1. AUGUST 14, 2017

2. Please read article and highlight the five key areas of developmentally appropriate practices. Be ready to share, “Why is it important to apply to K-5 instruction?”
Ticket In
Welcome to 1st Cluster of 2017How can you target your standards across grade level to be intentional in planning (be thinking about the needs of your kids)?

3. Learning Objective:
By the end of today’s cluster meeting, teachers will identify developmentally appropriate essential standards for each grade (Kindergarten through 5th grade).
TAP Rubric Connection: Instruction: Standards and Objectives
Descriptor: Expectations for student performance are clear, demanding, and high.
Article- Knowing our kids needs and being intentional. You get to

4. Review: Criteria for Essential Standards
Endurance – skill that lasts over time
Readiness – used for next level of learning
Leverage – cross over application for other areas
Over the course of each grade...you see the development of kids.

5. Develop K-5 Outline: Thinking about Essential Standards
6 days to teach each grade (Q1)
Look at Standards…
“What is important to know (essential standard) for each grade level?”
“How would you like unit to build each year?”
Thoughts from article
Be intentional in your planning for children
Over the course of each grade...you see the development of kids.

6. Ticket Out:
Why is it important to focus on developmentally appropriate essential standards for each grade level ?