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Westborough staff report districtwide rollout of new writing units after multi‑year literacy review
Summary
District literacy leaders told the School Committee they have completed a second year of implementing recommendations from a 2023 literacy review: grade‑by‑grade “I can” statements, annotated exemplars, anchor units and rubric calibration from K–12, plus new screeners for some grades and added supports for English‑learner instruction.
District literacy leaders reported to the Westborough School Committee that they have moved into the second year of implementing recommendations from a final literacy review first presented in June 2023. Presenters described work this year on writing instruction from kindergarten through grade 12, alignment across grades and a set of classroom resources meant to make expectations clearer for teachers and students.
The literacy team said K–6 teachers received new “I can” statements, annotated exemplars and anchor units designed to show the progression of writing skills from year to year. Coordinators described professional development this year that included model lessons, calibration sessions to score student work consistently, and weekly planning support for some grades to help teachers use the new units in daily lessons.
The team told the committee that middle and high school…
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