New Curriculum Resources
New Curriculum Resources 2023-24
RULER
The RULER approach was adopted as a district-wide initiative to help increase positive interactions and promote achievement in our schools. This year, school personnel and students will focus on practicing the five RULER Skills described below.
R-Recognizing Emotions
Identifying emotions in oneself and others by reading facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and pay attention to signals in our bodies.
U-Understanding Emotions
Knowing the causes of emotions and how emotions influence our thoughts, actions, and decisions.
L-Labeling Emotions
Connecting an emotional experience to specific feeling words to describe it
E-Expressing Emotions
Knowing how and when to display or show our emotions, depending on who we are with, where we are, and what we are doing.
R-Regulating Emotions
Knowing and using effective strategies to manage our emotions.
RULER Resources
K-8 Math
In April 2023, the school board adopted the Bridges in Mathematics program by the Math Learning Center for grades K-4 and Envision by Savvas for grades 5-8.
Details
A team of teachers looked at evidence-based math programs, narrowing the field from 7 to 4 to 2
K-4 Bridges by the Math Learning Center (finished second during last math adoption), more activity based, better at developing number-sense which is critical, materials are more appropriate for primary grades, more motivating for students.
5-8 Envision by Savvas (adopted by Belgrade High School in 2021), good for upper elementary students, Spanish version, great online resources for upper elementary students.
We conducted a 6-week pilot of the top two programs in grades K-4. The feedback from pilot teachers was heavily weighted in the vetting process.
Rationale
Improving our students' math performance has been a priority. Having a primary resource that is proven to be effective is an important step to making that happen.
Professional Development
Each program will be presenting PD prior to the school year starting. K-4 Instructional Coaches will provide ongoing support for teachers while Savvas will provide online support for math instructors.
Supporting Documents