Tomorrow’s faculty meeting is a Department Meeting that will include our learning specialists. We will meet in Elizabeth and Maria’s room promptly at 3:30.

If you are up for a little bit of foundational reading we have attached an article. It would be helpful if you can read even just the first and last two pages prior to the meeting. We will have copies at our meetings and can spend the first 10 minutes debriefing.

This meeting is the first in a series of meetings on the topic of Coherence that the curriculum coordinators and I have planned together.

• We will begin with a focus on literacy.
• We will examine a description of competencies of effective readers and writers from four year olds to fourth graders.
• We will introduce a particular tool, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, to ensure consistency and coherence in our approach.
• We will consider how this tool can help us meet the differentiated needs of our students while ensuring a consistent experience.