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Monticello highlights districtwide literacy, structured reading rollout and middle school midyear progress
Summary
District leaders described multi-year professional development to implement updated state standards and structured literacy; middle school staff reported classroom changes focused on vocabulary, disciplinary literacy and word-attack strategies.
District curriculum leaders told the Monticello Public School District board on March 3 that the district is implementing new state standards and is engaged in a multi-year rollout of structured, evidence-based literacy instruction across elementary and secondary grades.
Director of Teaching and Learning Cindy Hosching and district literacy lead Kristen Hall said science standards adopted this year follow the Next Generation Science Standards (phenomenon-based instruction). English language arts, social studies and math are moving to anchor standards and learning progressions across grades K–12.
Kristen Hall described a structured-literacy push at the elementary level and…
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