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Mount Sinai presents new fifth- and sixth-grade ELA curriculum designed by district teachers
Summary
Mount Sinai Union Free School District presented a teacher-led ELA curriculum for fifth and sixth grades that aligns with New York State Next Generation standards, emphasizes student choice and scaffolding for diverse readers, and will be supported by ongoing professional development.
Melissa Douroussis, the district’s director of humanities, told the Mount Sinai Union Free School District Board of Education that the district has moved from adapting outside materials to creating its own ELA units for fifth and sixth grades aligned to the New York State Next Generation ELA Standards. "This work has allowed us to move from adapting someone else's curriculum to designing intentionally for our Mount Sinai students that is in alignment with the New York State Next Generation Standards," Douroussis said.
Douroussis said the curriculum was written by a team that includes fifth-grade teachers Dave Fraser and Jackie Wilkin and an outside literacy consultant,…
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