Curriculum & Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction
Evidence-Based Instruction Used In the Classroom
In grades K through 4, The Superkids Reading Program (K-2) and Wonders (3-4) curriculums are utilized. These curriculums are built on the Science of Reading and provide systematic and explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, the building of background knowledge, oral language development, vocabulary, writing, comprehension, and fluency. Neither of these curriculums uses the three-cueing model of literacy instruction.
Wisconsin Act 20 Curriculum Communication
Happily Ever After : Reading Readiness Program©
Learners in 4-year-old Kindergarten in the Adams-Friendship Area School District are taught reading through the use of the Happily Ever After Reading Reading Readiness Program©. The program is designed to give children the foundation they need to be successful when they begin formal reading instruction.
THIS is the scope and sequence of that curriculum showing the areas in the Science of Reading that are met with this curriculum.
Superkids Reading Program©
Learners in 5-year-old Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 in the Adams-Friendship Area School District are taught reading through the use of the Superkids Reading Program©.
This alignment with the science of reading ensures that our 5K-Grade 2 students are receiving instruction grounded in evidence-based practices. The curriculum's emphasis on explicit, systematic instruction across essential components of literacy supports the development of skilled readers in accordance with the goals of Wisconsin Act 20.
Wonders Literacy Program
In accordance with 2023 Assembly Bill 321, Wonders Literacy Program offers high-quality literacy instruction for phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, morphology, syntax, and semantics that is explicit, systematic, and diagnostic.
This alignment with the science of reading provides:
Student-facing digital activities and technologies that gather data, differentiate instruction for key phonics skills and provide teachers with clear pictures of students’ growth with aggregated performance data.
Accommodations for learner variability with instructional on-ramps, scaffolded supports and materials while providing rich content that will broaden students’ horizons.