Sixth Grade Presentation

1
Sixth Grade Presentation
2
Mark NicolettiLanguage Arts
3
Colleen MarrenMathematics
4
Lisa LacombeReading
5
Christine MastrangeloScience
6
Matthew Ryan Social Studies
7
Angela RossettiSpecial Education
8
Smart Goal

• Students will demonstrate at least a 10 increase
  over their 5th grade results in the area of
  editing and revising as measured by the 2007 CMT

9
Data Collection

• 2007 CMT scores
• Nov., Jan., March, May writing prompt scores
• Weekly D.O.L. assessments (January),
  revisited in June

10
Students will be engaged in the following
activities

• D.O.L.
• Writing Prompts
• Editing / Revising mini lessons
• Self editing / reflective practice
• Rubric assessments

11
Team Activities

• Create weekly assessments utilizing D.O.L. type
  activities
• Create posters with consistent editing/revising
  guidelines
• Administer writing prompts

12
Professional Development

• Team meetings focused on smart goals
• After school team meetings
• Curriculum meetings
• Available workshops and in-service

13
Steps toward goal

• Develop baseline D.O.L. assessment in January.
• Develop common language related to editing and
  revising
• Reinforce student editing revising skills
• Utilize weekly D.O.L. assessments including
  student generated exercises.

14
The End