Part II: Untapping Resources-Literacy

As stated in a previous blog post one of  my goals is familiarize myself with the elementary instructional resources that have been developed in the School District of Waukesha.  Like many districts, Waukesha utilizes the learning management system, Blackboard 9 (BB9) for a variety of purposes including to store curriculum and instructional resources for educators.

District educators have  access to BB9 to assist in lesson design and other resources through a password and username that is provided to teachers.

Kindergarten curriculum map

The "comprehensive literacy" section is a tremendous resource as it contains curriculum maps for teachers that organizes materials under the following categories; enduring understandings, samples learning targets, and resources.   Here is the launch presentation of SDW literacy curriculum maps that was shared with teachers in August of 2014.

Literacy Blog

I also wanted to highlight the School District of Waukesha Literacy Blog.  This blog is instrumental in communicating and promoting literacy instructional resources and practices.

This BB9 course is an excellent and invaluable resource to any School District of Waukesha elementary teacher responsible for providing instruction in reading and writing.