K-5 Science Curriculum Guides published

An Update from the Office of Learning & Teaching 

Dear Reading Public Schools Community,  

We hope that you had a wonderful holiday break and on behalf of our district, we wish you all a healthy and happy 2019.  We are continuing to make strides in our Learning and Teaching Department as we work to publish curriculum guides for all grade levels/subjects. Curriculum guides are drafted by coordinators, department heads, and other school teams. Feedback from teachers and principals informs revisions prior to publishing.  As you may be aware, we published K-5 Reading Curriculum Guides, K-5 Writing Curriculum Guides and K-5 Math Curriculum Guides this fall.  We are writing to share that our K-5 Science Curriculum Guides have been published.  We are also currently working with High School Departments to create curriculum guides in all non-elective subjects and hope to have them published this year.   The purpose of these documents is to ensure horizontal and vertical alignment within each area of our curriculum. Our goal in sharing the curriculum guides with the greater Reading community is to provide grounding information about our curriculum practices and an overview of grade-level expectations based on our MA Curriculum Frameworks. We will continue to work collaboratively to meet the needs of all students as they navigate the rigorous demands of the MA Curriculum Frameworks.   

• The K-5 Science Curriculum guides may be found HERE (they can be found below the math guides) 

• Please click HERE to provide your input/feedback on the Science Curriculum Guides.  

We will continue to review all feedback received to ensure that we are providing effective and consistent communication to help us all work together in the best interest of our students.  

Best, 

Chris Kelley, Assistant Superintendent 

Heather Leonard, STEM Curriculum Coordinator 

Allison Straker, Humanities Curriculum Coordinator