Return to School Post COVID-19: ELA, Literacy, and Mathematics

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Literacy and Mathematics Team recently published guidance and considerations to address unfinished English language arts, literacy, and mathematics learning within the following categories:

• Strengths-Based Learning

• Formative Assessment to Identify Strengths

• Acceleration with Scaffolds and Supports

• Elevating Learner and Family Voices

• Considerations for Remediation or Retention

• Priority Instructional Content in ELA and Mathematics

• Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Content-Specific Instructional Resources

The information in each category is aimed at supporting schools in planning for a return to a more predictable learning environment post COVID-19, focusing on students’ strengths. Information includes specific resources for providing grade-level instruction in literacy, English language arts, and mathematics with different access points, scaffolds, instructional frameworks, alongside priority instructional content while building safe classroom communities.

For more information, including additional content-specific instructional resources, visit the DPI Literacy and Mathematics Return to School Post COVID-19: ELA, Literacy, and Mathematics web page.