CIES Wednesday Envelope
for Elementary Staff--January 7, 2014
In This Issue:
- Required Mid-Year Assessments
- Interactive Read Aloud with a Chapter Book
- Marzano's Six Step Process for Teaching Academic Vocabulary
WHAT AND WHO DO I NEED TO ASSESS?
Grade K
Letter Naming
-all students
Letter Sounds
- all students
Grade 1
DIBELS Next assessment
- all students
Grades 2-3
DIBELS Next assessment
- all students
DIBELS Next assessment
Those students who scoreabove the May 60%tile on the the Fall benchmark assessment do not need to be assessed. Classroom teachers will leave a blank in I-Cue.
WHEN DO SCORES NEED TO BE ENTERED?
Scores must be entered in ICue by January 25th.
Need help entering the scores?
Directions for 1st grade teachers
Directions for 2nd and 3rd grade teachers
WHERE CAN I GO FOR MORE INFORMATION?
For more information, go to the
K-3 Literacy Site or the 4-6 Literacy Site. Access the Screening and Optional Diagnostic Assessments page.
There you will find:
- links to printable assessments
- instructions for administering the assessments
- directions for entering scores in ICue
- benchmark cut scores
- links to optional diagnostic assessments for Tier 2 and Tier 3 students
- Assessment and Intervention sheet
Interactive Read Aloud with a Chapter Book
Wonder how you can read your favorite chapter book and integrate the components of an effective Interactive Read Aloud? Watch Lucas Pedersen and his 6th Graders at Oak View engage in an Interactive Read Aloud with The Giver. Note: Each student has a copy of the novel at their desks.
Lucas Read Aloud
Marzano's Six Step Process for Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Looking for a way to increase vocabulary instruction? Check out this effective teaching strategy!
http://www.ncresa.org/docs/PLC_Secondary/Six_Step_Process.pdf