Elementary Grade level Meeting January 21 st

Record keeper please... We need to make some recommendations as a grade level

MCA-III Math Live this year in grades 3-8. Test will be online with an audio component available for all students. There will be 8 sections with about 10 questions in each section. Pausing capabilities- you can stop and start the test as needed. Once a section is marked completed, a student can not revisit the section.

Sample MCA III Test Links have been set up in each building to access the practice test. Links Students need to have access to the practice test to assure their comfort level is not going to hinder their achievement on test day. Paper practice tests are available on MDE’s website. (look for the MCA III practice test)

Changes to pink and gold benchmarks Click here to find the essential benchmarks for mathhere What can we do now to adjust for these changes? What are some known best practices to meet these needs/changes?

Reminders All students should have access to gold and pink benchmarks. All students should be proficient in gold benchmarks. Average and above average students should be proficient in pink benchmarks.

Work yet to be done Revision of common standards based on changes to pink and gold benchmarks. Revisions to report cards and grade level brochures. Development of a student check list for each standard.

Intervention Web Page How to find it: District web page < Support services < Teacher Resources < intervention < MATH INTERVENTIONS (Reading Interventions too- from Hawthorne’s AYP plan work) Click here for Math Interventions

Have an intervention idea to add ? Send your intervention idea to your grade level rep on the Intervention Team.

Thanks !! The following teachers have worked on the benchmarks and interventions: Kari Pelinka, Heather Leach, Nichole Brownlee, Jessica Rassler, Michelle Kluender, Kristin Shanahan, Ann VanBrocklin, Karen Hendrickson, Ann Hareid, Jacque Sorenson, Michelle Wiens, Erin Johnson, Sandy Sorenson, Carol Johnson, Joie Wilner, Sarah Stay

Work on new LA standards LA standards revision team meets Monday to begin to learn about the new standards. The gold and pink benchmark revision process will occur next. Reading interventions added to Intervention web site. Common assessments, student check list, report card and grade level brochure work this summer.

LA essential benchmark team Emily Reed, Lisa Leland, Maurna Rome, Heather Heitman, Lisa Haney, Beth Faber, Ann Hareid, Joanne Bracker, Shelley Burkhart, Crystal Barkley, Maria Olson, Chris Schafer, Robin Hundley, Larry Rassler

Math Facts Grade 1- Addition Grade 2- Subtraction Grade 3- Multiplication Grade 4- Division How many facts? How many in how many minutes? B=D=S= (To be added to next year’s report card) What strategies are being used to practice math facts?

B, D,S What should be used to determine each level in each assessed area? – Fluency – Spelling – Common assessments – Standards

Field Trips What field trips are a part of your grade level experience? Who covers the cost for each trip?

Science Units covered What units are covered based on changes to standards last year?

Break Time! Be back in 15 minutes Grades K-2- room 208 Grades 3-4- room 204 Grades 5-6- room 108 Thank you recorder- please give your recordings to the facilitators.

Guided Reading Thanks for sharing your guided reading/daily five Kindergarten- Nichole Brownlee First Grade- Heather Heitman 5 th grade- Mary Jo Dorman

Conference Framework What are you currently sharing with families at conferences? Brainstorm what always should be included... perhaps: – AIMSweb and MAP test scores – Consistent format to share the data – Strategies for families to use at home – Time for families to ask questions or seek suggestions

AIMSWeb K-1 will use AIMSweb targets for (attachments sent last week) 2-6 will use SCRED targets Fall winterspring Gr. 2- Target Gr. 3- Target Gr. 4- Target Gr. 5- Target Gr. 6- Target

Other grade level items?

Please complete the evaluation before leaving. Have a great weekend!