1. HISD Early Childhood Department Elementary Curriculum and Development Office Pre-K Lead Teacher Meeting #1 Sept. 10/11, 2014

2. LET’S BREAK THE ICE MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN

3. MEETING AGENDA Resources: Frog Street ECH Blog Data Neuhaus Grant Fall Calendar The HUB Literacy by 3 CPALLS+

4. EARLY CHILDHOOD STAFF Janice Dingayan – Early Childhood Manager Marcela Landestoy – Curriculum Specialist Kimberly Guinn – Curriculum Specialist Erica Andrews – TSR Grant Coordinator Carol Downey – Department Secretary

5. Frog Street Data 2013-2014 Language & Literacy EOY SubtestsEnglishSpanish Vocabulary90 Uppercase Letters8789 Lowercase Letters8487 Rhyming7074 Alliteration6680 Letter Sounds8993 Name Writing9196 Writing8591

6. Frog Street Data 2013-2014 Mathematics SubtestsEnglishSpanish Rote Counting8587 Numeral Recognition8587 Subitize8893 1 to 1 Counting9395 Cardinality8488 Patterns7984 Operations8086

7. NEUHAUS GRANT Teachers Make a Difference Pre-K Initiative – Build children’s oral language and early literacy skills – Improve teacher’s instructional practice FULL IMPLEMENTATION 5 Days of Professional Development Assigned Literacy Coach Early Literacy Quick Assessment (3x/yr) CONTROL GROUP Receive Professional Development Receive ELQA (3x/yr) No Coaching

8. CPALLS+ ASSESSMENT Assessment Administration – Approximately 15 minutes per student Login Procedures – Single user login: assessments, intervention activities, and teacher PD Student Intervention – Creates groups & differentiated instruction Data Retrieval and Tracking

9. CPALLS+ ASSESSMENT

10. CPALLS+ REQUIRED SUBTESTS Rapid Letter Naming Rapid Vocabulary Naming Listening Rhyme Recognition Rhyme Production Alliteration Words in a Sentence Syllabication Onset-Rime Rote Counting Number Identification 1 to 1 Counting Cardinality Positional Words Sorting Shapes Ordinal Words Operations Book and Print Concepts Early Writing Skills Social Emotional Skills Checklist Language & Literacy Mathematics Observable Behaviors

11. SUGGESTED SCHEDULE https://hisdearlychildhood.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/recommendations- for-boy-administration-20141.pdf

12. FROG STREET RESOURCES http://www.frogstreet.com cdorr@frogstreet.com

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15. ECH BLOG http://hisdearlychildhood.wordpress.com

16. Patterns: HISD Pinterest Page

17. Phonics Read-Aloud Guided Reading/Small Group Instruction Independent Reading Writing

18. Literacy by 3 in PK Phonics Phonemic Awareness Letters and Sounds Making Words/Spelling Patterns Read-Aloud Shared Reading Differentiating during the Read Aloud Before, During, & After Reading Comprehension & Oral Language Development Guided Reading/Small Group Instruction Using data to determine small flexible groups Appropriate intervention activities focusing on literacy skills Developing Early Reading Behaviors (left to right, return sweep, voice- print match, how print works) Thinking about the text when reading (within the text, about the text, & beyond the text) Independent Reading Self-selected reading procedures for the classroom Reading Reenactment for using ”book language” Take-home reading procedures Writing For Children – modeled writing, morning message, functional print With Children – morning message, interactive writing, predictable charts By Children – stages of writing, guided writing, journaling or daily writing How to analyze and assess student writing The purpose of the “writing center/work station”

19. Balanced Literacy Diet

20. THE HUB

22. ENROLL IN THE PK COURSE https://hisdearlychildhood.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/ hub-directions-for-pk-guides.pdf

23. FALL PD OFFERINGS http://hisdearlychildhood.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/fall-2014.pdf

24. PD OPPORTUNITIES Sept. 25: Region 4: New Teacher Academy January 31: RT Garcia Early Childhood Winter Conference