PATRIOT POST
May 7, 2018 Volume III. Issue XXXVIII
Fifth Grade Students Had An Amazing Time In Alabama Last Week! Thank you to Mrs. Anderson and the team for organizing this event.
Our Fourth Graders were all smiles as they prepared to head to the Tennessee Aquarium! Kudos to Ms. Worthy and the fourth grade team for creating this awesome experience for our students.
Our first grade students enjoyed their trip to the pajama program reading center! Mrs. Fannin we appreciate you for making this happen for our students.
Mrs. Lewis did an amazing job with Career Day @LPES! Awesome work!
LPES New Teachers are Goal Setting and Gearing up for Next Year: We're so proud of the work that they contributed to the Team
Reading & Writing Units of Study Updates
The 2nd Semester Come Up: All In, Streamlined, & Aligned!
*Read Alouds are facilitated everyday for 15 minutes. Standards-based comprehension strategies are modeled through think alouds.
*Shared Reading is facilitated everyday for 15 minutes. Blast Phonics skills, reading behaviors, and fluency are modeled through think alouds and student participation.
*Mini Lessons are under 15 minutes with explicit demonstrations and student practice.
*At least 2 Small Groups are seen for both Reading and Writing Workshop.
*We are fully released from stations.
*IRead and IReady will be used during RTI for all homerooms.
*Reading Flex Fridays are used for explicit Reading Standards - Based Mini Lessons.
*Writing Flex Fridays are used for explicit Language/Grammar - Based Mini Lessons.
Get It Right, Get It Tight !!
Here are our Get It Right, Get It Tight focuses:
KK - 2:
Interactive & Shared Reading
3rd - 5th:
Responsive Small Group Instruction
Let’s Revive iReady, 3 - 5 Team!
iReady User of the Week!
K U D O S to Mrs. Williams !!!
Here are Ms. K. Williams' Stats:
- Out of the 16 students total enrolled in her Literacy sections, 16 have active accounts in use!
- 60% of students met 45+ minutes of iReady instruction with some students still using iRead.
- The class had a 80% pass rate last week!
These stats are from the week of 4.23.2018
Way to step in and assist your teammates!
Humanities' Highlights & Hive Fives
Remediation in Play !!
Modeled Lesson Nailed !!
Student Ownership !!
iReady Math in Full Effect
Math Remediation & Acceleration Grades 3rd-5th
Build math discourse with students by using this resource Math Discourse Questions
Instruction: Determine whether students will receive remediation or acceleration. Create small groups based on student needs.
*Problem of the Day/Activator-continue the SOLVE process to improve student usage & understanding of word problems
*Mini Lesson/Guided Math-may be combined (unit 1 of next grade level or corrective-instruction of specific skills not mastered)
*Guided Groups/Station Rotations-1. Fact Fluency 2. Technology 3. Problem Based Activities-Framework Tasks
*Share/Closure-Students share out connections that were made during their daily learning & teachers may address continued misconceptions
Resources:
Youcubed Jo Boaler-Mathematical Mindsets
Instructional Moves (Guided Math) Grades K-2nd
Small Groups-Who are the members of the group?
Teaching Point-What is the focus Teaching Point for the group?
Data Choice-What data was used to determine the group?
Build math discourse with students by using this resource Math Discourse Questions
*Instructional Math Block (Teacher Station, Technology Station, Fluency/Review/Writing Station of strategically chosen standards)-Be sure to monitor progress and data reports for Redbird
*Target Standards-Benchmark Results
*(SOLVE) Word Problems-Release students to work independently & provide them feedback
*How can we create a spiral review of our prioritized/weak standards? EASY!
- Morning Work
- Review Station
- Virtual Lessons
Instructional Updates-Math Prep
- Keep our Mini-Lessons short and sweet (10-15 minutes)
- Mini-Lessons will determine your immediate Strategy Groups
- Guided Groups based on their needs-Benchmark data will guide targeted lessons
- Fulton Connect Reports/Illuminate Reports will support with Unit data and student performance
- PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, and MORE PRACTICE
- Continuous & Consistant FEEDBACK
What Strategies and Tools are your students using?
Below are suggested manipulatives and the standards that they support
Suggested Manipulatives Grades K-2nd
Suggested Manipulatives Grades 3rd-5thOur 3rd Graders are moving forward as they continue to improve those math skills through the use of iReady Math & S.O.L.V.E. to attack Word Problems
AVID Update: Visit from District Coordinator Tuesday, May 8th
AVID Strategy of the Month: Gallery Walk Carousel
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTERESTS:
Monday, May 7 -
Tuesday, May 8 - Transition Night (See Mrs. Ricks for details)
Wednesday, May 9-
Thursday, May 10- Kindergarten Roundup
Friday, May 11- Field Day