Literacy
Wit & Wisdom is a knowledge-building ELA curriculum that centers on the study of rich and engaging texts, curated to build student knowledge of important ideas in the liberal arts and sciences. Wit & Wisdom provides the knowledge-building and standards- aligned integrated instruction essential to literacy success. The curriculum provides the complex texts students need to be strong in reading comprehension. Introduction to Wit & Wisdom.
Wit & Wisdom Tip:
Have your child listen to or read books that mirror the same content they are learning in class to help build their vocabulary and knowledge.
Geodes are a collection of accessible, knowledge-building books for developing readers. They follow the scope and sequence of Fundations and the topic-based knowledge progression of Wit & Wisdom. Geodes readables are a unique type of text in which specific decoding strategies are couple with content and vocabulary. They enable students to apply newly learned sound-spelling patterns and practice with phonemic awareness and phonics while building knowledge in history, science, and the arts. Introduction to Geodes.
“Geodes reflect a broad range of identities and diverse experiences, allowing young students to see themselves, others, and worlds both familiar and distant.”
Heggerty is a phonemic awareness curriculum focusing on 8 phonemic awareness skills. The quick activities help students make the phoneme-grapheme connection and develop the language awareness necessary to become skilled readers and writers. Introduction to Heggerty
Heggerty Tip:
Phonemic awareness activities take place orally and are about having fun with language play. Try playing some of the activities on the Bingo Board.
Fundations is a multisensory structured literacy program for students in grades K-3. Students receive systematic, cumulative, and explicit instruction in the foundational reading skills of phonemic awareness and phonics as well as the foundational writing skills of handwriting and spelling.
Fundations Tip:
Fundations lays the groundwork for reading, spelling and handwriting success through structured literacy.
Boost Reading is a fun, computer-based program that has helped millions of students improve their literacy skills. meet the needs of every reader with personalized literacy instruction based in the Science of Reading.
Boost Tip:
Students can log into Clever at home to use Boost.