DOK - Intervention and Extension in April & May
As we near the end of the year and get ready for April and May STAAR tests, it is criticial to ensure that every student masters the critical skills for every course: those assessed on STAAR, as well as those needed for success next year.
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| STAAR Wars Goal Sheets Mrs. Beazley has her students earning stickers for mastering essential skills tied to the STAAR Science test. |
To ensure that every student masters this year's essential skills, intervention and extension should happen simultaneously on a regular basis. Here is how it can work:
- Intervention
- Small groups can be pulled for students who have the same instructional deficit or need, or
- Individuals can be pulled for remediation on an academic deficit unique to the student.
- The teacher works with students directly.
- Extension
- Group work can be assigned to students that are tied to skills that need additional reinforcement. Every student must do their own work, but students are encouraged to collaborate and communicate to help one another master the skills.
- Individual tasks can be given to students that are based on specific skills that need additional practice. These tasks should also be familiar to the students and require little to no support from the teacher.
- Projects can be for groups or individuals and they allow kids opportunities to apply their learning in creative ways.
- The teacher's role in extension is to monitor student engagement, provide feedback, and ensure that students complete the work.
Academic Events for the next month
April 10 - Teacher submit TSR 2 & 3 in Eduphoria
#LoveMySchoolDay (share on Twitter all the reasons why you love your school)
April 13 - Librarian Appreciation Week (Thank your MITS for all that they do for you!)
April 17 - End of 5th 6 Weeks
April 20 - STAAR 5 & 8 Math
Public School Volunteer Week (Thank our volunteers for all that they do.)
April 21 - STAAR 3, 4, 6, 7 Math & 8 Social Studies
April 22 - STAAR 3, 4, 6, 7 Reading and 5 & 8 Science
Administrative Professionals Day (Thank your office staff for all that they do)
April 29 - Early Release Day
May 4 - STAAR EOC Week at the High School
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
College and Career - Poverty Plays a Part
As we strive to prepare every student for a college and career future, we must acknowledge that poverty plays a big part in whether or not a student will choose to pursue an education beyond high school. In the graphic to the right, the Center for Public Education estimated in 2003 that 65% of students of poverty became Non-College Enrollees (chose to not go to college), while 34% of students of poverty enrolled in college. In other words, 2 out of 3 students of poverty choose to not attend college. More than half of our country's students come from poverty. That means that only 33% of our nation's kids will not even attempt to enroll in college, which means that they will have limited options to pull themselves out of poverty. Simply stated, 1 in 3 U.S. children will automatically have limited options to pull themselves out of poverty.
What can we do about that?
- Talk about college and career as something that every child can do and must do to have a prosperous future.
- Talk about scholarships that can be earned.
- Tell stories about students who overcame amazing odds to put themselves through college.
- Talk about careers that are tied to your content and encourage students about how they could be successful in a career that is tied to their strengths.
- Talk about how college and technical schools isn't just for the "smart kids" or the privileged kids. It's for all kids. It's for them.
Kids need to hear daily how much value they have and how much potential they possess. Don't miss that opportunity to flip the switch we call a changed life.
STAAR Thank You's
This week's testing went very smooth. We had a few glitches here and there, but that is to be expected when you test over 1000 students in 3 days. The reason for the success over the last 3 days is because a lot of people that did a great job getting the kids ready to reach Excellence for All.
#I'mTalkingAboutYOU
Thank you's go out to:
- Our 4th & 7th Writing, 5th and 8th Reading and English 1 & 2 teachers for all of their hard work this year preparing the kids for success.
- Sabrena Socha, Tamara Fite, Jo Miller and Robbye Rowe for their hard work in organizing the testing days and making sure that everything was in place for smooth testing days.
- Our teachers and staff for their great work in administering the tests and ensuring a secure testing environment.
- Nancy Turner and our volunteers who helped out every campus in every way possible.
- Our maintenance, custodial, and technology staff for responding immediately to any need that arose.
- Our bus and cafeteria staff for getting the kids here in a great mood and serving great meals.
- Finally, our primary staff for laying the foundation in the early years, so that our students would be prepared for excellence.
What I'm Learning
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Mastery Connect has created an app that allows you to search standards by grade level, subject, and key words. Last updated March 2015. Looks user friendly and easy to search.
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.masteryconnect.tx&hl=en
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-essential-knowledge/id892241715?mt=8
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