Early Learning Academic Standards
Elementary Academic Standards
Curricula
Teachers are expected to utilize the curriculum outlined below for the grade/subject that they teach.
Curriculum
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Grade Band
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Content
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Creative Curriculum
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PK3-PK4
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The Creative Curriculum® helps every early childhood program create a high-quality learning environment that enables every child to become a creative, confident thinker.
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Cornerstones
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K-5
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Cornerstones are high-quality, powerful lessons that students engage in through the DCPS units of study. Students experience Cornerstones across grade levels and content areas, including ELA, math, science, social studies, art, health, PE, and world languages. Cornerstones are taught as part of the DCPS curriculum and are the lessons students will remember years from now.
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DCPS English Language Arts Units of Study
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K-5
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Literacy, Humanities, Social Studies, Writing
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Guided Reading- Jan Richardson’s Next Steps in Guided Reading Framework
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K-5
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Reading (English and/or Spanish) at independent levels
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Eureka Math
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K-5
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Mathematics
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DCPS Science Curriculum
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PK3-5
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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
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Fundations and Fundations Booster
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K-2
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English phonics
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Words Their Way
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3-5
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Word study, spelling
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