Reading/Language Arts- English-Language Development Core Program, K-6 CA Treasures

1. Reading/Language Arts- English-Language Development Core Program, K-6 CA Treasures State-Approved List for Program Two

2. Timeline for Reading Language Arts- English Language Development (RLA/ELD) Core Program Adoption:

3. Timeline Continued

4. Teachers Who Piloted Reading/Language Arts –English Language Development (RLA/ELD) Core Program, K-6 Selection:

5. Benefits of Treasures • Incorporates rich non-fiction materials in core instruction • Increases instruction for academic vocabulary and language skills • Provides 30 minutes per day of additional instructional support for English Learners • Connects daily ELD to core (60 minutes) versus a separate program • Includes Reading Intervention Kit grades 1-6 • Eliminates the need for Reading Lions • Provides Writing Instruction • Uses Progress Monitoring Assessments • Provides Coverage of Science and History/Social Science Content Standards K-6

6. Why Adopt and Purchase Now Houghton Mifflin does not align with the Common Core Standards • In the 2002 Language Arts Adoption, reading programs were written to meet the old ELA framework and the 1997 CA standards. These old programs have MANY gaps for the Common Core Standards. • This is a chart of the correlation of the Common Core ELA standards with the 1997 ELA Standards.

7. Why Adopt and Purchase Now Alignment with the English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards Treasures has a 98% match with the Common Core Standards

8. Why Adopt and Purchase Now • CA students will be required to take Common Core Assessments from SMARTER Balance Assessment Consortium in 2014-2015. • We cannot continue noncompliance with our current ELD program. • At the earliest, the next RLA Adoption will be in2018.

10. Researched basedNationally Renowned Authors Incredible Authorship and Reading Research Team

11. Teachers’ Reasons for Selecting Treasures • More expository text • Students love the stories • Teachers love the visuals • Greater alignment of lessons and skills for combination classes • Center work for all classrooms • Easy to find the components of reading • Robust vocabulary –based on Kinsella and Marzano • Fluency practice – leveled fluency practices and different weekly passages • Weekly assessments for student progress monitoring • Built in interventions • Writing • Leveled Spelling

12. Professional Development Recommendations • Two days of initial training during Spring Break and June • One for introduction and overview • One day for organization • Quarterly follow up grade level meetings

13. Districts in California using Treasures

14. Cost • Consider monies spent annually on residuals for workbooks, assessments, and writing Current Program Cost: $435,000 annually • Consider money to be spent for an approved English Language Development program

15. Cost • Gratis package from CA Treasures provides 2 workbooks for the life of the adoption (6 years). TBD • Program Cost: $2,212,069 Extended over three years without interest . This payment plan available to districts that adopt by December 2011

16. LUSD Students and Treasures …