Teaching students to read and write is the primary goal for K-8 teachers and staff of the Newberg School District.  The ability to read and write in elementary and middle school not only prepares students to be successful throughout the rest of their educational career, but also helps them develop as responsible citizens in society.

Definitions
The Newberg School District Literacy Guidelines is a living document that will help guide staff as they consider current teaching practices and curriculum, student performance data and goals, professional development and the needs and expectations of the school and community. These guidelines reflect current research and best practices for teaching literacy.   It is essential that all school leaders and teachers, at all levels, in all content areas utilize this model as a foundation for instruction.

Planning: carefully determining the educational purpose, the approaches, and the resources to be used in focused instruction, interventions, and assessments.

Instruction: providing a variety of approaches and strategies in order for learning and understanding to occur.

Intervention: a systematic, focused, and differentiated approach for providing additional and graduated instruction for students who demonstrate academic performance greatly above or below the expected level of achievement.

Assessment: formally and informally collecting evidence of learning to be used in evaluation.

Evaluation: thoughtfully judging the evidence gathered from assessments for the purpose of making decisions regarding planning and instruction.