Utah's Early Learning Core Standards give guidance and
resources regarding developmentally appropriate standards and goals for young children and
students

The purpose of these essential
standards is to provide educators
with a prioritized list of standards
to focus on during COVID-19.

Dani Sloan and Chris Haught, Technology Mentor from Southwest Educational Development Center, dive into Gale InfoBits. Chris teaches us ways to engage students by adding the tool to Canvas lesson plans. Gale InfoBits has many embedded tools to customize the resources for your students.

The P-20 Competencies are aligned with Utah's Portrait of a Graduate and defnes the competencies into grade bands that vertically align as learners build knowledge, skills, and dispositions from Pre-K through post-secondary.

The P-20 Rubrics provide a model for creating intentional learning opportunities for students in alignment with the Utah Portrait of a Graduate. For each competency, the rubrics function as learning progressions through the continuum from Pre-K through post-secondary. The rubrics support student agency and self-assessment of their current application of knowledge and skills. The model rubrics are intended to be adapted by local communities to align with their LEA and school instruction. By having models available, the state promotes local implementation and supports access to the Utah Portrait of a Graduate for all stakeholders in PreK-12 education.

Mathematics is essential to navigating our data-filled and technologically-driven society. Every Utah learner is entitled to the acquisition of competent mathematics knowledge for skills, and dispositions and the inherent empowerment associated with such achievement. Currently, 50% of Utah’s third grade students are mathematically proficient and that percentage decreases to 43% by eighth grade (USBE, 2019). Therefore, Utah’s PK–12 Mathematics Framework is designed to serve as an evidence-based guide for educators to initiate productive growth and change in mathematical opportunities, achievement and outcomes for students in line with Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate.

This resource image , I use to present the DLI pathway in my district. in the DLI parents meeting.
As a second grade teacher I felt that parents need to listen again this info after they listen when their children go to Kinder.

Children will create decorations, party gifts, and pretend food for a party they want to throw. Encourage them to create decorations, hats, signs, invitations, food, etc. 

More time to plan the rest of your lesson because you have your vocabulary list in seconds.

This is a lesson plan that contains ideas for teaching and practicing handwashing in the small group classroom. 

Waterford Upstart is a proven, at-home learning program. Prepare your child to start kindergarten with confidence.

Families receive everything they need, including access to fun and interactive software, expert coaching and support, and even a computer and internet in participating regions. All at no cost.

Children will look out the window to determine what the weather conditions are for the day and determine what clothes would help them be comfortable to dress in for the day.

This is a lesson plan for young preschoolers designed to help assess their knowledge of the four different seasons and the weather that goes with them.  Students will learn about the four seasons and the effect they have on the weather and world around them.  They will be able to show their knowledge through art. Standard: 3–4 yr.1.1Obtain and communicate information about local, observable weather conditions while exploring and describing patterns found in different seasons. Emphasize the observation and recognition of data. Examples of data may include sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, snowy, cold, or warm.Standard 3–4 yr.1.2Obtain and communicate information about human behavior patterns in different weather conditions. Emphasize the observation and recognition of data. Examples of data may include clothing, food, safety, and other preparations for expected weather. Thumbnail photo from: Clipartpanda.com

A walk through Utah's Online Library focusing on the tools available for preschool and elementary students in the state of Utah.

A group of teachers learning a West African dance demonstrate how to choreograph a dance using four simple movements in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

Harlina Churn-Diallo and Mali native Yaya Diallo perform and teach the Mouwa in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series. The Mouwa is a dance that comes from the Bambara, Senufo, and Miniaka people of West Africa.

Dancer Harlina-Churn Diallo and musician Yaya Diallo teach a group of teachers four basic movements of West African dance in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

This article is the first part of a two-part series exploring student agency as it has been defined through decades of research and how we can apply the lessons learned in a culturally-competent frame.

When the river creatures face a disappearing water supply, they must turn to the land animals for help. But will the crying Crocodile be able to make peace with the Lion to find a new home? Find out in Why Crocodiles Have Tears, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, featuring narration by Jeffrey Yelverton and music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

This article includes a download to a handout that shows why making music matters.