Learn how Amplify Science explicitly focuses on Disciplinary Literacy, the specialized skills involved in reading, writing, and talking about science. Discover the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do-Talk-Read-Write-Visualize approach and how it encourages deeper student learning in both science and literacy.

Learn about lesson structure and the support tools available in Big Ideas.

In this module you will learn about how Big Ideas is organized around its philosophy. You will also learn about how the classroom activities support math practice standards.

In this module, you will learn about the resources available with Big Ideas for planning instruction, teaching and assessing student learning.

Learn about the Social Studies C3 Framework, and think about how these concepts apply to your social studies lessons.

Is there a topic that you would like to learn more about that is not already offered in the Professional Learning Portal? This is your chance to earn up to 20 clock hours for your own exploration of a topic of your choice; choose your own adventure and design your own learning plan!

This module will outline the components of our new literacy curriculum, CKLA, and how it aligns with the Science of Reading. After the learning activities, your CKLA demo account will be unlocked for your exploration this summer!

Read and examine classroom snapshots for instructional ideas you can take back to support students in accessing complex text to learn content.

If you are still having students type in URLs, you REALLY need to use SymbalooEDU to put all your digital resources in one handy place where students can quickly and easily access everything with a tap or click. Students can use Symbaloo webmixes from anywhere, anytime -- freeing you up to TEACH!

In this module, you will learn about the six differentiating principles, advanced differentiation, and using i-Ready and Ready Math to stretch elementary students qualified for HiCap.

Digital Citizenship is critical to teach our students. In addition to our district adopted digital citizenship curriculum, we can explore ways to connect the learning to other content and curricular goals. Explore some ways to do this through this module.

The Internet allows anybody to post news and information that reflects their views and biases. Learn about some of the tools and strategies students can use to be proficient and critical consumers of information they find online.

Graphic organizers are a powerful learning tool for students. With mind maps, concept webs, Venn diagrams, and more, students can express their knowledge, plan their projects, and explore their content. There are many tools available to create graphic organizers and Google Drawings is a great free option. Learn how students can use Google Drawings to create graphic organizers, use existing templates, collaborate with others, and share the final product.

Research suggests that rule-based worksheets do not lead to better writing. Instead, explore these approaches that help students become curious about language and improve writing skills.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: THIS MODULE IS TEMPORARILY INACTIVE AND BEING IMPROVED Hapara Workspace is a platform for teachers to create highly personalized learning experiences that deepen collaboration and differentiation throughout the learning cycle. Teachers will be able to streamline the process by tracking progress, submissions, and providing feedback to their learners. In addition, the learners will now have an easy, intuitive interface to manage their assignments and customize their submissions -- giving them greater ownership of their learning.

How can students strengthen their writing by drawing on narrative elements?

Desmos is a powerful, free online graphing calculator that can be utilized for discovery of application of skills at many levels. The activities in this module will get you started with Desmos, and help you explore activities that might be helpful in teaching your grade level standards.

In this module, hear from senior leaders from the Lawrence Hall of Science and Amplify Science experts who conduct a walkthrough of the phenomena-based program, highlighting the unit structure and key features of Amplify’s science program.

In this module, review the 3-dimensions of NGSS and hear from senior leaders from the Lawrence Hall of Science and Amplify Science experts who conduct a walkthrough of the phenomena-based program, highlighting the unit structure and key features of Amplify’s science program.

As we look to implement our newly adopted math program for elementary students, this module will give you an overview of the program's components.

Screencastify was chosen as our asynchronous video tool as part of our "Core 4" - the main technology tools we need to be successful in a distance learning environment. Screencastify is a super simple to use tool that can bring the power of instructional videos to your classroom, in a Distance Learning mode and beyond.

In 2018, the Lake Stevens School District and the social studies department adopted Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for its print and digital curriculum needs (grades 8, 10-11). With this new adoption, students and teachers have access to a fully digital curriculum that includes an interactive textbook, assignments, and assessments. This course is intended as an introduction to and/or review of the HMH digital curriculum. Specifically, you will learn/review how to login, navigate, assign, and use with this system with students.

In 2018, the Lake Stevens School District and the social studies department adopted Pearson for its print and digital curriculum needs (grades 6-7). With this new adoption, students and teachers have access to a fully digital curriculum that includes an interactive textbook, assignments, and assessments. This course is intended as an introduction to and/or review of the Pearson digital curriculum. Specifically, you will learn/review how to login, navigate, assign, and use with this system with students.

When going on a half day learning walk to explore instruction in others' classrooms, use this module to guide your planning and reflection and earn clock hours for your exploration.

In this module, you will learn background on dyslexia, our state's requirements for screening and instruction when a student has been determined to have weakness associated with dyslexia, and what materials and approaches we can utilize with students.

Learn how to manage your email more effectively. Mastering GMail will help you to work more efficiently, and give you the know-how to teach your students how to manage email the right way.

Learn the basics and more advanced features of this learning management system that easily integrates with all your Google tools and makes communicating, assigning, grading and providing feedback to students a breeze!

Your Google Drive is home for all of your files at LSSD. This course will show you how to navigate your Drive, organize your files and folders, and manage sharing of all of your resources.

MODULE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN SOON! Learn the ins and outs of creating presentations with Google Slides.

Math routines are quick yet essential ways to build students' number sense. Explore the math routines suggested in Math Expressions, or see other math routines that can be used at different elementary grades.

How do we help students plan a narrative piece, especially with the expectation that they utilize details from informational readings?

How do good readers analyze and interpret literature? In their book Notice and Note, Kylene Beers and Robert Probst provide strategies for attending to an author's craft and analyzing purpose in fiction. This module will give an introduction to Notice and Note for fiction text.

What specific skills and strategies are required when reading nonfiction? In their book Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Robert Probst help teachers define nonfiction, learn its specific challenges and rewards for students, and apply strategies for attending unpacking meaning and evaluating sources. Use the resources below to get an introduction to Notice and Note Signposts and Strategies for nonfiction texts.

Are you looking for a way to increase mathematical discourse in your classroom? Looking for a strategy to encourage mathematical thinking and not just rote computation? Learn more about Math Talks in this module and how you can use them in your classroom to do just that!

For the 2020-21 school year, Seesaw has been selected as our elementary Learning Management System, or "home base" for instructional delivery. Seesaw is a tool for engaging students in interactive multimedia assignments, allows for multimedia feedback to students and grading based on skills. Seesaw allows for keeping families in the loop on learning and is available as a web app (for Chromebook use) and also has Android and iOS apps for ease of access. This course is organized into different sections to support your learning with up to 4 hours if you participate in all current sections.

You can't do that in Docs! If you have ever made this claim, you may not be taking advantage of everything Docs can do. Built into Docs is Google Drawings, a tool that can add more features and make Docs more interactive. See how you and your students can use the integrated Drawings option in Docs to add playable videos, insert text boxes, add captions to images, embed graphic organizers, add interactive activities, provide a whiteboard area for student work, and more.

A key narrative technique is using dialogue. Explore how to encourage effective use of dialogue to move a story along and avoid the he said, she said trap!

Learn about different craft elements that authors use and different strategies for incorporating these craft moves into students' narrative pieces.

Wondering how to teach students to infer theme from literary text? Check out this module for ideas to teach this Common Core Standard.

We can't possibly directly teach kids all the vocabulary they need to know. For students to growth their academic vocabulary, it is important for them to use context clues as clues to figuring out unknown words.

Anyone can run a simple Google search, but most of us only use a tiny fraction of the power of this amazing tool! Learn how to unlock the power in Google's search tool on your way to becoming a Power Searcher. You'll learn all the tricks to narrow down your search results and find exactly what you want.

Learn about phenomena as the context for the scientist and the engineer and how we can utilize phenomena in a Next Generation-aligned classroom to engage students.

Look closely at the texts you use with students and explore ideas for classroom conversations that support students with tackling these texts. You will need a copy of Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note to participate in this module.

Examine classroom snapshots for instructional moves that develop students into close readers.

Examine classroom snapshots for "teaching moves" during close reading lessons.

How did we come up with our Lake Stevens' Grammar Beliefs chart (that you see in the standards module below)? Read some of the research that is behind this thinking.

STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. However, a STEM lesson is much more than just a lesson that includes some of these disciplines. True STEM lessons involve students working through the design process in collaborative teams in order to meet a challenge. These lessons are truly integrated instruction. Gain an introduction to STEM lessons through this module.