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31 Students in the Classroom
15 girls and 16 boys
2 Teachers
1 lead teacher and 1 co-teacher

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The school does not currently use the Next Generation Learning standards. They use the Common Core State Standards to set learning targets.

All lesson plans are written and disseminated by the Curriculum and Assessment Team (CAT). They write all lesson plans for all subjects taught in the classroom.

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For Reading: STEP tests

For Reading and Writing: 3 interim assessments prior to the state tests in April
Example of what is being assessed in the book:

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Decoding: tell children to “chunk it”, “sound it out” (when they can), “skip it and come back”, “ask yourself does that make sense”.

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Reading/Writing

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Organized in a shelf in the back of the classroom, books grouped into small red bins

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A. Close Reading- 30 minutes (whole group)
B. Literacy Blocks-  3 blocks, 45 minutes each (small group of10-11 students)
C. Writing- 45 minutes (whole group)

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-Anchor Charts
-Chrome books (listen/read stories online)

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Special education coordinator (special education teacher) pulls students during the independent literary block to work with them on literacy.
--> Pulls 5 students at a time

Works with them in the sped room on literacy using Fontas and Pinnell.

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Students are grouped for literacy blocks as well as for math.
-Students are seated based on their math ability: highs in the back of the room, mediums in the middle, and then lows in the front --> Monitoring reasons for math, spiral, and story problems.
-Students go to work independently, begin collecting data on work habits, strategies, completion and accuracy of work starting in the back of the room.
-Provide the lows more time to get started on the work.
-The teachers will make their way to the front of the room and then circle back around giving non-leading prompts and feedback to students.
--> Lead and co-teachers split the room to collect data.

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Based on their reading assessment level.
-Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress (STEP) tests
-Grouped in 3 groups by : Lows (STEP 9 and below), Mediums (STEP 10), Highs (STEP 11 and above)
-Data is collected on each student during guided reading which informs instruction for the next week
-Able to track growth in reading rate, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
Students being at the same level helps them to have production habits of discussion with one another.