Curriculum Update
Curriculum Update The 2017-18 school year will bring many updates and improvements to our current curriculum frameworks. In early August I was able to attend, along with three North Reading teachers, a full-day workshop on the changes that are coming to our frameworks in Massachusetts. At that workshopg several documents were shared that are posted here: http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/ and I’ve included some of the highlights below. English Language Arts and Literacy (ELA) The new 2017 frameworks include revisions that were gathered from a multi-year process that included feedback from teachers and other educators. These changes incorporate some of the standards that were “Massachusetts only” standards that exceeded the Common Core standards, further improving upon our frameworks. Below is a selection of the highlights from the document. ELA/Literacy Anchor Standards · Reading Standard MA....