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District updates Bridges and Desmos rollout, plans review of Bridges third edition
Summary
District curriculum staff told the board that Bridges and Desmos math resources are being implemented across elementary and middle schools, with interventions and teacher professional learning ongoing and a small committee reviewing a possible update to Bridges' third edition for next fall.
Beatrice Maldonado and Teresa Adelphia presented a district math curriculum update to the Berwyn South SD 100 Board of Education, describing current use of Bridges in elementary grades and Desmos in middle schools and outlining next steps for instructional alignment.
Maldonado said Bridges lessons emphasize problem solving, manipulatives and number sense in early grades and noted teachers and coaches are analyzing assessment data to align instruction with Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) question types. She described interventions including Bridges intervention and "Concept Quests" for tier‑2 students and said many fourth‑grade classrooms received physical student books this year to support classroom routines. "Our teachers are learning more about how to prepare our students with those types of questions," Maldonado said.
Teresa Adelphia described middle school use of Desmos and recent focus on language routines to support math discussion, argumentation and written defense of solutions. The district hosted classroom visits and invited a Desmos coach for model lessons; Adelphia said the work promoted student discourse and decision‑making in problem solving. The presenters said a small committee is reviewing the third edition of Bridges to decide whether to adopt updates for fall implementation and that Desmos is also issuing scope‑and‑sequence updates the district will align to next year.
Both presenters emphasized continued PLC analysis of student work, fidelity to curriculum lessons and attention to the "science of learning" research as the district refines pacing, assessments and writing connections within math instruction. No board action was taken; the report was informational.
