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Casa Grande board adds UFLI and Just Words to supplemental reading menu
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The Casa Grande Elementary District Governing Board unanimously approved adding the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) and Just Words by Wilson to the district's supplemental reading materials after a 60-day public review. The programs are intended for tiered intervention, not as core curriculum.
The Casa Grande Elementary District Governing Board voted to add the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) and Just Words by Wilson to the district's supplemental reading materials list following a 60-day public review and staff recommendation.
Jan Draper, district staff presenting the proposal, said the two programs are intended as supplemental interventions, not replacements for core curriculum. "Just Words is research based," Draper said, and she described Just Words as "an intensive word study program" for older…
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