CIS Update
Week of 4/10/17
This Week @ CIS
Monday - Camp Eberhart 6S
- 8:00 CTA/ Building Admin Monthly Meeting
- 3:30 6th grade choir, girls on the run, dance
- 5:30 PTO
- 7:45 - SLO work time
- 3:30 5th grade girls vball, Show Choir
- 7:45 CORE
- 3:30 girls vball, girls on the run, Show Choir, 5th grade journalism
- 7:45 STRATEGIES
- 3:30 Girls vball, Show Choir, Tech Club
Close Reading
Last week we had a good session with Dr. Benjamin, the districts consultant, who presented the Close Reading strategy. It can be described as:
- Pick a challenging text.
- Teacher annotates text (identifies vocabulary that cannot be determined by context clues; identifies phrases, sentences, that should be unpacked; and creates challenging questions
- Teacher shares guiding questions (focus of writing) with students
- 1st - Gist read; share out briefly
- 2nd - Dyad read, stopping often to discuss the text
- 3rd - Teacher leads class in third read, stopping often to unpack words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs
- Students write to questions (students must cite evidence and use academic vocabulary)
I can envision this model taking anywhere from 2-5 days depending on how much writing you have students do at the end. I'm working with Anna Miller right now to field test this to see how it can look in practice.
My expectation for now is to play with it and use it at twice between now and the end of the year.
This Week @ CIS - Standards Focus - ELA
5th Grade
- 5.RN.2.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
- 5.W.3.2 Write informative compositions
6th Grade
- 6.RN.4.2 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, verbally) to demonstrate a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
- 6.W.3.2 Write informative compositions in a variety of forms that –
Upcoming Dates of Interest
April 10 - Camp Eberhart S Team
April 11 - Camp Eberhart S Team
April 11 - 5th Grade Spring Pictures
April 12 - 6th Grade Spring Pictures
April 17 - ISTEP Round 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday Morning Schedule
Here's the template for Tuesday mornings:
1st - Faculty
2nd - SLO teams / Strategic Planning Implementation
3rd - Professional development
4th - Grade levels/department meetings
Remember, we start at 7:45 and end at 8:35.