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We will set all students on a path to success.

Lisa Coons | Chief of Standards and Materials

May 29, 2020

W H O L E C H I L D

TENNESSEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE EQUIPPED TO SERVE THE

ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS

A C A D E M I C S

ALL TENNESSEE STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION, NO MATTER WHERE

THEY LIVE

E D U C A T O R S

TENNESSEE WILL SET A NEW PATH FOR THE EDUCATION PROFESSION AND BE THE TOP STATE TO BECOME

AND REMAIN A TEACHER AND LEADER

We will set all students on a path to success.

Early Literacy Supports Framework

Updates on Tennessee Early Literacy Supports Framework

1. High-quality instructional materials

2. Teachers trained in “foundational

skills”

3. Implementation coaching supports

4. K-2 uniform diagnostic & data

tracking

5. Family engagement

K-2 Early Literacy High-Quality Instructional Materials

– Foundational skills curriculum- Continuing

• utilizes “science of reading” approach,

• focuses on sounds first, systematic decoding, and absence of “guessing”

strategies for identifying words, and

• uses decodable texts for application practice.

– Knowledge-building curriculum (District-selection process due June 15th)

• focuses on building knowledge of the world,

• includes an abundance of questions, tasks and supports for all learners, and

• contains student work focused in discussion and writing activities that require

students to demonstrate new learning.

Components of Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement

The design of the foundational skills curriculum supplement.

Core Knowledge PreK-2 foundation of curriculum

Liben –PA & APA activities

Tennessee teacher team

Integration into a sounds-first approach

Foundational Skills Curriculum Supplement

Align Core Knowledge Skills curriculum to

Tennessee Standards

Align scope and

sequence to new

resources

Identify current

sound-first research

Develop and incorporate sound-first resources

and activities

Align and develop video training packages for

implementation

Resources

ACADEM

ICS

1. Teacher manuals

2. Student workbooks

3. Decodables

4. Additional student resources

TN FSCS Online Resources

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The concern: Decodables

Leave in digital format –ideas? District has to

print

Other ideas for printing?

Family Engagement

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Discussion?

ReadyRosie App

Family A

ssessment

Literacy

Reading Intentionally

Discussion and Feedback

Lisa.coons@tn.gov

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