886 +

770 – 885 500 – 769

Reading Inventory (RI)—Lexile Scores

Basic

Below Basic

0 – 499 133 +

Above

104 +

121 +

Oral Reading: Words Read Correctly (ORF-WRC)

Benchmark

90 – 103 70 – 89

103 – 120 79 – 102

115 – 132 95 – 114

Below

Well Below

0 – 69 98% +

0 – 78 99% +

0 – 94

Above

100% +

Oral Reading: Accuracy (ORF-Accuracy)

Benchmark

96% – 97% 93% – 95% 0% – 92%

97% – 98% 94% – 96% 0% – 93%

98% – 99% 95% – 97% 0% – 94%

Below

Well Below

Above

36 +

39 +

46 +

Benchmark

27 – 35 14 – 26 0 – 13 15 – 17 10 – 14 18 +

30 – 38 20 – 29 0 – 19 17 – 19 12 – 16 0 – 11 383 + 20 +

33 – 45 24 – 32 0 – 23 24 – 27 20 – 23 0 – 19 446 + 28 +

Retell

Below

Well Below

Above

Benchmark

Maze Adjusted Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 9

Above

341 +

Benchmark

290 – 340 245 – 289

330 – 382 290 – 329

391 – 445 330 – 390

Acadience Reading Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 244

0 – 289

0 – 329

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Fifth Grade--Math Acadience Math Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score Computation (COMP) Above 32 + 66 + 70 + Benchmark 27 – 31 52 – 65 56 – 69 Below 18 – 26 31 – 51 38 – 55 Well Below 0 – 17 0 – 30 0 – 37 Concepts and Applications (C&A) Above 33 + 53 + 81 + Benchmark 25 – 32 42 – 52 62 – 80 Below 15 – 24 26 – 41 40 – 61 Well Below 0 – 14 0 – 25 0 – 39

Above

65 +

118 +

149 +

Benchmark

53 – 64 35 – 52 0 – 34

93 – 117 63 – 92

116 – 148 79 – 115

Acadience Math Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 62

0 – 78

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

Canyons School District Elementary Screening Targets Fifth Grade--Literacy Reading Measure Performance Description Fall Score Winter Score Spring Score

Advanced Proficient

Level Not Available Level Not Available Level Not Available Level Not Available

981 +

865 – 980 600 – 864

Reading Inventory (RI)—Lexile Scores

Basic

Below Basic

0 – 599 143 +

Above

121 +

133 +

Oral Reading: Words Read Correctly (ORF-WRC)

Benchmark

111 – 120 96 – 110

120 – 132 101 – 119

130 – 142 105 – 129 0 – 104 100% + 97% – 98% 0% – 96% 99%

Below

Well Below

0 – 95 99% +

0 – 100 99% +

Above

Oral Reading: Accuracy (ORF-Accuracy)

Benchmark

98%

98%

Below

95% – 97% 0% – 94%

96% – 97% 0% – 95%

Well Below

Above

40 +

46 +

52 +

Benchmark

33 – 39 22 – 32 0 – 21 18 – 20 12 – 17 0 – 11 386 + 21 +

36 – 45 25 – 35 0 – 24

36 – 51 25 – 35 0 – 24 24 – 27 18 – 23 0 – 17 466 + 28 +

Retell

Below

Well Below

Above

21 +

Benchmark

20

Maze Adjusted Score

Below

13 – 19 0 – 12 411 +

Well Below

Above

Benchmark

357 – 385 258 – 356

372 – 410 310 – 371

415 – 465 340 – 414

Acadience Reading Composite Score

Below

Well Below

0 – 257

0 – 309

0 – 339

CSD Elementary Screening 2022-23

PROGRESS MONITORING AND UTAH LAW What is progress monitoring ? Progress monitoring is “a scientifcally based practice that is used to assess students’ academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction.” (National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, 2016). Progress monitoring involves frequent measurement of student performance for the purpose of evaluating a student’s growth toward a targeted objective. Progress monitoring is a powerful formative assessment strategy that has been demonstrated to have a high effect size on student achievement, particularly when data are graphed, shared with students, and decision rules are used to determine when an evidence-based intervention is working for that student or when interventions need to be intensifed. Why progress monitor ? Best practice indicates that students who are signifcantly behind in basic foundational skills, such as reading and math, should receive intensifed instruction accompanied by frequent progress monitoring for the purpose of evaluating a student’s growth toward a targeted objective along with adjusting instruction based on the resulting student data. Progress monitoring makes skill improvement visible to teachers and students alike. Being able to see progress is highly motivating to students. A lack of progress should prompt problem-solving and joint responsibility (student, teachers, and where possible, parents) to fnd a solution. Progress monitoring is essential to determine the effectiveness of intensifed interventions (Tier 2 and Tier 3) within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) for identifed students. Who is progress monitored ? Based on Utah state law (SB 127), students who perform below or well below benchmark on curriculum-based measures (e.g., Acadience Reading, Acadience Math) must be progress monitored at the frequency noted below. Ideally, students should be progress monitored using a curriculum-based measure. Once students are consistently performing above benchmark levels, progress monitoring is no longer necessary. Students who perform at grade-level (i.e., meeting benchmarks) should not be progress monitored; screening three times per year is suffcient. Who conducts progress monitoring assessments ? Ideally, the teachers primarily responsible for a given student’s intensive intervention should conduct the progress monitoring. This could be a classroom teacher, a special education teacher, or an intervention specialist with the appropriate training; however, trained instructional assistants and specialized staff who instruct students may also progress monitor students. All progress monitoring data should be entered into the Acadience data management system (acadiencelearning.net) on a weekly basis. To best inform problem solving and decision making, these progress monitoring data should be regularly reviewed by the teachers responsible for a student’s learning, the student, and the parents of that student. It is the combination of all these individuals that makes a collaborative intervention team. When to progress monitor ? Each site will need to identify appropriate times during the school day to progress monitor students (e.g., during skills-based instruction, entrance and exit tasks, etc.). Canyons School District 2022.07.21 USBE Recommended Progress Monitoring Frequency CBMScore Support Level Frequency Well Below Benchmark Core Support + Intensive Support Core Support + Strategic Support Every 1 to 2 weeks Every 2 to 4 weeks Below Benchmark At or Above Benchmark ONLY as necessary NOTE: If students score below or well below on MAZE, progress monitoring should only occur monthly. Core Support

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT AND UTAH LAW

What is diagnostic assessment ? A diagnostic assessment provides an in-depth assessment of key underlying academic skills that better informs the instructional and intervention needs for individual students who are not performing at grade level in a specifc academic area, such as reading. For example, a diagnostic assessment in reading measures key literacy skills (phonemic awareness, sound-symbol recognition, alphabet knowledge, decoding and encoding skills, and comprehension), to help make informed decisions about the specifc literacy skills that intensifed instruction or intervention should focus on for a particular student. The evidence-based diagnostic assessments in reading that have been approved for use in Canyons School District include the: ● Phonological Awareness Screener for Intervention (PASI), and ● Phonics Screener for Intervention (PSI). The precise information provided by these diagnostic assessments helps inform decision making regarding the instructional needs of struggling learners. Why administer diagnostic assessments ? Diagnostic assessments can help identify why a student may be having diffculty in an academic area, such as reading, and help determine what intensifed instruction or intervention may be needed to support that student’s reading skill development. Who is given a diagnostic assessment ? Based on Utah state law (SB 127), a diagnostic assessment must be administered to all K-3 students who perform below or well below benchmark on Acadience Reading benchmark assessments . Diagnostic assessments may also be administered to students who are behind other students in that grade in acquiring a reading skill or students who lack competency in a reading skill based on a supplemental assessment. Data from diagnostic assessments must be used to provide specifc, focused, and individualized interventions to further support the development of that reading skill. Who conducts diagnostic assessments ? Ideally, the teachers primarily responsible for a given student’s intensive intervention should conduct the diagnostic assessment. This could be a classroom teacher, a special education teacher, or an intervention specialist with the appropriate training. When to conduct diagnostic assessments ? A diagnostic assessment should be administered as soon as a student is identifed as behind in grade level reading skills (as determined by the Acadience Reading benchmark assessment or a supplemental assessment). A diagnostic assessment only needs to be administered once per year when a student is identifed as being below grade level. If a student is not identifed as being below grade level until the mid-year benchmark, a diagnostic assessment can be conducted then.

Canyons School District 2022.07.21

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

Students today spend a significant amount of time viewing and interacting with digital media. One area of concern for many parents is the balance their children have between the virtual and physical world. The plate below is modeled after MyPlate and can be used as a tool to evaluate the balance of digital media in a person's life. Just as we have to make healthy meal choices and enjoy some foods in moderation, we also need to make choices to achieve balance in the digital world (Culatta, 2021). In order to help children learn to self-regulate their digital media use at home, it is important to understand how they are using technology at school. When students are using technology at school, the majority of their time is spent in the active, high learning quadrant. Research overwhelmingly suggests how a device is used in instruction has the greatest potential impacts on students. Therefore, our graphic focuses on the context of technology use rather than the minutes of technology use. SCREEN TIME

Critical Actions for Educators

Critical Actions for Families Use the technology integration checklist to evaluate the effectiveness of digital resources Disclose frequently used digital resources Integrate Digital Citizenship curriculum into classroom instruction Responsible use policy Teacher Professional Development Partner with families to teach balance Talk to children about balance and the value of their digital media use Collaborate as a family to develop a Family Media Agreement tailored to each child Monitor use of digital media

These activities involve critical thinking and are directly correlated to grade level learning objectives and standards. Activities should facilitate a greater depth of understanding through: collaboration, student creativity, and/or adaptable programs that fit the needs of the learner. Active, High Learning Value These activities are directly correlated to grade-level learning objectives and standards and allow for students to read, watch, and absorb information. In this context, there is not an expectation for students to make learning visible. Passive, High Learning Value These activities engage students but may not be tied to grade-level learning objectives and standards. Active, Low Learning Value These activities may involve students reading, watching, and/or absorbing content but may not be tied to grade-level learning objectives and standards. Passive, Low Learning Value

Ensure sleep is not being inhibited by media use Stay current on Pediatric Recommendations

Source: Culatta, R. (2021). Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World. Reed Business Education.

Active, High Learning Value

Active, Low Learning Value

Passive, High Learning Value

Passive, Low Learning Value

Students watching a video in Nearpod that pauses to check for student understanding Students collaborating to create a video on Canva

Students watching a short video embedded on Canvas

You are done with your assignment, you can play on your cell phone

Students playing a Halloween Kahoot Game

on cellular respiration.

Students reading a Newsela Article that is adjusted for their reading level

Watching a lenghty video without notes or guiding questions

Flipping through Quizlet Flash cards

Listening to an audio book or podcast without discussion or reflection

Annotating a document

Students playing Wordle

Teacher led Google Slides Presentation

Setting up a fantasy football league for the class

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

HOMEWORK GUIDELINES Elementary Evidence-based Practices for Grading

The overall message of homework research is the right amount of homework that is high quality, provides timely feedback, and is purposeful can be benefcial for learning and too much homework has negative effects on student achievement. (Hattie, 2008) Purpose Homework needs a clear purpose and should be able to be completed without assistance. Homework should focus on the process of learning rather than the fnal result (Schimmer, 2016). Valid purposes for homework include: 1. Practicing a skill or process that students can do independently, but not fuently. 2. Elaborating on information that has been addressed in class to deepen students’ knowledge. 3. Providing opportunities for students to explore topics of their own interest (Vatterott, 2009).

CSD Resources that align to these purposes include: ELA ELA CSD Reading Corner Leveled Readers in the McGraw-Hill platform found in Clever Nightly reading student motivational and high interest books Computer assisted learning (Lexia, iReady, Amira)

Math

enVision 2020 Online Practice Buddy Adaptive Homework & Practice Powered by Knewton Computer assisted learning, (ST Math, iReady, Dreambox)

Key Findings of Homework Research ● Homework provides formative data for teachers and learners when it becomes a tool for continuing the learning the next day (Erkens, 2016). ● “Homework is most effective when it covers material already taught. Material that was taught the same day is not as effective as an assignment given to review and reinforce skills learned previously” (AFT, 2006) ● “Homework is also most effective when it is used to reinforce skills learned in previous weeks or months” (AFT, 2006). This will provide additional reinforcement to build automaticity in the concept being practiced. Time and Communication ● Shorter, more frequent homework is better than longer assignments given infrequently (Vatterott, 2009). ● Homework should be time-based. This means students should be given a specifc amount of time to complete it and stop when that time is up. The general rule of thumb in elementary is 10 minutes per grade level (Cooper, 2001). ● Parents should be made aware of the purpose of the homework assignments, the length of time the student should spend, and the expectations. Parents should feel free to call a halt to homework assignments if their child is getting frustrated, spending an inordinate amount of time on homework, or obviously doesn’t understand what to do. Sending a note or an email to the teacher is entirely appropriate and teachers should respond positively. It is important to note, research indicates that homework has little or no effect on student achievement at the elementary level. Additionally, homework can create inequality with student access to content, and add signifcant stress to families and students who need the most support. Be sure to use best practices by assigning the right amount of homework that is high quality, provides timely feedback and is purposeful.

Kindergarten Social-Emotional Skill Development Lessons Wonders Scope and Sequence

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Lesson Focus: Learning to engage in positive interactions with other children. Social-Emotional Lesson: Come & Play

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Lesson Focus: Identifying and naming feelings. Social-Emotional Lesson: What a Feeling!

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Lesson Focus: Managing one’s own actions, behaviors, and words. Social-Emotional Lesson: Raise it Up Unit 2 Lesson Focus: Developing the ability to control impulses. Social-Emotional Lesson: Waiting Games Lesson Focus: Learning to manage our feelings and emotional responses. Social-Emotional Lesson: Relax Lesson Focus: Developing confidence and resilience as learners. Social-Emotional Lesson: Count Me In Unit 3 Lesson Focus: Setting reachable goals and persisting to completion. Social-Emotional Lesson: The Power of Yet Lesson Focus: Managing emotions with increasing independence. Social-Emotional Lesson: Belly Breathe Unit 4 Lesson Focus: Building positive relationships with familiar adults. Social-Emotional Lesson: Social Navigators Lesson Focus: Identifying classroom rules and routines. Social-Emotional Lesson: Two Different Worlds

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Lesson Focus: Exploring self-identity and children’s sense of belonging. Social-Emotional Lesson: Belonging Lesson Focus: Demonstrating initiative and increased independence. Social-Emotional Lesson: Volunteer Unit 5 Lesson Focus: Showing an inquisitiveness about learning, others, and the world around them. Social-Emotional Lesson: Asking Questions Lesson Focus: Learning to hold information in mind while completing a task. Social-Emotional Lesson: Remembering Time!

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Lesson Focus: Developing confidence and resilience as learners. Social-Emotional Lesson: Confidence! Unit 6

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Lesson Focus: Learning to think critically to solve a problem or make decisions. Social-Emotional Lesson: Think It Through

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Lesson Focus: Expressing and recognizing a range of emotions. Social-Emotional Lesson: Feelings Detectives Lesson Focus: Demonstrating flexibility in thinking and behavior. Social-Emotional Lesson: Different Ideas Unit 7

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Lesson Focus: Showing an inquisitiveness about learning, others, and the world around them. Social-Emotional Lesson: Investigate Lesson Focus: Exploring and understanding how to express care and concern towards others. Social-Emotional Lesson: Kindness Lesson Focus: Learning to think to solve a problem or make decisions. Social-Emotional Lesson: Follow the Clues

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Lesson Focus: Using creative approaches and cooperation to express ideas. Social-Emotional Lesson: Outside the Box Lesson Focus: Using creative thinking and cooperation to solve a social problem. Social-Emotional Lesson: Compromise Lesson Focus: Maintaining focus and building attention. Social-Emotional Lesson: We’re Focused! Unit 9 Lesson Focus: Building positive relationships with familiar adults. Social-Emotional Lesson: Special Helpers Lesson Focus: Demonstrating initiative and increased independence. Social-Emotional Lesson: Initiative Lesson Focus: Demonstrating flexibility in thinking and behavior. Social-Emotional Lesson: Bendy Brains Unit 10 Lesson Focus: Using creative thinking and cooperation to solve a social problem. Social-Emotional Lesson: Points of View Lesson Focus: Setting reachable goals and persisting to completion. Social-Emotional Lesson: Persistent Lesson Focus: Exploring and understanding how to express care and concern for others. Social-Emotional Lesson: Everyday Heroes

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Instructional Guide 2024-2025

English Language Arts

What’s New and Updated in Elementary ELA

What’sNew This section contains a listing of pages in the map that are new this year. Link Description

ELA Resources Routines are embedded with a visual to links outside the grade-level guide.

Core Guides Added to the resources page and standards page for USBE explanation, vertical alignment and clarity of the ELA standards.

All Things Acadience

ALO jumpage for training and supports to help with training and reading reports.

What’s Updated This section contains a listing of pages in the page that have received substantial content updates for this year. Link Description

Scope and Sequence

Dates and Pacing is aligned to new calendars

Software

24-25 Policy changes and highlights

Writing Rubrics

Updates to the rubrics to align to Wonders and Utah Core

Digital Text Resources

Vetted to maintain a free account version, teachers responsible as a selected resource for content.

Kindergarten General Instructions

Pacing, Units, Essential Questions, Vocabulary, Assessment, Special Education Curricular Coherence & Homework

Pacing

The ELA Instructional Guide provides guidance for planning instruction using the Utah Core Standards and 95% Phonics Core Program coupled with the Wonders. Following the scope and sequence, contained in this document, will allow students to access ALL core standards by the end of the year. Units There are ten units that are to be covered over the course of the school year. Odd units have 15 days of instruction and even units have 15 days of instruction with up to 4 days of fexible pacing.

Essential Question

These questions provide an anchor theme for the text set. Students use the question to add to a concept map using the knowledge gained from reading each text. Where aligned, interdisciplinary connections have been suggested for Social Studies standards.

Vocabulary

The essential vocabulary words for the text set and theme are listed within each scope and sequence. Vocabulary is a predictive indicator of comprehension and should be taught explicitly for the unit with incidental vocabulary taught within the learning.

Assessment

Assessment options include student observation, progress monitoring, reading response writing, key language uses and unit competencies. Ready-made online assessments are available on the McGraw-Hill platform.

Special Education Curricular Coherence

The 95% Phonics Lesson Library (PLL) and the Wonderworks programs will be used for students accessing specialized instruction. These programs align with the general education classroom programs. Therefore, giving special education teachers the opportunity to intensify the instruction happening in the general education classroom.

Homework

Developing independent reading skills and language arts skills should occur while the teacher is available to support and scaffold the learning and correct student errors. Work that is sent home for students to complete should consist of concepts and skills that have been taught in class, been practiced, and the student can do independently. Homework should be used to build automaticity of skills already acquired and not for development of new skills without instruction. For suggestions of reading support at home, use the CSD Reading Corner . Additional resources can be found in the synced school to home connection synced within Wonders.

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Reading Software

Reading Software programs can be utilized by students as a practice station during the ELA skill-based instruction time. Programs should be used for intervention and support and not be used during core instruction time. Students identified as below-benchmark, or well below- benchmark on Acadience Fall testing may benefit from utilizing one of the identified programs as part of a targeted intervention plan . A student can be exited from a program by meeting grade level benchmark expectations. Each LEA agrees to the following conditions of participation in the EISP: The LEA agrees to implement the software with fidelity. Fidelity is defned by the vendor with the following recommendations:

Critical Actions for Educators --------------------------- ● Select the software intervention program to be used. ● Identify students that may beneft from use of the program. ● Identify a time for students to participate. ● Support students with program access. ● Monitor student progress. ● Use program data to evaluate student progress. ● Adjust instruction and software usage minutes as necessary.

Amira Videos : Demo Videos/Explore Amira

Overview: Amira stems from decades of research and development and is the first program of its kind to support all five pillars of Reading. Amira listens while a student reads out loud to assess and report on students’ skills across these key pillars of reading and enables oral reading practice. Amira delivers micro-interventions in these categories: phonological awareness; decoding; sight recognition; logic, literacy knowledge and language structures; and knowledge building. Each micro-intervention is a “scaffold” that supports the early reader in mastering foundational reading skills. Fidelity recommendations: Amira suggests that students will significantly accelerate their reading growth by practicing with Amira for 30-60 minutes total per week. This amounts to about 2-3 sessions per week. If you want to have students read with Amira every day, we suggest about 1-3 stories per day. On average, stories take 4-7 minutes to complete; however, story lengths and student speeds will vary. Families, teachers, and students can monitor if 2 stories per day yield about 30-60 minutes per week

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(our usage recommendation) and adapt expectations accordingly. As students complete stories, Amira will level the following stories presented to match performance. Students must read the entire story in order for the system to save and leveling to occur. Due to this, we recommend that teachers and students aim for a set number of stories each time a child logs in.

Website

Lexia Core5 Reading Lexia for Utah Landing Page Overview Lexiao ff ers each grantee school student licenses for K-3 students research-proven, blended learning program that accelerates the development of fundamental literacy skills for students of all abilities in grades pre-K-5. Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths. Core5 adapts to target skill gaps and equips teachers with the data and instructional resources they need to personalize instruction for every student. Assessment Without Testing® provides ongoing, actionable data to help teachers prioritize and plan o ffl ine instruction. The online student dashboard encourages students to take ownership of their learning. Fidelity recommendations: ● A student should use Core5 20 weeks or more across a school year. ● Of the weeks a student uses Core5, a student should meet her usage targets at least 50% of the weeks of use. ● Depending upon a student’s Performance Predictor, a student is assigned a recommended usage target, in minutes. Note that once a student achieves their grade level benchmark in Core5, their weekly target is set to N/A minutes. See detailed description in the table below. as well as a Core5 School Success Partnership. Lexia Core5® Reading® is an evidenced based,

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Core 5 Implementation Models

Students with 100% Performance Predictors do not have recommended usage. These students are considered “meeting usage” in the reports if they continue using Core5 in any amount. Students who have not used Core5 in the past four full weeks will not be given a recommended usage (NA), except in the first month of the school year. When a student resumes using Core5, the recommended usage will appear the following day. How to use Lexia Core 5 Data: Data can be used to inform instruction during ELA skills-based instruction. Teachers are encouraged to provide further instruction using the identified Lexia Lessons and other downloadable materials. For more information on the data available and how to use it, contact the Lexia Core 5 representatives, Nikki Osborn nosborn@lexialearning.com and Amber Robinson amber.robinson@lexialearning.com Recommendations for Kindergarten usage with Lexia Core 5: ● Full Day Kindergarten usage 60 min. per week during Skills-based Instruction (SBI)

iReady

Demonstration Video: ●

Interactive Tour: http://i-ready.com/tour

What is new? ● Science of Reading White Paper

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Overview: i-Ready is a technology based diagnostic and instruction program for reading. The Diagnostic Assessment (K-12) places students into online instruction at the prerequisite level. The Diagnostic Assessment is adaptive in that it adjusts the di ffi culty level of the questions presented depending on student response to the

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previous questions. Upon completion of the assessment, the program links the student to lessons to complete online. Additional assessments are available as part of a suite for supporting standards and science of reading intervention.

When to administer iReady Diagnostic: BOY: Beginning of school through October 25, 2024; MOY: December 4, 2024 through January 10, 2025 EOY: May 1, 2025 through the end of school year.

Fidelity recommendations: Based on research from the last 8 years with 30% of America’s K-8 student enrollment, Curriculum Associates recommends that students complete 30-49 minutes per week with pass rates of 70% or better. How to use iReady Data: Data can be used to inform instruction during ELA skills-based instruction. Teachers are encouraged to provide further instruction using the downloadable lessons that correlate to the skills being reinforced on the computer. Contact for data meetings and professional learning: Daniel Cherry dcherry@cainc.com (385) 272-7270 or Joel Kongaika joelk@cainc.com 801-319-4832.

Approved Software Intervention Programs Not Part of the Early Reading Grant

Overview: Lexia English is an adaptive blended learning program that supports emergent bilingual students’ English language acquisition through academic conversations. It is multimodal (reading, speaking, listening and writing) in an adaptive format that is tailored to WIDA profciency levels. Avatars are refective of diverse backgrounds. Data is cumulative from year-to-year until mastery is achieved. Usage Recommendations for maximum growth with WIDA level 1 and2 : ● Grades K-2 10-15 min session/3x per week ● Grades 3-5 15-20 min session/3x per week ● At least 2 teacher-led Lexia lessons per week ● WIDA Level 3+ use Lexia Core5 or other approved software THIS PROGRAM IS PURCHASED FOR WIDA LEVEL 1 AND 2 STUDENTS WITH DISTRICT FUNDS