Literacy Classroom Schedules with a Knowledge Building ELA Curriculum
Over the past five years the district has been moving their literacy instruction to a tiered system that is based on the science of...
Highlighting the great work of Pentucket Teachers and Students -
Skillful Implementation of High Quality Curriculum
Over the past five years the district has been moving their literacy instruction to a tiered system that is based on the science of...
As the “science of reading” seems to be taking hold in districts across the country, it is a phrase that has roots that are not so new....
While there has been a great deal of new coverage in recent weeks about AI - or Artificial Intelligence, much of it has been critical of...
Through our curriculum review cycle last year, science was the content area the review team focused on. While we have adopted core text...
“The focus of a 21st Century curriculum for world languages is on looking for the skills needed to build target language proficiency and...
Inherent Beginnings Music education intrinsically encompasses the uppermost levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and the 4 C’s of 20th Century...
“You cannot write about what you do not know, and the more you know about a topic the better your writing is likely to be”. - Hochman and...
How does wind change the Earth’s surface? This is one of the recent questions that Danielle Stone’s 7th grade science class was seeking...
A second grade classroom in late November appears from the outside to be organized chaos. There are groups of students working...
Preparing for Wit & Wisdom As our students returned to school this year, our Middle School and High School students returned to an...
In Pentucket we understand that adults are lifelong learners as well and at its core, the school system is a teaching and learning...
Starting in July, Pentucket will begin a three year anticipated partnership with Mass Insight, an organization that works with schools to...
Back in September, we shared the initial stages of our Year 1 implementation of Wit & Wisdom ELA across our elementary schools...
In 2019, The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) adopted the new Massachusetts Arts Frameworks. One of the main...
Since November, a group of staff at the secondary level has been participating in a professional development book study using Joe...
In 2018, DESE revised the History and Social Science Curriculum Frameworks that prioritized civics education. Later that year, Governor...
We often hear the phrase “Complex Text” but several questions come to mind regarding Complex Text. What does that actually mean, and what...
Last month the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill requiring Massachusetts public schools to teach the history of...
In classrooms across Pentucket, teachers are working hard to embed vocabulary instruction into their lessons. Across all content areas...
Each year, October is recognized worldwide as Dyslexia Awareness Month, a time to come together to raise awareness and share resources...
Brent Conway
Assistant Superintendent
Pentucket Regional School District
22 Main St.
West Newbury, MA 01985
978-363-2280