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Walpole implements HMH Into Reading for K–5, district staff describe rollout and supports
Summary
The Walpole School Committee heard a progress report on the K–5 literacy program Into Reading and district plans for professional learning, assessment and coaching during first-year implementation.
Shannon Findlay, K–5 English language arts curriculum coordinator for Walpole Public Schools, updated the school committee on implementation of the district’s new K–5 literacy program, HMH Into Reading, adopted during last spring’s curriculum review.
Findlay said Into Reading pairs a knowledge-building approach with strategy instruction and is being used alongside the district’s systematic phonics program, Foundations. “For the word recognition strand, we are staying true to what we have used in the past in terms of our explicit systematic phonics program, Foundations,” she told the committee, adding that Into Reading provides materials and routines to strengthen language comprehension.
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