student learning data related to a specific instructional focus and examine their current instructional practice. They generate hypotheses for how their instructional practice impacts student learning, develop strategies for improving practice or implementing appropriate interventions, and then implement these strategies. They gather evidence about changes in student learning and teacher practice and then modify instructional practices accordingly. Weekly data inquiry cycle meetings provide a formal and facilitated time for content area teams to meet; teams can then use their common planning time during the week to work on implementing the strategies introduced in those meetings (e.g., by developing shared units and lessons, or refining shared instructional strategies to be tested). Vertical content area are composed of teachers who teach the same subjects in different grades. In addition to participating in a weekly data inquiry cycle meeting, team members meet together in daily common planning time for 65 minutes. Depending on the content area, teams often use this common planning time to accomplish the following: Review upcoming and lessons and discuss how teachers could enhance them with specific instructional strategies drawn from professional development Consider teachers’ observations or student work to share and debrief Review videos of one another’s practices, as predetermined by the team The work of vertical content area teams is not performed in isolation. For instance, each vertical content area team has a designated team leader who facilitates common planning time and data inquiry cycle meetings, and represents the team on the schoolwide instructional learning team discussed below. These team leaders share information from the vertical content area teams to the entire school and back, thus ensuring consistency and the spread of best practices. For example, prior to an instructional learning team meeting, during vertical content area team planning time, the team leader may ask, “Am I representing our viewpoint well when I attend the instructional learning team meetings? Does anybody need to add anything to make sure the information we are sharing is accurate? Are there
4.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division. Place Multi-digit Place value within 999,999 Ten the value of… Place to the right Addition/Subtraction within 1,000 WITH a range of algorithms Regrouping Subtracting across 0s 5.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left. Place 1/10 of Ten times the value of… Place to the right and left Ten the value of… Place to the right 5.NBT.2 Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10. Decimal Place Value Exponents
Joy Calendar… February, March and April Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday PD 2/23 2/24 2/25 AM HR: hype PJ day 2/26 2/27 – jeans day ELA ANet Round 4 RTI deep dive 3/2 Read Across America Day - PJ day Start hyping field trip 3/3 3/4 3/5 Focus: dodgeball 3/6 3/ 3/9 Pi day trivia & penny war launch Field trip earning begins 3/10 3/11 3/12 PI DAY Festivities during DEAR/focus 3/13 T2 Enrichment ends Long Comp Accommodations training (7th + RTs) 3/16 ELA raffles start 3/17 ELA PRACTICE LONG COMP 3/18 3/19 3/20 No Enrichment 10-1:30 - Whole School Field Trip (pd1 = ELA, pd 2 = trip prep) 3/23 3/24 ELA Long Comp 3/25 3/26 3/27 new enrichments Whole-school Accommodations training (PD 1st then cohorts) + video making 3/30 ELA t-shirts passed out 3/31 ELA MCAS 4/1 ELA MCAS 4/2 Long Comp Makeups Q2 ends 4/3 Good Friday No School n/a 4/6 hype up spirit week 4/7 4/8 4/9 11:30 Dismissal Family Conferences 4/10 Math Anet A4 11:30 Dismissal Family Conferences n/a 4/13 4/14 Monitoring Site Visit 4/15 Monitoring Site Visit 4/16 4/17 (Is this the science mock MCAS?) cultural Vacation! When we return… 7 school days until Math MCAS, 12 school days until Sci MCAS, 8 weeks remain in the school year
3/2 Read Across America Day - PJ day for all – kickoff March Reading Madness. 3/3 ¾ Start hyping Pi Day! 3/5 Focus: dodgeball competition (earned since 2/23) 3/6 3/9 Pi day trivia & penny war launch trip earning begins 3/10 3/11 3/12 PI DAY Festivities during DEAR/focus – all attend 3/13 T2 Enrichment ends 3/16 ELA daily raffles start (until 3/30) 3/17 ELA PRACTICE LONG COMP EXAM 3/18 3/19 3/20 No Enrichment 10-1:30 - Whole School Field Trip (pd1 = ELA, pd 2 = trip prep) 3/23 3/24 ELA Long Comp Exam 3/25 3/26 3/27 new enrichments day (earned) 3/30 ELA t-shirts passed out (“earned” but everyone 3/31 ELA MCAS 4/1 ELA MCAS 4/2 Long Comp Makeups Q2 ends 4/3 Good Friday No School 4/6 Hype up spirit week 4/7 4/8 4/9 11:30 Dismissal Family Conferences 4/10 Math Anet A4 11:30 Dismissal Family Conferences 4/13 Spirit Week Begins! Funky Shoe day (everyone participates) 4/14 Spirit Week Funky Hair day (everyone participates) Monitoring Site 4/15 Spirit Week Decorate doors (everyone participates) Monitoring Site Visit 4/16 Spirit Week (decorate doors – everyone participates) 4/17 Earned Capture the Flag Tournament Vacation