Tuesday Math Staff Meeting and Day 6 Collaboration

Staff,

At our staff meeting this Tuesday: Amanda, Jen, Paula and I will provide an overview of the updates on the Everyday Math Curriculum we received from Barb the consultant. Classroom teachers, please bring a device, your EDM Online log in information and any math materials you may want to plan with because there may be time at the end of the staff meeting to do some of this. Below is the presentation we'll be using, in case you want to preview it. 

EDM Overview Presentation  

Also a reminder that on Thursday, Amanda will be holding a Documentation Log support session in the media center at 8:05am. For those of you who attend, this session will take the  place of your Day 6 Collaboration. Again as Amanda stated in an earlier email, the intention of this time is to discuss what things you could use for artifacts and what to add to the reflection. I will also also attend in case you have questions for me. Amanda is developing a support document to assist you with your artifacts and reflections. She'll be sharing out this document on Thursday. 

Finally a reminder that the Forward Exam begins tomorrow for fourth grade students. They will be testing every day this week, for the majority of the day. Testing will occur in Mrs. Feyereisen's classroom, computer lab 118 and our SLD/EBD classrooms. Please assist in keeping the hallways quiet around these classrooms to provide the best learning environments we can for testing.    

NH Wisconsin Forward Exam Test Dates: March 28th-April 1 and April 18-22

NH Wisconsin Forward Exam Test Dates:  March 28th-April 1 and April 18-22

An online assessment for Wisconsin students, developed with Wisconsin educators.

Moving Forward

Beginning in spring 2016, Wisconsin students will take the Forward Exam. The new custom assessment will be administered in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3 through 8, in science and social studies in grades 4 and 8.

Our staff meeting this Tuesday is for all teachers in grades 3-5 and anyone involved in the spring assessments. This includes special educators and educational assistants who are supporting students with accomodations.   Prior to your students' testing window:  4th Grade:  March 28-April 1st and 3rd-5th Grades April 18-22. Please review the to do list below and complete the actions that pertain to you and your students. 

Forward Exam To Do List for Classroom Teachers

One week before:

• Attend building overview and view PowerPoint Guide
• Read through test protocol/script
• Sign confidentiality forms and give to Chris

One-two weeks before:

• View Tutorial videos as a class  Forward Exam Tutorials
• “Welcome” (53 seconds)
• For the “Signing in to an Online Tools Training Practice Session” you can start the video at 1 min 18 sec the information prior to that is not necessary for the students because the practice tutorials are available through the Media Center website. (total video is 4 min)
• “Pausing, Exiting, and Ending the Test” (3 min. 37 sec)
• “Testing Basics” (3 min. 26 sec)
• “Basic Tools and Navigation” (4 min 28 sec)
• “Protractor” for 4th Grade Students (1 min 18 sec)
• “Ruler” for 3rd and 4th Grade Students (43 sec)
• “Writing Tools” for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades (35 sec)
• Have students practice using tools in computer lab: Online Tools Training

One week before:

• Double check your testing schedule and review procedures
• Check student test tickets to double check all students have one and you are aware of accommodations (the office will print them, Chris and Kelli will get them in your binders)
• Special education teachers communicate out regarding accommodations to classroom teachers

Day of testing:

• Review Tutorial on beginning the test in your classroom with the students
•  Forward Exam Tutorials:  Signing in to an online test (4 min. 19 sec.)

• Have students take a book with them to the testing area
• Make sure you keep your own attendance record
• Questions can be directed to Chris, Kelli, Dolf or Jody Timm

Test Time:

• Read proctor guides as printed
• Monitor students
• Report any issues to Kelli, Chris, Dolf or Jody Timm

After test:

• Collect test tickets return to folders
• Collect all scratch paper from students for shredding
• Thank students for working hard!

Your Math Day 6

Staff,

I hope this blog finds you rested and rejuvenated after your spring break. As I mentioned in my blog prior to spring break, your Day 6 this Tuesday will be focused on math. In the previous blog, I attached the math protocol for planning out your next steps. You can use these protocols or one of the following online math tutorials, created by Amanda McCarthy and Lisa Skoyan, following our math committee meeting with an EDM consultant.

The first tutorial highlights online resources you can use to differentiate instruction during EDM lessons and also while utilizing math games:  Assessment Differentiation System.

This second video tutorial will support your utilization of updated online resources for our current EDM edition. A few helpful pieces in this tutorial are resources with tips to teach the open response, the standards of mathematical practices and the correlation between the EDM and the Common Core State Standards. Updated Resources to go with our Edition of EDM.

The third tutorial highlights the virtual learning community, a new online math game and E toolkit. Online Tools

Our math committee members attended the PD with EDM consultant Barb, and if you want additional information about these resources, please connect with one of those members:  Kim Domeier, Michelle Beer, Paula Feyereisen or Jennifer Schwalbach.