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Teachers at Lebanon Elementary Say They’ve Gone from Overwhelmed About Teaching Reading to Thriving

2026-03-19T15:06:27-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Lebanon Elementary School (LES) in Marion County, KY, is in its first year of implementing the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) Listening and Learning Strand for grades K-3, emphasizing language comprehension through engaging, content-rich read-alouds. Teachers at LES are seeing increased student engagement and deeper connections between content and real-world [...]

  • A wide-angle photograph of an active elementary school classroom with corrected, naturalistic colors and balanced lighting. A female teacher with a pattern headscarf, wearing a bright pink sweatshirt, stands centrally, observing a young student in a grey hoodie who is working at his desk. Several students are seated at blue and black desks; some use pencils, others rest on their arms.

Knox County First Grade Teacher Develops Love for Teaching Reading

2026-03-19T15:13:21-04:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

First grade teacher Presley Peyton Stuber at Flat Lick Elementary School in Knox County is in her fifth year of teaching. This year is her second year teaching first grade and first time teaching from a high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) for reading and writing. When asked to explain what she [...]

  • five individuals engaged in an educational small-group literacy activity around a large wooden table in a color-corrected and upscaled elementary classroom with natural light. A female teacher with long brown hair, wearing a rich teal-green jacket over a magenta-pink shirt, is seated centrally and looking toward the left student.

Students Engage in Foundational Skills Through Multi-Sensory Learning

2026-03-19T15:24:26-04:00October 1st, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

At South Marshall Elementary in Marshall County, students are diving into foundational literacy through fun and interactive instruction. During a recent foundational skills lesson, students engaged in a variety of multi-sensory activities designed to reinforce their understanding of letters and sounds. They practiced stretching and tapping out sounds in words [...]

  • A teacher stands in a detailed elementary classroom, reading from a book titled "Wonders of the World" to three engaged students. The students are seated at blue and yellow chairs with legible name tags, surrounded by clear math and weather educational posters.

Teachers in the Bellevue Independent School District Find Unit and Lesson Internalization Beneficial

2026-03-20T09:00:38-04:00September 24th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Standards Newsletter|

Teachers at Grandview Elementary in the Bellevue Independent School District are experiencing firsthand the benefits of engaging in unit and lesson internalization to increase their effectiveness as they implement a new high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) for reading and writing this school year. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of [...]

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The following grade 5 health standard does not align with Senate Bill 150 (2023) and should not be included in curriculum or instruction at grade 5 or below: “5.1.6. Describe basic male and female reproductive body parts and their functions as well as the physical, social and emotional changes that occur during puberty.”

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