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Back To School Night 2013-2014

Back To School Night 2013-2014. Betsy Rectenwald brectenwald@sanjuan.edu. Communication. Email: brectenwald@sanjuan.edu Class News and Information Friday Folder Website : http:// www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/brectenwald /. The Fourth Grade Year.

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Back To School Night 2013-2014

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  1. Back To School Night2013-2014 Betsy Rectenwaldbrectenwald@sanjuan.edu

  2. Communication • Email: brectenwald@sanjuan.edu • Class News and Information • Friday Folder • Website: http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/brectenwald/

  3. The Fourth Grade Year • Organization and Responsibility: THE BINDER (a work in progress) • In the Brochure Curriculum Homework: Please sign the Friday folder, planner and tests READ, READ, READ! Classroom Behavior Management Field Trips Class fees $70 • Birthdays • Class Fees (field trips, planner, auction project, consumable science and social studies materials) $70 • Fees can be paid in two payments

  4. Homework • Binder and Planner • Homework should last around 45 minutes • Homework will be given Monday –Thursday night • Let them take responsibility, be there to answer questions and assist when necessary. This is the year for them to take on the responsibility they will need to be successful in school. • Special projects • Please sign the planner, Friday Folder, and tests • READ, READ, READ! • AR: This is an assessment of independent reading. Their goals: First Trimester-25 points, Second Trimester-30 points and Third Trimester 35 points.

  5. Big Changes Ahead! • Shift from California State Standards to Common Core Standards • Last year of STAR testing • Smarter Balance Testing • Measures of Academic Practice (MAP) • Project Based Learning

  6. Common Core Standards • Moving To Common Core State Standards (CCSS) this year • Deeper thinking • Reflect the knowledge and skills relevant to the real world • http://vimeo.com/51933492 • http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards • Challengethisyear: We do nothave a new reportcardbasedon Common Core

  7. Standardized Testing and STAR Reporting • This is our last year of STAR testing. After this school year, there will be no more paper and pencil, multiple choice, one letter answer questions. • Preparing for the change through (MAP) Measures of Performance testing, which will eventually lead us to Smarter Balance testing. • Eventually using Smarter Balance testing to evaluate student growth. This will replace STAR next year. • Switching from California State Standards to Common Core State Standards

  8. MAP Testing • Measures of Academic Progress • Understanding each student’s academic level gives teachers the power to help them excel • MAP dynamically adapts to a student’s responses – as they take the test. Answer a question correctly and the test presents a more challenging item. Miss a question, and MAP offers a simpler item. In this way, the test narrows in on a student’s learning level, engaging them with content that allows them to succeed. • Administered 3 times a year: September, December, March • http://vimeo.com/63121629

  9. Smarter Balance Testing • Last year 4-6 grade students were part of Smarter Balance Testing. • The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is developing next-generation assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA/literacy) and Mathematics for grades 3-8 and 11. Assessments usecomputer adaptive testing technologies to the greatest extent possible to provide meaningful feedback and actionable data that teachers and other educators can use to help students succeed. • What does this look like? • http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm

  10. Project Based Learning • Thanks to our PTO, the teachers here at Del Dayo had 3 days of training from the Buck Institute last June. • In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking, research, use of technology). • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8

  11. Questions? Thanks for coming! I am looking forward to working together this year! Volunteer opportunities Lunch Duty – Help if you can? Sign-in Sheet? Fingerprinted and Automobile Information Updated?

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