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January 25, 2011

Writing Mock: Well Done

Writing- A lot of us feel we're in a better place than last year. Students are writing stories, not just words.

Spanish scores very high Strategies: know how it should sound, Perez feels with hers it is them. They are recognizing errors with extra writing practice. Students are aware of what they should be using.

Fine tuning in the month before the TAKS

Concentrate on what they do well- add to it a little at a time.

Problem solving test: Remember to estimate first Patterns: Problems where the answer choices are missing.

Ideas on Measurement: Estimation- don't need to measure, just need to estimate. What is the best Conversion-box method- draw a box have them figure out the relationship between the numbers. Use the formula chart.

1 = 12 5 * 12

12 / 12 60/12 Make the connection - Multiplication is nothing but a pattern, repeat addition - Not everyone gets there the same way, find out what works for the students - Draw it out!!!

Writing- Revising and Editing groups 41 students with 71 or below.

Narrative writing- Wills- Spanish

Revising and Editing- 3 groups- Hamilton, Perez, Bickham When are we starting? Monday Jan. 30th Duration- Math- Estimation needs further intervention- plus basic four operations. Order of operations. Grade Level- we'll decide further on grouping. Walker to get with additional intervention staff

February 1, 2011

New Groups: Changes? Everyone seems to be doing well We do need to remember let all the kids out at the same time. 1:58/1:59

Targets for writing: Editing and Revising No need for the composistion Wills- targeting: Looking at some compositions How long? -- 18 days of intervention left until writing test

Spanish editing and revising- Eventually Wills will need to transition to revising and editing Right now showing good work, conferencing, and mimic Through Feb 11 with this Begin Feb. 15 with editing and revising

Assessment: Feb. 14/15 TAKS passage- Perez '05 or '06-- 2 passages, during class time. Review the skills and move students as needed.

Math: Many math lessons need to be retaught

Rounding ideas: found that some need to learn how to round- Making a seperate group within the same classroom (Mr. V) May do some regrouping within the English group- rounding and place value (Round to the highest place value given OR answer choices)

Today: Rounding problems (5) should get 4-5 correct. Rounding to the thousands (Place value to the hundred millions). Syon to make a pre-assessment. See data at Math meeting, consider moving students at team meeting on Thursday. Students will be moved into groups (if needed) Monday Feb. 7.

Order of operations: be sure to round first and the operation

Next week: Bring examples of student work both math and writing

February 8

Writing: Intervention covered: punctuation, commas in a series- students not doing well with commas

Wills: Showed a picture, writing from the perspective of a little girl in the picture.

Revising Assessment: Language Arts teachers will give on Friday, Feb. 11. - Released TAKS. Needs to be graded by next PLC meeting, which is the Data meeting. Reading Data: Characterization assessments already given in class and paired passage from release TAKS to be given this week and graded before next meeting.

How are we going to help students who are still having trouble? Intervention teachers are putting together small groups to assist these children Possibly involve librarian (who has expressed an interest in helping) have her read specific books during Library to aid Reading

Decided to leave groups as they are for now.

Math:

Decided not to do a seperate group for rounding.

Moving to measurement (length, width, conversion, capacity, temperature), elapsed time, problem solving, and revisiting rounding when needed.

TAKS- Using questions formated how the students will be tested. Close estimation today (2/8) Begin with measurement (2/9) No assessment before Data meeting, several questions have not been covered would not be fair to students. Rounding and estimation assessment not needed, improvement being seen in classroom

Possibly look into alternate review (games, warm-ups, Lone Star) with students

New Roles for next week Facilitator: Syon Time keeper: Wills Process Observer: Hamilton Notes: Perez Organizer: Brown

Bring data for date meeting next week.

February 22, 2011

Writing Intervention Groups: What are we doing in writing interventions? Confusion: Plan for Intervention this week was revising and editing. Pep Rally- Monday 2/28- 1:45

Blitz- Monday- Friday --- Schedule has been hashed out and time blocks have been assigned for each activity.

Brown-Syon-Hamilton- group may be working out the grouping --- possibly rotating groups.

Math-

Math Interventions- 3/3- 3/24

Fractions and decimals - Problem Solving Goal for next PLC will be to discuss overall progress with decimals and fractions.

Pep Rally-- Monday 1:450 2:20 I got a feeling I will survive What you know about TAKS
 * Words from Mrs. Mustin--- 1:451:50
 * Group Performances 1:50- 2:10
 * Songs -- 2:10-2:20

__**March 29, 2011**__ __**Reading Interventions:**__ **Vocabulary, Context Clues, Main Idea, Enrichment**
 * Blitz- 2 days for Blitz- Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21**
 * Pep Rally on the 25th time to be announced**
 * Foldable will be used to organize and maintain all that is discussed.**
 * Idea #1- replicate what we did for Writing Blitz**
 * Keep all our kids**
 * it will be to the discretion of the teachers to decide whether they want to do the full math and full reading day or 1/2 and 1/2**

II. Blitz outlines for both subjects are done III. Planned and made copies for intervention groups
 * We will fill the foldable with the targeted objectives...**
 * comprehensive tool kit and national geographic.**
 * At curriculum planning we will decide what objectives we will put in the foldable and possible lessons.**
 * Review items for math have been discussed based on MOCK.**
 * Our grade level theme...... superheroes... To Exemplary and Beyond!!!**
 * We will come up with our characters.**
 * The foldable will be the top secret order or mission.**
 * Mission Orders for Mission Exemplary**
 * New Roles for April 12th**
 * Facilitator-- Mrs. Perez**
 * Notes-- Wills**
 * Timekeeper-- Augustine**
 * Organizer-- Bickham**
 * Process Observer-- Syon**
 * April 12, 2011**
 * I. Interventions (Reading Objectives)- Make two reading groups for main idea**
 * **18 students failed main idea**
 * **10 students failed vocabulary**
 * **spanish students struggled with main idea- Spanish will keep the same groups**
 * **create inferencing and drawing conclusions for 8 groups**
 * **created groups for the next 5 days**
 * super heros for each teacher


 * April 19, 2011**


 * Intervention geared to 5th grade math objectives
 * Starts May 2nd- 6th, May 9-12
 * Incorparate Division:double digits, Math facts (0-12), and Math Vocabulary. Estamating solutions.
 * Measurement: Converting measurements, reasonable measurements
 * Give mini assessments to determine students abilities
 * Rounding, Real Life Situations, Elapsed Time

Bilingual Intervention with Science Vocabulary
 * Using Taks scopes
 * Word Study/ 4 steps with science voc

Intervention Teachers for Math/Science Syon- division Perez- multiplication facts Velazquez- estimation solution Brown- convert measurement Wills- Science (bil) Hamilton- Science (bil) Bickham- Multiplication Facts Augustine- Reasonable Measurement


 * May 3, 2011**
 * Math Intervention-May 3 through May 27th**
 * Continue with math and science**
 * Math interventions are going well, science going well**