THE LATEST & GREATEST
December 9, 2016
MATH
- RESEARCH on BEST Practices: Reminder on the importance of NOT relying/teaching key wordsto solve math problems (see graphic below)
- Math Simulation Window Dates- 3rd grade: 2/21-3/3,4th grade:2/27-3/17, & 5th grade:1/30-2/10.
- Please be sure when creating CFA's to send to Sped so they can modify before administering.( if students are on a modified curriculum.)
- 2nd grade Cluster 3 planner and CBA 3 has had some revisions this week so please make sure to revisit the planner/CBA when planning.
- 3rd grade CBA 2 scantron has a griddable that includes the thousands place, please make sure to provide guidance prior to the assessment on completing the griddable and to check before scanning.
- 5th Grade CBA 3, #10 has been revised.
- Kinder CBA: teachers can use real coins or anchor chart for question #6.
VOCABULARY
Some students need to use a word up to 35 times for it to become part of their internal vocabulary.(Amanda Hartman from TCRWP)
Marzano's six-step process is a great way to & can be easily remembered using these terms: Describe, Describe, Draw, Do, Discuss, Play. Giving/posting sentence stems, is a great way to help students describe the content words that we want them to know. I will be happy to share some other ideas in planning.ELAR
- Our middle of the year assessment window will open on Jan. 2 and close on Jan. 31. Please make sure you have all data input into Aware by Jan. 31.
- Please be sure when creating CFA's to send to Sped so they can modify before administering.( if students are on a modified curriculum.)
- ELAR Simulation Window: 3rd Grade Reading-2/27-3/17, 4th Grade Writing-1/30-2/17 & Reading-2/27-3/17, & 5th Grade Reading 1/30-2/17.
DBQ Lesson Updates
4th Grade DBQ lessons will be updated for the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th 9-weeks. Please be looking for those following Winter break.
The lesson for the 2nd 9-weeks has been updated and loaded onto the cluster planner.