*Dana Wrights*
- EOG dates have been changed!!! Due to the snow days this year, the EOG will be administered May 23rd-26th. Retesting will take place June 6th-9th.
- Gateways have been eliminated for 3rd and 5th grades; however, this does not affect retesting... All students who score a I or a II on any section of the EOG test will be retested. We will also still follow local promotion requirements.
- The EOG tests will now affect students' 4th Quarter grades. If the EOG score's grade equivalency is higher than the classroom average, the grade will increase by one letter grade. EOG scores cannot bring a grade down.
- The District Science fair was a HUGE success!! Elementary representation was fantastic. (Yay to our own Ava, who one first overall!!!)
- Teachers need to start reviewing the Essential Standards to see where we are going...
- K-2 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/science/k-2.pdf
- 3-5 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/science/3-5.pdf
- Upcoming professional development opportunities:
- Notebooking in Elementary Science - March 28th at 1:00pm
- Grade 5 Content Sessions - April 7th
- Elementary Science Liasison Meeting - April 26th
- It's time for a MOY DIBELS check-in!! We had a slight gain from BOY to MOY from last year to this year - Yay!! (A big gain would have been suspicious... We are showing a true instructional gain.) We are doing better compared nationally than we were last year.
- However, our red kids are still staying red! We must move them!
- DIBELS data TRULY SHOULD be used to guide instruction... The BEST way to do this is to analyze Individual Student Summary reports for red and yellow kids. It shows data from previous years and provides a wealth of information. Use this information to choose activities from the Florida Center for Reading Research (http://www.fcrr.org/) - Great ideas for I/E and workshop.
- Please look over the Powerpoint I emailed out earlier this week for tons of updates!
- The Common Core Standards should be promoting intructional change. We should be changing our focus from mechanical facility to conceptual understanding.
- Grade level representatives who are attending the Formative Assessment training should be training their teams!!
- "Task selection is of paramount importance."
Don't Forget!
-March 23rd - 3rd Quarter Math Calculator Active Test
-March 24th - 3rd Quarter Math Calculator Inactive Test
-March 25th - 3rd Quarter Test Make-Ups
-March 25th - End of 3rd Quarter
-April 6th - 4th Grade On-Demand Writing Task
-April 21st - Kindergarten Screening
-April 29th - Spring Fling!
-May 2nd-6th - DIBELS EOY Sweep Week
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