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Letter Head: Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Phone number 916-319-0800

October 29, 2007

Dear Publishers of Kindergarten through Grade Eight Reading/Language Arts–English-Language Development Instructional Materials:

2008 READING/LANGUAGE ARTS–ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
PRIMARY ADOPTION
PUBLISHER BRIEFING ON STANDARDS MAPS
PUBLISHER BULLETIN: 2007-04

The fourth publisher briefing for the 2008 Reading/Language Arts–English-Language Development (RLA/ELD) Primary Adoption has been scheduled for Thursday, December 6, 2007. Specific meeting information is listed below.

Date:              Thursday, December 6, 2007

Time:              9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Location:        East End Complex
                        1500 Capitol Avenue, Auditorium
                        Sacramento, CA 95814


Agenda

The proposed agenda for the meeting is enclosed. This meeting will focus on the standards maps for the 2008 RLA/ELD Primary Adoption for each of the five types of programs. The agenda indicates the approximate time that each program type will be reviewed: standards maps for Programs 1, 2, and 3 will be reviewed in the morning and the standards maps for Programs 4 and 5 will be reviewed in the afternoon.

Who Should Attend

It is expected that those interested in attending this briefing will include:

  • Editorial consultants responsible for developing materials and completing the standards maps for the California submissions
  • Individuals responsible for California sales and marketing

We strongly encourage representatives from the editorial staff to attend as well as special consultants who may be working on your proposed submissions.

Contacts

The Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources (CFIR) lead contact for the 2008 RLA/ELD Primary Adoption is Suzanne Rios, Administrator, Instructional Resources Unit. She can be reached at 916-319-0665 or by e-mail at srios@cde.ca.gov.

For questions regarding the standards maps for Programs 1, 2, and 3, please contact Irma Hernandez-Larin, 2008 RLA/ELD Primary Adoption Lead Consultant, Instructional Resources Unit, at 916-319-0440 or by e-mail at ihernandezlarin@cde.ca.gov.

For questions regarding the standards maps for Programs 4 and 5, contact Cynthia Gunderson, Consultant, Curriculum Frameworks Unit, at 916-319-0451 or by e-mail at cgunderson@cde.ca.gov.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or this announcement, please contact the CFIR office at 916-319-0881.

We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Thomas Adams, Director
Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division

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Enclosure

cc:       Kenneth Noonan, State Board President
            Roger Magyar, Executive Director, State Board of Education
            Anthony Monreal, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction Branch
            Mary-Alicia McRae, Chair, Curriculum Commission
            Curriculum Commission Members

2008 READING/LANGUAGE ARTS–ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT PRIMARY ADOPTION
PUBLISHER BRIEFING ON STANDARDS MAPS
AGENDA
(Times are approximate)
Times
Agenda Items
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Brief Overview of Adoption Process and Timeline
9:45 a.m.

Review Standards Maps for:
Program 1: Reading/Language Arts Basic Program, K-8
Program 2: Reading/Language Arts-English-Language Development Basic Program, K-8
Program 3: Primary Language/English-Language Development Basic Program K-8

11:15 a.m.  Review of Publisher Bulletin 2007-05 (Programs 1, 2, and 3)
11:45 a.m.  Q & A (Programs 1, 2, and 3)
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m.

Review Standards Maps for:
Program 4: Intensive Intervention Program in Reading/Language Arts, Grades 4
Program 5: Intensive Intervention Program for English Learners, Grades 4-8
2:00 p.m.  Review of Publisher Bulletin 2007-05 (Programs 4 and 5)
2:15 p.m.  Q & A (Programs 4 and 5)
2:30 p.m. Next Steps
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