Kimbrell's Korner
February 26, 2018
Curriculum Writing Applications
The curriculum writing application will be open in applitrack starting February 19th until March 2nd. The tentative dates for curriculum writing will be June 4-14th.
Curriculum Updates: STAAR Writing
Lucy Calkins and her team worked with a group of educators in the Houston area to add a new resource for STAAR writing. To access her revised session one click HERE.
Dictionary Policy: STAAR
As you are preparing to collect dictionaries, please remember that you will not need to use dictionaries for 3-5 on the same day.
You will need 1 dictionary per 5 children for students without accommodations on the following dates (you would need approximately 6 dictionaries per classroom):
April 10: 4th Grade Writing
April 11: 5th Grade Reading
May 15: 3-4th Grade Reading, 5th Grade retest
Science
Streamlined Standards
Grades K-4th are using the streamlined standards this year and it is important to use the cluster planner for standards that are still in your grade level. They have added a comment to the cluster planner to assist: *We are using the Streamlined TEKS for K-4 this year. See GPS under Instructional resources -Science -TEKS Streamlined Document-Lead4Ward
February Collaboratives
4th grade collaborative is Feb. 27th at Acker -LinkMath
In lieu of a CBA for cluster 6 for 5th Grade, students will complete a performance based task using Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER). Prior to teaching this cluster, teachers should examine all content TEKS included within the performance based task, the CER task itself, and the CER rubric to ensure alignment of instruction for cluster 6. The CER is located in the CBA section of the GPS. Possible lessons have been provided in the GPS to assist during planning. There are 4 options for a CER. The teacher may choose one to model, and the students will complete one on their own. They are currently working on the logistics for how campuses will report data from the CER. More information will be discussed during my March IC meeting.