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Curriculum and Instruction

Welcome to OPA's Curriculum and Instruction page!  We are so proud of our academic programs and student achievement! Here is some additional information regarding our award winning instructional programs:
  • We developed a Champion Profile with stakeholder input to outline the core competencies and skills that our Champions (students) should have when they transition from OPA to high school and beyond.  The core competencies include: Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Character, and Civic Engagement. 
  • In 2022-23 we are implementing our OPA Capstone Project / digital portfolios to measure success in the Champion Profile core competencies and to give our students the opportunity to showcase their work!  More to come!
  • Our teachers utilize Thinking Maps, a set of 8 visual patterns that correlate to specific cognitive processes.  They are used across all grade levels and content areas to build the critical thinking, comprehension, and communication skills necessary for academic success in every domain.  Understanding Thinking Maps 
  • We are currently implementing Write from the Beginning as a whole-school, comprehensive writing program that leverages Thinking Maps to build a strong foundation for writing across all genres and content areas. More information regarding Write from the Beginning:
    •  Helps students develop their ideas and organize their thinking prior to writing
    •  Develops critical and creative thinking skills that are foundational to good writing
    • Prepares students to write rich narratives, as well as written responses for both literary and informational text
    • Develops critical writing and communication skills necessary for success in college and the workforce
    • Builds a whole-school culture for effective writing with a vertically aligned, developmentally appropriate curriculum
2021-22 CAASPP Results are in!! 
 
We are extremely excited to share the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) results with our families and prospective families!  Both OPA South Orange County (SOC) and Opa Saddleback Valley (SV) scored higher overall in ELA/Literacy, Math and Science than any other Orange County District!! For more information regarding CAASPP, please visit our Assessment page.
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 Current Adopted Curriculum

English Language Arts

Grades K-5: California Reading Wonders (2017), McGraw Hill Education

Grades 6-8: StudySync (2017), McGraw Hill Education

Mathematics

Grades K-5: Ready Classroom Math (2020), Curriculum Associates

Grades 6-8: EdGems Mathematics (2019), EdGems Math LLC

Science

Grades K-8: Amplify Science (2019), Amplify Education, Inc.

Social Studies

Grades K-5: California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive K-5 (2019), Savvas

Grades 6-8: California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive Secondary (2019), Pearson (Savvas)

English Language Development

Grades K-3: California Reading Wonders English Learner (2017), McGraw Hill Education

Grades 4-8: Inspire Literacy, iLit (2018), Pearson K-12 Learning

Foreign Language
Spanish

Seat-based: Realidades (2014), Savvas

Virtual Learning: Autentico (2018), Savvas

 

Mandarin

Integrated Chinese, 4th Ed. (2019), Cheng & Tsui Company, Inc
 
Health
8th Grade - Positive Prevention Plus (2018), Positive Prevention Plus