Portland Public Schools uses curriculum developed and aligned to the Oregon State Standards. You can browse standards and curriculum on the Portland Public Schools Family and Community Curriculum Site. You can access it here.
Language Arts
Reading
Reader's Workshop is a structure that allows students to select and read texts at their instructional and interest level. Through mini lessons, small group instruction and conferencing with individuals, the teacher delivers explicit instruction in reading strategies and comprehension. At Glencoe our curriculum is Lucy Calkin's Units of Study - Reading.
"This series builds on decades of teaching and research—in literally tens of thousands of schools. In states across the country, this curriculum has already given young people extraordinary power, not only as readers, but also as thinkers. When young people are explicitly taught the skills and strategies of proficient reading and are invited to live as richly literate people do, carrying books everywhere, bringing reading into every nook and corner of their lives, the results are dramatic." Lucy Calkins
"This series builds on decades of teaching and research—in literally tens of thousands of schools. In states across the country, this curriculum has already given young people extraordinary power, not only as readers, but also as thinkers. When young people are explicitly taught the skills and strategies of proficient reading and are invited to live as richly literate people do, carrying books everywhere, bringing reading into every nook and corner of their lives, the results are dramatic." Lucy Calkins
Foundational Skills
Phonemic Awareness, phonological awareness in which listeners are able to hear, identify and manipulate phonemes is taught daily using the Heggerty curriculm. More detailed information can be found here.
Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. Our district curriculum is Fundations. More detailed information can be found here.
Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. Our district curriculum is Fundations. More detailed information can be found here.
Writing
Children progress through stages of spelling development. The Developmental Writing Scale illustrates and describes these different stages.
Math
This is our first year with a new math adoption, i-Ready Classroom Mathematics. "The discourse-driven Try–Discuss–Connect routine actively engages students in their learning by supporting them as they collaborate, discuss, and clarify strategies and concepts." Click on the image below to learn more about the program.