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Board - committee - Commission - council: 2819 MAY 29 PM 5: 04
Date: 2019-05-06 Time: 3:00 PM
Building: School - Birch Meadow Location: Conference Room
Address: 27 Arthur B Lord Drive Session: Open Session
Purpose: Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Valerie Heithaus
Alissa Gallegos
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Ashley Quinn
Gloia Butler
Jan Rhein
Julia Hendrix
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Julia Hendrix, Principal
Topics of Discussion:
1. Welcome and Agenda Review
2. Review Fountas and Pinnell Data-10 minutes
o Grade 3: There is data for all students but some got in after the deadline.
o We discussed that N to 0 in benchmark assessments is a large move-it takes a longer to get from N to
O.
o In Grade 5 the move from T to U is a large move and takes some time.
o We don't have a standardized system for making decisions from grade to grade to decide when to move
a student onto a new level. This relates to elements of comprehension and also to comprehension vs.
Fluency.
o Grade 5: Compared to the end of Grade 4 there is a decrease in high needs students at or above F&P
Benchmark.
Questions
• Can we break down fluency vs.comprehension in the subgroups?
• Should we be working on consistency between grade levels on how we move students to new levels?
3.Math Locates-15 minutes
Kindergarten
Data as of 54-18
Counting a Disorganized Pile of Counters: 91%at benchmark
Counting out a Pile of Counters 88%at benchmark
1 mon: : 14%at benchmark for(to 21)and 61 %Above(to 100)
1 less: 37%at benchmark(from 21)and 37%Above(from 100)
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Grade 1
Follow Up Meeting on 4-10-19
Assessment
• Do Number Arrangements for students who are a P for Identifies parts of number and a P or
less for Combines Parts of Number
• If they get an P or an A for Combines Parts of Number, then do Hiding
Workshop-currently
• Numbers to 40 and getting ready to do 2-digit addition and subtraction
Data as of 5-4-19
Describes and Combines Parts of Number: 85%at benchmark
Knows parts of number: 12%(benchmark to 10)
78%have met the April Benchmark
All students assessed
Grade 2
Follow Up Meeting on April 3
Update Hiding Assessment on anyone below 10 on either part of Hiding by April 12
Update Grouping 1 Os on anyone below benchmark by April 12
Practice for Hiding Students
• Room 12-Hiding practice in morning work
• Room 9- Number combinations practice in math time
• Room 11 -Pull a little group during morning work time to do intervention
Data
Grouping 10s: 84%at End of Year Benchmark
Hiding Assessment: 78%at October Benchmark
4. Critical Practices for Anti-Bias Education—30 minutes
How much buy-in is there in the community for doing anti-bias and anti-stereotyping work?
• When there's not a"reason" something happening in the school there seems like less urgent or less buy-
in?
• People feel like they don't need to worry about it or it's not their child.
Should we be doing assemblies around the K-12 Anti-Bias Anchor Standards and Domains?
Can we link this information to families—core values linked to the anti-bias standards?
Core Values Homework Night—
• Substituting—no adding—but instead of having a 5-minute conversation about the core value and anti-
bias standard.
June Meeting:
Write V goal for School Improvement Plan linking Anti-Bias Education to Core Values.
Next Year's Member Ideas
• Send Ashley the information letter
• tan will talk to Heather
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