Instruction

Six Trait Writing Assessment

Writing is an essential life-long skill, which requires time, effort and practice to acquire. In recognition of this, students at ISD will write throughout the year for a variety of purposes. They will be practicing persuasive, expository and personal narrative writing

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Four Blocks Instructional Process

In January 2004, the elementary teachers were introduced to a language arts instructional system called Four-Blocks and made a commitment to adopt the process and use it in their classrooms. In addition, the Pre-K and K teachers committed to a companion process called Building Blocks. The method is being used extensively throughout the United States and Europe and is supported by a strong body of research verifying that test scores improve when teachers use the Four-Blocks system.

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Understanding by Design - PK-12

In 2005-2006, our teachers were introduced to the Understanding by Design (UbD) instructional design model. Implementation of the model will begin in 2006-2007. Two of the key components of this model are:

· The “backwards design” instructional design model
· The “six facets of understanding”

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