Elementary Grade level Meeting

January 21st

Record keeper please. . .

We need to make some recommendations

as a grade level

MCA-III Math

• Live this year in grades 3-8.• Test will be online with an audio

component available for all students.• There will be 8 sections with about

10 questions in each section.• Pausing capabilities- you can stop

and start the test as needed. Once a section is marked completed, a student can not revisit the section.

Sample MCA III Test

• Links have been set up in each building to access the practice test.

• Students need to have access to the practice test to assure their comfort level is not going to hinder their achievement on test day.

• Paper practice tests are available on MDE’s website. (look for the MCA III practice test)

Changes to pink and gold benchmarks

• Click here to find the essential benchmarks for math

• What can we do now to adjust for these changes? What are some known best practices to meet these needs/changes?

Reminders

• All students should have access to gold and pink benchmarks.

• All students should be proficient in gold benchmarks.

• Average and above average students should be proficient in pink benchmarks.

Work yet to be done

• Revision of common standards based on changes to pink and gold benchmarks.

• Revisions to report cards and grade level brochures.

• Development of a student check list for each standard.

Intervention Web Page

• How to find it:• District web page < Support services

< Teacher Resources < intervention < MATH INTERVENTIONS

• (Reading Interventions too- from Hawthorne’s AYP plan work)• Click here for Math Interventions

Have an intervention idea to add ?

• Send your intervention idea to your grade level rep on the Intervention Team.

Thanks !!

• The following teachers have worked on the benchmarks and interventions:

• Kari Pelinka, Heather Leach, Nichole Brownlee, Jessica Rassler , Michelle Kluender, Kristin Shanahan, Ann VanBrocklin, Karen Hendrickson, Ann Hareid, Jacque Sorenson, Michelle Wiens, Erin Johnson, Sandy Sorenson, Carol Johnson , Joie Wilner, Sarah Stay

Work on new LA standards

• LA standards revision team meets Monday to begin to learn about the new standards.

• The gold and pink benchmark revision process will occur next.

• Reading interventions added to Intervention web site.

• Common assessments, student check list, report card and grade level brochure work this summer.

LA essential benchmark team

• Emily Reed, Lisa Leland, Maurna Rome, Heather Heitman, Lisa Haney, Beth Faber, Ann Hareid, Joanne Bracker, Shelley Burkhart, Crystal Barkley, Maria Olson, Chris Schafer, Robin Hundley, Larry Rassler

Math Facts

• Grade 1- Addition• Grade 2- Subtraction• Grade 3- Multiplication• Grade 4- Division

• How many facts?• How many in how many minutes?• B= D= S=(To be added to next year’s report card)

What strategies are being used to practice math facts?

B, D,S

• What should be used to determine each level in each assessed area?– Fluency– Spelling– Common assessments– Standards

Field Trips

• What field trips are a part of your grade level experience?

• Who covers the cost for each trip?

Science Units covered

• What units are covered based on changes to standards last year?

Break Time!

Be back in 15 minutes

Grades K-2- room 208Grades 3-4- room 204Grades 5-6- room 108

• Thank you recorder- please give your recordings to the facilitators.

Guided Reading

Thanks for sharing your guided reading/daily five

• Kindergarten- Nichole Brownlee• First Grade- Heather Heitman• 5th grade- Mary Jo Dorman

Conference Framework

• What are you currently sharing with families at conferences?

• Brainstorm what always should be included. . . perhaps:– AIMSweb and MAP test scores– Consistent format to share the data– Strategies for families to use at home– Time for families to ask questions or

seek suggestions

AIMSWeb

• K-1 will use AIMSweb targets for 2010-2011• (attachments sent last week)

• 2-6 will use SCRED targetsFall winter spring

• Gr. 2- Target  43     72     90    • Gr. 3- Target  70    91     109    • Gr. 4- Target  95     114    127    • Gr. 5- Target  113    128    141  • Gr. 6- Target  135    152    166    

Other grade level items?

Please complete the evaluation before leaving.

Have a great weekend!