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May 1, 2017
ELAR
- EOY window will open May 1st-28th. Please make sure that you are doing DRA2 on students that you are concerned about or the Istation score doesn't match what you are seeing in class. Also, check your Assessment calendar for more info on when to administer the DRA2. Please make sure when you are administering the DRA2 that you are looking at children individually to assess students' comprehension and fluency. This helps us to target instruction to make sure that students are progressing and achieving.
MATH
- ESTAR/MSTAR-Grades 2-5-The window closes Friday, May 5th so please make sure that you have taken your class to do this online assessment.
- Exemplars Blog post-
When Teacher Candidates “Do the Math” With Exemplars
http://www.exemplars.com/blog/education/2607?utm_source=Master+Subscription+List&utm_campaign=f88197074f-20170427-anchorpaper-blog-A-B-PSTEKS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bef865cbab-f88197074f-96730129 - Perseverance is critical for students to be successful problem solvers. This video references Common Core, which we do not use, however, I love the way she scaffolds the levels of the problem and correlates it to salsa that is mild, medium and spicy where "smoke is coming out of your ears". https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/math-practice-standard-perseverance
What is low-stakes feedback for students?
I thought you might enjoy this Steve Barkley video about feedback to students. He mentions "feed forward" which I thought was interesting!