Math Curriculum

Eureka Math Squared is a focused, coherent math curriculum which provides ample instructional guidance for teachers.

For K-5 Eureka Math assistance please use Zearn.

Zearn Math is a coherent and rigorous K-5 curriculum delivered in a personalized rotational model. Zearn Math is designed so that each day, students work through engaging digital content at their own pace and learn targeted lessons with their teacher and peers.

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ELA: English Language Arts

The goal for students in English language arts (ELA) is to:

• Read • Understand complex, grade-level texts

• Express their understanding of those texts through writing and speaking.

Students in Louisiana are ready for college or a career if they can read, understand, and express their understanding of complex, grade-level texts. This means students should be able to pick up any text, such as a picture book, newspaper article, or painting, understand what the text means, and be able to speak or write about the ideas they learned or challenge from the text and why.

The Louisiana Student Standards are (1) research and evidence based, (2) aligned with college and work expectations, (3) rigorous, and (4) internationally bench-marked. A particular standard was included in the document only when the best available evidence indicated that its mastery was essential for college and career readiness in a twenty-first century, globally competitive society.

The goal of the Louisiana Student Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) is to produce a literate person in the twenty-first century. A literate person in the twenty-first century should:

• demonstrate independence in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use;

• build strong content knowledge through reading and writing;

• adapt to the demands of various audiences, tasks, purposes, and subjects;

• comprehend as well as critique;

• cite specific evidence and evaluate others’ use of evidence;

• use technology and digital media strategically and capably;

• understand other perspectives and cultures.

The Standards for ELA/Literacy establish grade-level expectations for all students meaning what students will learn. Decisions about how to teach these expectations are left up to local districts, schools, and teachers.

Science

Louisiana Student Standards for Science The Louisiana Student Standards for Science were created by over eighty content experts and educators with input from parents and teachers from across the state. Educators envisioned what students should know and be able to do to compete in our communities and created standards that would allow students to do so. The Louisiana Student Standards for Science provide appropriate content for all grades or courses, maintain high expectations and create a logical connection of content across and within grades.

The Louisiana Student Standards for Science represent the knowledge and skills needed for students to successfully transition to post-secondary educations and the workplace. The standards call for students to:

• Apply content knowledge

• Investigate, evaluate, and reason scientifically

• Connect ideas across disciplines

The Louisiana Student Standards do not dictate curriculum or teaching methods. Decisions about how to teach these expectations are left to local districts, schools, and teachers.

Social Studies

To be productive members of society, students must be critical consumers of information they read, hear and observe, and communicate effectively about their ideas. Students need to gain knowledge from a wide array of sources and examine and evaluate that information to develop and express an informed opinion, using information gained from the sources and their background knowledge. Students must also make connections between what they learn about the past and the present to understand how and why events happen and people act in certain ways.

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