LWSD’s Literacy Adoption Committee selects finalists

The Lake Washington School District's (LWSD) K-6 Literacy Adoption Committee has completed its initial evaluation of five possible programs and prioritized those that will be considered as finalists.

March 29, 2013 4:11 pm

The Lake Washington School District’s (LWSD) K-6 Literacy Adoption Committee has completed its initial evaluation of five possible programs and prioritized those that will be considered as finalists.

These finalists are currently being piloted by the committee’s teachers.

The finalists are:

Grades K-5

  • Benchmark Literacy Common Core Edition, Benchmark Education, copyright 2014
  • Reading Street Common Core Edition, Pearson, copyright 2013
  • Reading Wonders Common Core Edition, McGraw-Hill, copyright 2014

Grade 6

  • Benchmark Literacy Common Core Edition, Benchmark Education, copyright 2014
  • Prentice-Hill Literature Common Core Edition, Pearson, copyright 2012

The 48-member committee consists of representatives of all schools and district programs. Program representation includes preschool, English Language Learner, general education, Safety Net and gifted education. Six elementary school principals serve on the committee.

Parents will have the opportunity to learn more about the top K-6 literacy curriculum options at three meetings to be held around the district. These meetings will include a presentation about the curriculum review process, highlights of the curricula and a process to collect parent priorities in elementary literacy education for consideration by the committee.

The three meetings are:

  • April 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Eastlake High School library, 400 228th N.E. in Sammamish
  • April 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m., LWSD Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St. in Redmond
  • April 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Juanita High School library, 10601 N.E. 132nd St. in Kirkland

The finalist programs will also be on display in the LWSD Resource Center between March 25 and April 17. Parents may review the materials and submit comments.

The committee will review the input gathered at the Resource Center and through the three meetings. With that input and the information they are gathering through piloting these curricula, they will make a recommendation to the Instructional Materials Committee. That group will review the recommendation and the parent input before determining their recommendation to the school board, which must approve all curriculum adoptions.