Instructional Materials Center
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER
777 Third Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063
Hours: 8am to 4pm
650-367-4330
Contact:
IMC Director
OR
IMC Specialist
SUFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public hearing on the sufficiency of instructional materials for school year 2019/2020 will be held:
Date: August 26, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Virtual Zoom Meeting
District Office, 750 Bradford Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
2017 History - Social Science Adoption
The California State Board of Education (SBE) has scheduled a History–Social Science Instructional Materials Adoption for 2017. This adoption will consider publisher submissions for instructional materials programs designed for kindergarten through grade eight. Final SBE consideration of submitted programs will occur in November 2017. A list of submitted programs is available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/hsssubmittedprograms.asp
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2017-2018 English Language Arts Adoption
On April 26, 2017 the Redwood City School District adopted the following Program 2 Basic English Language Arts programs:
Grades Kindergarten through 5th Benchmark Education Company, Benchmark Advance/Adelante California edition ©2017
Grades 6th through 8th Amplify Education Inc., Amplify ELA: California Edition and Amplify ELD California edition ©2015
2017-2018 Adopción de las artes lingüísticas en inglés
El 26 de abril de 2017 el Distrito Escolar de Redwood City adoptó el siguiente Programa 2: Programas básicos de las artes lingüísticas en inglés:
De Kindergarten hasta el quinto grado: Benchmark Education Company, Benchmark Advance/Adelante California edition ©2017
Desde el 6to hasta el 8avo grado Amplify Education Inc., Amplify ELA: Edición de California y Amplify ELD edition de California ©2015
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PILOT 2016-2017
The Redwood City School District will be piloting English Language Arts programs in 2016-17.
The programs selected by the Redwood City School District Adoption Committees were adopted by the State Board of Education on November 4, 2015.
ELEMENTARY:
Benchmark Education Company, Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante, Grades Kindergarten through 5
McGraw-Hill School Education, Reading Wonders and Lectura Maravillas, Grades Kindergarten through 5
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
McGraw-Hill School Education, StudySync CA Edition, Grades 6 through 8
Amplify Education, Inc., Amplify ELA: California Edition, Grades 6 through 8
The program materials listed above are available for public comment and review at the Instructional Materials Center located at 777 Third Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94063.
MATHEMATICS ADOPTION FOR GRADES 6 THROUGH 8
On June 7, 2016 the Redwood City School District adopted the following Mathematics program:
CPM College Preparatory Mathematics Educational Program: Core Connections, Courses 1-3 ©2013 for 6th through 8th grades. CPM textbook resources are available at http://cpm.org/textbooks/
PRIMARY MATH ADOPTION GRADES K THROUGH 5
The Redwood City School District adopted enVision MATH Common Core 2015.
The publisher Pearson has a training site for the program at http://mypearsontraining.com/products/envisionmath/2015/tutorials.asp
2015 HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE FRAMEWORK UPDATE
The Instructional Quality Commission approved the Draft History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools for field review on September 18, 2014.
The Framework is posted at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf/hssfwforfieldreview.asp
2015 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ADOPTION
ELA/ELD Programs adopted by the California State Board of Education on November 4, 2015 are organized into five program types Basic ELA, Basic ELA/ELD, Basic Biliteracy, Intensive Intervention, and Specialized ELD.
A list of all adopted English Language Arts/English Language Development programs are available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/im/sbeadoptedelaeldprogs.asp
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted by the California State Board of Education on August 2, 2010. Resources providing information on CCSS are located on the California Department of Education web site http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
The translated versions of the Common Core Standards are available for Language Arts and Mathematics at http://commoncore-espanol.com/california-common-core-state-standards-en-espa%C3%B1ol
2016 REVISION OF THE SCIENCE FRAMEWORK
The Instructional Quality Commission approved the Draft Science Framework for California Public Schools. The dates for the first 60-Day public review period are from November 17, 2015 through January 19, 2016. Review of copy of the 2015-2016 Draft Science Framework at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/cf/scifw1st60daypubreview.asp