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Educator June GLEAM Newsletter

Educator June GLEAM Newsletter

Educator Newsletter - Volume 11 - June 2025

In this Issue:

Literacy Vision

What is GLEAM?

GLEAM Timeline

Thank you GLEAM Implementation Team

Celebrating Student Learning

Announcing New CKLA Units for Next Year

Summer Learning Opportunities

Thank You Educators

Literacy Vision

All Barnstable Public School students deserve joyful and inclusive learning environments that pave the way to continuous learning, curiosity, change-making and meaningful engagement with the world around them. We aspire to create a learning community with students and educators engaging in challenging, authentic, adventurous, meaningful, and affirming experiences so that learning, independence, and achievement may flourish for all.


Learning in literacy will include speaking, listening, reading, reasoning, and writing that provides opportunities for students to


  • engage with complex texts, about thought-provoking topics, which reflect their own experiences and those of others
  • communicate effectively with others and think critically about their learning through speaking, listening, and various modes of writing
  • strengthen foundational skills and build knowledge to support comprehension
  • develop civic mindedness that prepares them to make meaningful contributions in their communities and beyond
  • experience connections in the content and literacy instruction in various educational settings within a student’s day


Our goal is to create learning environments where educators and students achieve more than they imagined possible.

What is GLEAM?

Growing Literacy Equity Across Massachusetts (GLEAM) is a 2.5-year grant

(through the 24-25 SY) designed to support schools to implement components of

a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for ELA/Literacy which have been

shown to promote equity of access and achievement for all students. TNTP consultants worked with our district to support all components of the GLEAM grant. We have completed our final year of the grant in grades K-5. The GLEAM grant has provided Barnstable Public Schools guidance to sustain the literacy growth moving forward and inform future curriculum review and implementation processes.

GLEAM Timeline

Where have we been with GLEAM and where are we going?

Thank You GLEAM Implementation Team!

A diverse representation of educators guided the implementation efforts this year.

Kim White, Centerville Principal

Susannah Doyle, Reading Specialist

Gretchen Phillips, Special Education

Polly Moulton-Small, Kindergarten

Lani Pilarella, Kindergarten Teacher

Lynn Moen, Grade 3 Teacher

Kathi Amato, Hyannis West Principal

Caitlin Corrieri, Reading Specialist

Chaitra McCarty, Grade 3 Teacher

Kerri Kober, Grade 1 Teacher

Samantha Walker, Grade 1 Teacher

Beth Forbes, Barnstable West Barnstable Principal

Victoria Coleman, Grade 1 Teacher

Lynn Tabor, Grade 3 Teacher

Maura Donovan, ESL Teacher

Wendy Hesse, West Villages Principal

Jennifer Hemr, Reading Specialist

Andrea Fullam, Special Education

Mike Wojkowski, Barnstable United Principal

Oanaki Torres, Reading Specialist

Jessica Blackwell, Grade 4 Teacher

Tara Ewald, Grade 5 Teacher

Maura Dean, ESL Teacher

Carina Da Silva (ELL Director PK-12)

Kim Stoloski (Special Education Director PK-5)

Kristen Harmon (Assist. Superintendent)

Kari Andrade (Director of Teaching and Learning PK-5)


A special thanks to the TNTP Consultants, Ari Kovics and Claire Vienna!

Celebrating Student Learning

Here are a few CKLA celebrations that were shared on the BPS social media.

History is Alive at BUES!

After diving into the American Revolution in their CKLA unit, students became historical figures themselves in a live wax museum! From George Washington to Betsy Ross, they researched, wrote biographies, dressed the part, and brought the past to life for their classmates.

First Grade Geologists in Action!

Our amazing first graders at Hyannis West wrapped up their CKLA History of the Earth unit by diving into Earth's wonders - learning all about landforms, rock layers, geysers, volcanoes, fossils, dinosaurs, and more. They're becoming experts in geology one discovery at a time!

Hyannis West hosts a Grand Royal Ball!

To wrap up their King and Queen unit, the Hyannis West kindergarten classes hosted a Grand Royal Ball! The day was filled with a royal parade, lively dancing, and the fun game "Pin the Crown" on the King and Queen. It was a magical celebration fit for royalty!

BWB Traveling Petting Zoo

BWB Kindergarten had a visit from Animal Affair Traveling Petting Zoo as a culminating activity for their farm unit from CKLA, science of reading literacy program!

Living in Colonial Times

BWB Kindergarteners experienced what it was like in Colonial times as they learned about it in their literacy unit!

Announcing New CKLA Units for Next Year

Research Units K-5

  • Kindergarten: Shaped by Nature: Art and the World Around Us

  • Grade 1: Adventure Stories: Tales from the Edge

  • Grade 2: Taking Flight: The Age of Aviation

  • Grade 3: From Blues to Bebop: All That Jazz

  • Grade 4: Inspiration and Ingenuity: American Innovation

  • Grade 5: Building Up the World: Global Architecture

Novel Studies

Students in grades 3-5 will engage in a unit of study developing their literacy skills with a chosen novel.

Choice units K-5

Resource links are posted in the Curriculum Google Classrooms per grade level. Access to the digital components will be available on Amplify CKLA by the start of the school year. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the revised CKLA curriculum. During the summer we will use your feedback to develop the scope and sequence for next year.

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Introducing Boost - Training in the Fall

New to Boost Reading? You’ve come to the right place!

Below are some resources to help you get to know Boost Reading:

  • Browse our Program Guide to see how Boost Reading puts the Science of Reading in your students’ hands.

  • Boost Reading Overview Video

    • You can watch this video to learn more about the program and the immersive world of Boost Reading.

  • Discover how Boost Reading creates a personalized learning experience for all your students.

Summer Learning Opportunities

Please share the

optional learning opportunities

with students and families.

Thank You Educators!

Thank you for your dedication, passion for literacy, and perseverance throughout the past 2.5 years of the GLEAM grant!


Everyone has played a vital role: participating in professional learning with TNTP for the Science of Reading, piloting programs and coming to a consensus, attending CKLA-led professional development for the new curriculum, engaging in collaborative learning in school-based PD, department meetings, and PLCs, acting as a member on a GLEAM Team and supporting your school, responding to surveys, providing feedback, opening your classrooms for learning walks, and most importantly, implementing CKLA with your students to improve literacy for all!


Have a wonderful summer and see you in the fall!

The Teaching and Learning Office