PURPOSE:

• To guide district K-5 educators in developing common vocabulary and consistent understanding of research-based, effective practice in reading and writing instruction
• To provide district-wide coherent model of research-based, effective curriculum, instruction and assessment practices in the area of literacy
• To provide a district structure for defining building instructional and supplementary reading and writing materials
• To provide cohesive, systemic literacy instruction for all learners 

The literacy framework consists of a reading block and a writing block.  At Hopkins, we use Houghton-Mifflin reading materials to support our reading instruction.  For writing, we use the Writer's Workshop model using Units of Study to support instruction.