August 16 th Professional Development

AUGUST 16TH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kindergarten

8:00 - 9:30 FORMS AND CHANGES

9:30 – 10:30 ELA UPDATES

& UNIT PLAN UPDATES10:30 – 11:30 MATH UNIT & PACING UPDATES

11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH

12:30 – 3:30 ELA PLANNING

Today’s Schedule

RED AND BLUE FOLDERS

The team made the following decisions this summer:

Red and Blue folders will no longer be separate for reading and math portfolios

The red portfolio is going to be the only K-5 portfolio. It was chosen because it has less stuff in it currently and is in better shape.

The blue folder can be used in any way you want.

PORTFOLIO CHANGES “Student” portfolios will be transferred

to RED folders. Student Assessments for literacy and math

will both be housed in RED foldersPortfolio Sheet will be included in RED folder

K Literacy Portfolio Sheet changesMath Mastery List is no longer requiredBlue folders are to be used at your

discretion.Blue Guided Reading Graph is no longer

required.

K-5 PORTFOLIO CARD FOR LITERACY AND MATH

The Literacy Portfolio Card changed slightly.

The portfolio sheet will be for both literacy and math.

We now have two or three versions of this form. Just staple the old ones to the back of the new one.

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

K-5 PORTFOLIO What goes in it for your grade level

In an effort to get rid of some of our paperwork, we decided to get rid of some things that teachers didn’t need or weren’t using. Reading Progress Chart (light blue): The light

blue reading progress chart is no longer a requirement. It can be used by the kids to chart their own progress if you want to use it that way.

DATA SPREADSHEETS UPDATES Information was deleted for District

collection and analysis but teachers/schools may assess more frequently as needed.

Date for submission to testing coordinator ??? or will be coming from principal or testing coordinator.

We are looking into a more efficient way of collecting data we will let them know as it changes throughout the year.

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

LITERACY UNIVERSAL SCREENERS Beginning:

Text Reading Level Letter recognition Sound Recognition Writing at the end of the 1st 6-weeks

Middle Text Reading Level Letter recognition Sound Recognition Phonemic Awareness Probes Writing

End Text Reading Level Letter recognition Sound Recognition Phonemic Awareness Probes Writing

MATH MASTERY LIST The Math Mastery Lists were not being

used by most teachers except at the beginning and end of the year.

Some teachers wanted to keep using it in its current form and some wanted each grade level to have its own sheet.

We made it in each format. You can choose to use either or neither.

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

MATH UNIVERSAL SCREENERS/PROBES Need to be completed in the first 5-7

days of school.

Located on Wiki

Record on Data Spreadsheet and Portfolio Card

Math Universal Screeners/Probes

WRITING PORTFOLIO Writing scores don’t have to be on the

Data Spreadsheet

Recording on Portfolio Card.

New process for scoring writing based on portfolio scoring system.

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

WRITING INSTRUCTION AND SCORING All three types of Writing will be taught each 6-

weeks

Scores will be based on a collection of samples instead of one piece and recorded on Portfolio Sheet

Use the NC Writing Continuum and NC Proficiency Correlation to Score

Score and Record : OCTOBER, JANUARY, & MAY Select a sample for each genre of writing that best

exemplifies the score and put it in the Portfolio at the end of the year

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

WRITING CHANGES New Portfolios

Create yourself-Use old Blue folders, purchase, or make. Composed of:

Writing in progress Completed pieces Student list of topics to write about Student list of finished pieces by title Student written on-going mini word wall

Small moment writing is NOT our focus. No writing across 3 pages to write story Three types of writing (Narrative, Opinion,

Informational) should NOT be taught in isolation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Parent Document per grade level that gives the parents information on Critical Standards. Will be in brochure format. Will go home with first report card.

Lead Teachers for additional support: Dubraska Stines: ESL and Betsy Hammonds Science predominately grades 4-9

REPORT CARD CHANGES Kindergarten will complete a report

card first 6 weeks

New report is with a committee and it will be completed hopefully by the first of September

DISTRICT WIDE GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS Grade levels will meet every Second

Wednesday from 3:15-4:30 at the following locations:K-1:  Balfour2nd Grade: DLL3rd Grade: GBT4th Grade: LP5th Grade: CWM

Dates are: Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9, Feb.13, March 13, and April 10

COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY PLAN

House Bill 950 Excellent Public Schools Act Sec 7A.1—Improve K-3 Literacy—legislation pp. 38-44 (highlights) for below grade level readers in 3rd gradeEvery student end of third grade reading on

grade level by end of 2013-14 school year Implications for Students/SchoolsACS focus on K-3 to improve Literacy

Instruction Expectations of plan http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CCSS Flipchart and Notebook Contents

Format and Process—why the standards were sequenced the way they were

Shows how the standards are related

This is a guide to help plan units and not a day to day pacing

Scope and Sequence

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSUPDATES

3 ShiftsShift I

Building Knowledge through Content-Rich Nonfiction and Informational Texts

Shift II Reading and Writing Grounded in Evidence from

the TextShift III

Regular Practice with Complex Text and its Academic Vocabulary

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/s

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UPDATES

Text Dependent Questions:Are questions that require students to refer back to the text to answer the questions asked. They help students to infer answers that are not necessarily derived purely from reading the text.

Necessitates creating a risk-taking environment in the classroom

Will require purposeful planning Activity http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSUPDATES

Tier II Vocabulary“Consists of high frequency words that occur across a variety of domains. That is, these words occur often in mature language situations and therefore strongly influence speaking and reading.”

Activityhttp://www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/182_VocabularyTiers.pdf

ELA UNIT UPDATES Transition from Unit Plan to Weekly Plan

to Daily PlanUnits are not lesson plans. They are road

maps to guide your lesson planning.

Weekly and Daily Map templates have been created.

A set of principles for curriculum development that

promote learning environments that meet the needs

of all learners.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Universal Design

Individualized Instruction

Differentiated Instruction

Universal Design

You Do

We Do

I Do

UDL Principles Principle 1:

Representation

Principle 3:Engagement

Principle 2:Action and Expression

PRINCIPLE I: MULTIPLE MEANS OF REPRESENTATIONThe WHAT of learning To give diverse learners options for

acquiring information and knowledge Present content in a variety of

formats and modalities

Represent

Act/Express Engage

Manipulatives Visual Displays Anticipatory Guides Graphic Organizers Artifacts

Videos Music Movement

Principle II: Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Represent

Act/Express Engage

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Gallery WalksPair/ShareChalkboard/Whiteboard Splash

The HOW of learningLearners differ in the ways that they can navigate a learning environment and express what they know.

Response Hold-Up Cards Quick Draws Numbered Heads TogetherLine-Ups

Principle III: Multiple Means of Engagement

Represent

Act/Express Engage

Bounce Cards Air Writing Case Studies Role Plays

Concept Charades Response Hold-Up Cards Networking SessionsSimulations

The WHY of learningLearners differ markedly in the ways in which they can be engaged or motivated to learn.

WITH UDL MORE

STUDENTS ARE:

Engaged Learning

Achieving Motivated

Groups: K-1: Representation

2-3: Action and Expression 4-5: Engagement

What are the major points you would use to summarize the information you viewed in the PowerPoint section your group was assigned?

MATH PACING UPDATES Math has been paced out into 4

QuartersEach quarter lasts 9 weeksStudents will be assessed specifically on the

standards listed in each quarterHOWEVER other standards should be woven

within other units.Should not hit a topic and then leave it!

http://acselementary.wikispaces.com/

MATH UNIT PLANNING User Friendly

Adapt it to your needs Units should be set up by the 4 quarters

Each unit lasting approx. 9 weeks. Are not as in-depth as ELA units BUT

should be well thought out.