Elementary Essentials

The time has finally arrived! You have had several weeks to look through the potential resources for teaching Language Comprehension. Now, it is time to pick one. Click on the link below to vote for your top choice and provide feedback. Voting will close on Thursday, February 15, 2024.

VOTE HERE - ELA Resource Adoption Survey

There has been updated guidance on allowable manipulatives. Language around nested manipulatives has been isolated to that of volume containers. Therefore, the nested blank fraction bars has been confirmed as allowable by KSDE's math coordinator. I have attached an example of what would now be allowable. Keep in mind that it must be blank. Click here!

Thank you all for your continued diligence with the QBA windows! Please continue to provide any feedback that would be helpful in ensuring that the assessments are meaningful to your instruction! The conversations around the data with you all have been so powerful! Quarter 3's window will run for the final 2 weeks of the quarter right before Spring Break, falling from February 26 to March 8. If you have any questions or concerns around QBAs, please do note hesitate to reach out to your support specialist and/or Spencer!

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I hope each of you has had an amazing week. Please reach out if I can assist or support you. Thanks for all you do! ~Julie