1. Milford Middle School Staff Welcomes YOU!
School Year
“Where Great Things Happen Every Day”
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2. What’s New at Milford?
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3. Milford’s New Schedule
7th Grade
Per 1 - 7:15 - 8:10
Per 2 - 8:10 - 9:05 (PE, Music,
Reading-Writing-Strategies, Exenstions)
Per 3 - 9: :00
Period : :55
Lunch - 10:55- 11:25
Per : :20
Per :20 - 1:15
Wave - 1:15 - 1:45
Resource - 1:45 - 2:15
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4. PYRAMID OF SUPPORT Tier 2: Supplemental Supports
Tier 1: Classroom Supports
MAP Data
Common Assessments
Differentiated learning
Resource Time Supports
Study/Note-taking strategies
Tier 2: Supplemental Supports
Homework support during lunch & after school
Contract with student
Focused remediation
Instructional Support Intervention
SAP intervention
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5. PYRAMID OF SUPPORT (cont.)
Tier 3 – Intense Support
Intense Academic Support in Reading, Writing, Mathematics
Academic Support instead of related arts class
Meeting with Parents and Team to develop a plan
SAP Academic/Behavioral Intervention
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6. Teaching Executive Functions
LEARNING APPRENTICESHIP
Organizing materials
Planning and organizing time and schedules
Note-taking strategies
Initiating work on assignments
Flexible thinking
Problem solving
Self-monitoring
Goal-setting/Reflection
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7. MEASUREMENT OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS (MAP)
Benchmark Assessments that provide us with data in Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics
Occur 3-times a year.
Measures growth over time
Helps us provide support and challenges through Compass Lessons and other methods.
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9. People are goal seeking animals
People are goal seeking animals. Their life only has meaning if they are reaching out and striving for their goals. –Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher ( BC)
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10. ASSESSMENT & LEARNING FACT SHEETS
Explains Learning Targets in Parent Portal
Provides Grading & Evidence information
Describes Homework Policy
Explains remediation and enrichment information
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11. BLACKBOARD SITE Website for students to get all their information
Teachers add their worksheets, classwork, and resources.
Provides remediation and support
Provides challenging information
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12. PARENT PORTAL
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13. REPORT CARDS
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14. Depth of Knowledge Extended Learning Opportunities Strategic Thinking
Most important learning targets given long-term exploration
Strategic Thinking
Open–ended, Revise, Critique, Hypothesize, Investigate, Develop a logical argument, Draw conclusions
Basic Skills
Identify, Predict, Classify
Recall
Recall of information such as a fact, definition, term or performance of a simple process or procedure
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16. Communication
Parent Portal (updated regularly and CSL 2x a Marking Period)
Student Tracking Sheets
While You Were Out (Preview, Practice, Evidence)
Blackboard Page
Milford Website
Facebook (under Construction)
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17. CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL LEARNER
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18. How can you be involved at Milford
Attend Parent Steering Committee meetings (2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM in Library)
Ask questions of your child, his/her teachers and building principals
Attend parent/teacher conferences
Attend Milford functions
Visit the QCSD website often for
information
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19. Fundraisers to Support Programs
Box Tops for Education
Magazine Drive
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20. Ways you can support your school:
Box Tops for Education
Ways you can support your school:
Clip your Box Tops for Education labels and bring them into school.
Log onto the Box Tops for Education website at or and sign up to support Milford Middle School.
Shop the Marketplace at – When shopping online, think Box Tops and earn cash for our school. Our school can receive up to a 15% donation at participating providers.
Shop the Reading Room – Barnes and Noble and Box Tops have teamed up to make it easy to earn cash for your school. Earn up to 6% of qualified purchases for your school and also receive free shipping on orders of $25 or more simply by starting your purchase by logging on to click “ShopNow” and it will take you to Barnes and Noble.com website.
Ask your relatives and friends to take part in helping you to support your school by clipping Box Top labels and shopping through the BoxTops4 Education website.
These are all ways to earn FREE money for your school and it is at NO COST to you !
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21. QUESTIONS
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