West Shore utilizes a variety of instructional strategies to meet the needs of all learners. District-wide we utilize the Learning-Focused instructional framework that provides a collaborative process of backward design planning of instruction to produce purposeful lessons. It streamlines the process of unpacking standards, mapping curriculum and embedding research-based and evidence-based instructional practices in every lesson so that achievement and growth is maximized for every single student. We are also dedicated to providing a rigorous and relevant curricula to all students that is engaging and differentiated.

What are best mathematical practices? (PDF -168 KB)
What are rigor and relevance? (PDF -197 KB)
Acceleration (PDF -172 KB)
Activating Strategies (PDF -231 KB)
Assessment Prompts (PDF -143 KB)
Best Practices Instruction (PDF -140 KB)
Collaborative Pairs (PDF -120 KB)
Content Reading (PDF -151 KB)
Content Vocabulary (PDF -159 KB)
Essential Questions (PDF -117 KB)
Higher Level Thinking (PDF -128 KB)
Student Engagement (PDF -124 KB)
Summarizing Strategies (PDF -131 KB)
Writing to Learn (PDF -197 KB)
Differentiation (PDF -163 KB)

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