CWG+notes+3-22

March 22, 2011; 1:30 Carrie Kornely, Jenny Schmitz,, Kia Martinson , Toby Godoy, Jody Burger, Katie Sayler, Chris Yellow Boy, Chris Mosner, Tami Householter Ruth Nelsen(PE), Kara Buechel (music), Sandi Hausmann(sick) *Facilitator: Carrie *Time Keeper: Kia *Recorder: Jenny *Process Observer: Jody *Task Master: Tami // Use most recent Aims Web data at every grade level to identify patterns, design and implement instruction in order to improve student literacy in grades K-3. // __Letter Naming Fluency__ *By May, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will identify 61+ letter names as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.
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__Letter Sound Fluency__ *By May, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will identify and produce 44+ letter sounds as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.

__Phoneme Segmentation Fluency__ *By May, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will successfully segment 52+ phonemes as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.

__Nonsense Word Fluency__ *By May, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will produce 62+ letter sounds when given a Nonsense Word, as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.

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 * By May, 2011 80% of North Elementary First grade students will read 61+ words per minute when reading a first grade passage as measured by the AIMSWeb assessment.

*By May, 2011, 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will meet the A (apply) level finding the parts to ten without counters as measured by the Kathy Richardson Hiding Assessment. *By May, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will offer a proficient explanation of their work as measured by the Rubric for Assessing Language.
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Discussed PSF and came up with strategies to implement during class
 * Prior Session:**


 * Today's Purpose:**
 * Review the Math Language Rubric
 * How is the Hiding Assessment going?
 * Where do we go from here?

NOTES:
 * Hiding Assessment:**
 * We discussed where kids are. We have been working and working on the concepts, but they still are still not automatic.
 * Language - The language from the assessment is not the same as we are using in class.
 * The goal is to see if the kids can hold a number in their head.
 * How many am I hiding? - When using the language each time, should we keep repeating the number everytime? Jody lets her students change the number each time.


 * Chris demonstrated another way to use cubes to demonstrate doubles. Begin with "Someone told me that you can use doubles to solve lots of problems." If there is a tower of 4 and a tower of 6, take one off the tower of 6 and add to the tower of 4 to make 2 towers of 5. This shows 4+6 = 5+5.

Chris will contact AMC to see where a typical first grader should be. - explain their thinking using correct vocabulary - use complete sentences (addition, subtraction, equation, equal sign, more, fewer, combine, plus sign, sum, combination, add, minus, subtract).
 * Using language:**
 * discussed the language rubric. Jenny shared how she has used the rubric. Carrie described how she is focusing on the language. She is hearing more of the language but it is still a work on progress. Kia hasn't used the rubric but has gone over what the language should sound like.
 * Katie suggested making a chart for what a good mathematician looks like and doesn't look like.
 * What do we want first grader to do
 * baby steps - start with one concept and build on from there. Jody started with the language. Now that she thinks the language (vocabulary is there), she will move on to complete sentences.
 * How can we assess vocabulary systematically? A checklist? Explain your strategy and I'm going to listen to your math words.

*Continue with working on combinations up to 10. *Work on vocabulary (see above red type) and/or using complete sentences when explaining their math strategies.
 * Where do we go from here? **

Review our notes on Erin's videos.
 * Future Session**