Textbook Adoption 2013-2014

IMPORTANT!!

Teachers,

Miami Dade County has selected McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders as our core series. You can log in to a demo account to begin checking out all of the resources that this series has to offer. You will be given your own access code for this site in the future. There are a myriad of resources available online so it is worth taking a look at including a Professional Development tab that offers videos that provide a comprehensive overview of the program.

To log in:

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/

Username: flwonders
Password: wonders2014

Please note that you will be given assistance in implementing this series. This information is meant to give you a heads up and chance to take a "sneak peek" of our new core program.

Centers! Centers! Centers!

Coming up with a kid-friendly, efficient way to organize centers is not always easy. Here's some inspiration from around the web to help spark your creativity in posting center rotations.

Source: http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/firstgrade/first_grade_centers.html

Pacing Guides and Common Core Center Activities

Teachers:

The district has released revised pacing guides for reading, math, and science. The writing pacing guides will be available by July 31, 2012. You can access them via Learning Village found at http://village.dadeschools.net/.

Also, FCRR has aligned center activities for Language and Reading Foundational Skills to the Common Core. You can access the activities for K-5 at http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/SCA_CCSS_index.shtm.

Differentiated Instruction Tracking: Kinder

Our fabulous K teachers came up with these sound tracking and monitoring sheets for DI during the '11-'12 school year. Download them below:

DI Spreadsheet Checklist
DI Individual Student Folders

Month by Month Sight Word Tracking:

September
October
November
December
January
February
March