Recent Textbook and Program Adoptions

In an effort to provide Mid Valley students with the best and most engaging standards-aligned instructional materials, the Mid Valley School District recently used committee review processes to adopt several new programs, textbook series, and digital learning applications. You can see the list of these resources below.

  • 95 Percent Group (new K - 3 Phonics Program)

  • Geodes (Decodable readers for primary grades)

  • FlyLeaf (Readers for primary grades - fluency and comprehension)

  • Math in Focus (2020 edition of our K - 8 Math Program)

  • Achieve3000 (Digital reading platform for grades 4 - 12)

  • Center for Civics Education (HS Civics textbook)

  • McGraw Hill (High School History textbooks)

  • myPerspectives (ELA Program for grades 7 - 12)

Implementing New Math Series

The implementation of a new mathematics series necessarily involves an adjustment process and a learning curve for students, teachers, and parents. As we continue to promote teaching and learning practices based on the Standards for Mathematical Practice, parents may find it difficult at times to support their children with the “new ways” of learning mathematics. As we challenge students to perform at even higher levels, students might have to work harder and experience some struggles through that process, but we will make every effort to provide all students with meaningful supports so they can be successful. One of our goals will be to provide parents with information and resources so they can be confident and enthusiastic partners in their children’s mathematics education.

We have offered seven parent workshops so far. In 2017, we held workshops on the following dates: June 12, June 13, July 18, July 20, October 4, and November 14, 2017. We also offered a workshop on October 23, 2018. We have alternated the times when these workshops are offered in order to accommodate parents' varying schedules.

Parents who have questions specific to their child's progress in mathematics should contact their teacher. Parents who have questions about the Singapore approach to mathematics may contact Mr. Antonetti, our Supervisor of Curriculum.

English Language Arts (ELA) Textbook Adoption Committee

Our Elementary Center is also implementing a new language arts series in grades 3 – 6. The series is called Wit & Wisdom. (We hope to add grades K – 2 next fall.) Wit & Wisdom, published by Great Minds, is an excellent standards-aligned and theme-based series that integrates all language skills (i.e. reading, writing, speaking, and listening). There are four modules of study per grade level, and each module integrates instructional routines, text-dependent questions, explicit writing instruction, text-based vocabulary, and formative assessments. This is another exciting and promising initiative for our district. For more information, you can visit the Great Minds website: https://greatminds.org/english