Education Matters With the first semester ending in just days, South Elementary continues to implement our new foundational structures every day for every student. This includes Fundamental Five for instruction, Capturing Kids Hearts for positive relationship building, and PBIS for behavioral support. Teachers have now had training on all five of the Fundamental Five instructional practices and are getting better each week. This framework consists of five critical practices that are at the core of highly effective instruction: framing the lesson, working in the power zone, small group purposeful talk, recognizing & reinforcing, and critical writing. With these practices, teachers are continuing ...