1. Attendance Group Lynn Urquides Elementary By Gayle Morrison
Closing The Gap
Attendance Group
Lynn Urquides Elementary
By Gayle Morrison

2. Purpose Increase attendance school wide.
Decrease excused and unexcused absences.
Focus on a small group of students with excessive absences for first semester.

3. GAP Goals
Increase attendance for specific group of Kindergarten and 1st grade students decrease all absences.
Increase academic time in the classroom.
Develop positive habits of attending school.
Improve school/home communication.

4. Groups
Target Group
Students with 10 or more absences for the first semester of school.
Reason Selected
Kindergarten and 1st grade had the lowest attendance rate for first semester.

5. ASCA Standard
Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

6. Number of Students Affected
The attendance interventions are being applied school wide.
Closing the Gap group consists of 5 Kindergarten students and 2 1st grade students.

7. GAP Group Attendance Interventions
Home visits were made to families of the target students.
Students check in daily and receive a stamp for being at school.
After 5 stamps students earn a small reward.

8. School Wide Attendance Interventions
Classrooms with perfect attendance hang the Perfect Attendance Poster on their door for the day.
After 5 days of perfect attendance, the class earns a popcorn party.
Random drawing of “Be Here, Be a Winner.”
Bulletin board of attendance rates.

9. Attendance Bulletin Board

10. Number of Absences per Quarter (Excused and Unexcused)
# days
absent

11. Group Absences By Quarter
# of days
absent

12. DIBELS Score Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Correct
Answers
Benchmark for Kinder 35 for 1st 50

13. Results 5 students improved their attendance
Students identify the importance of being at school.
Students that did not show improvement will receive more support next year.
Results on DIBELS Assessment increased.