Mid-Year Science Check In - Principal’s Meeting January 24, 2013 Walter Harris & Kate Williams

What’s In? What’s Out? K-5 In’s & Out’s As the Chief Instructional Leader of your school, we want to help you to help your teachers… What’s In? What’s Out?

Nope…not another Star Trek feature! Framework for K-12 Science Education & Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Nope…not another Star Trek feature! NGSS have been released for public viewing and comment until January 29, 2013 Final release is slated for March 2013 Implementation will not be immediate – transition year of 2013-2014 2014-2015 school year is the expected implementation date

How can you assist teachers at this point in the school year? Help them become content experts by… Referring them to CMAPP/science resources on Science Wiki /Next Steps Document Investigate grade level planning for science NCDPI Science Live Binder to look at Standard 3 Content, NSTA modules, Annenberg Media

NAEP Activity NAEP website ~Cracking Concrete ~Here Comes the Sun Given that the NAEP is taken by 4th grade students at random, it is even more important that science content continue to be taught to all K-5 students. NAEP website ~Cracking Concrete Supports – K-5 Physical Science, supplemental lessons in 4th grade Landforms unit, 3rd grade Changes unit ~Here Comes the Sun Supports – Kindergarten Weather unit, 2nd grade Weather unit, 3rd Grade Objects in the Sky unit ~Mystery Plant Supports – 1st grade organisms, 3rd grade units

Need Help? Walter Harris – wharris@wcpss.net Coordinating Teacher Elementary Science 431-7432 Kate Williams – kwilliams3@wcpss.net Senior Administrator Elementary Science 431-7457