RRISD ElementaryLanguage Arts Program

Status Report

Presented by: Floridalia Zúñiga-Gray August 6, 2015

Mission:Round Rock ISD will provide exemplary education, guidance and encouragement to empower all students to reach their individual potential and become contributing members of a diverse community.

District Goal 1: Increase student achievement as measured by growth, focusing on core instruction while providing opportunities for intervention and enrichment.

District Goal 2: Establish a positive school culture and climate that continues to enhance RRISD as a highly effective learning organization.

District Goal 3: Develop innovative and engaging learning environments for students and staff

District Mission and Goals

District Goal 1: Increase student achievement as measured by growth, focusing on core instruction while providing opportunities for intervention and enrichment.

Increase the percent of students meeting or exceeding TEA’s Student Progress Measure by 3 percent

Increase the percentage of economically disadvantaged students achieving passing rates on the statewide standardized testing program by a minimum of 2 percent

Increase the percent of students in all student groups meeting college readiness standards

Student Achievement

All Stu-dents

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Level II 88 100 95 93 80 79 72 68 66

Level III 37 86 59 42 22 17 16 17 10

Level I 12 NaN 5 7 20 21 28 32 34

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2015 STAAR Reading 3rd Grade

2015 STAAR Reading 4th Grade

All Stu-dents

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Level II 87 100 95 93 78 66 71 53 71 61

Level III 40 88 66 46 24 9 16 12 14 7

Level I 13 0 5 7 22 34 29 45 29 39

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Level II 81 99 95 87 70 62 60 37 64 51

Level III 18 51 46 16 7 2 4 3 7 1

Level I 19 1 5 13 30 38 40 63 36 49

Personal Narrative

62 80 75 63 54 50 49 42 54 46

Expository 55 69 65 56 50 47 46 8 50 43

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2015 STAAR Writing 4th Grade

Continue: Project-Based Learning Dual Language

Enrichment Model & increase Two-way DLE

Sheltered Instruction-Making Language accessible to all students

Innovations in Technology Integration

Formative Assessments

Areas of Strength and Areas of Growth

(District Goals 1—3)

Address: • Index 2 – Student Progress• Correlates lack of

movement in scores –• Address in PLC/GLLC

• Index 3 – Closing the Gaps• Correlates to the

discrepancy in scores between

• Culturally Responsiveness Teaching

• ELPS/Language Objectives

The ARRC provides teachers with planning documents that:

Ensure equal opportunities for all students to learn the curriculum Reduce gaps and unproductive redundancies in the curriculum Serve as a basis for district curriculum-based assessments Focus teacher planning time on instruction

Components: At-A-Glance Maps – provide information on required units of instruction at a summary

level Instructional Timelines – provide unit details required for planning for daily instruction Six or nine week bundles of TEKS/SEs – organized by grading period Examples and specifications defining the TEKS/SE – clarify state standards that

need additional detail Language of Instruction – identifies key academic terminology teachers use when

working with students Additional resources – specifies model lessons and resources provided to campuses

Curriculum Alignment

District Goal 3: Develop innovative and engaging learning environments for students and staff

Successfully integrate the 4 C’s (content, collaboration, communication, and creativity), providing relevant instruction that emphasizes higher-order thinking skills

Successfully implement the Next Generation Digital Classroom, enriching the curriculum and expanding learning opportunities by providing enhanced technology

Increase high levels of engagement, using key metrics from the HB 5 Community and Student Engagement accountability framework

Professional Development

Model Lesson ReadingSubject/Skill: 3rd Grade—Cause and Effect

TEKS/SE:3.13(D) use text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locateinformation and make and verify predictions about contents of text

Lesson Objective: Identify implicit cause-and-effect relationships in nonfiction.

Instructional Strategies:*Watch YouTube video-Cause and Effect: build background*I will Explain that cause-and-effect relationships can also be found in nonfiction and can be used to understand the content of the text. I will begin reading The Planets by Gail Gibbons identifying and charting cause-and-effect relationships in the text, stopping at page 4. I will model my thinking as I identify and/or infer the cause-and-effect relationships.*Questions/prompts with an emphasis on providing “wait time” to allow students to think & respond. *Turn & Talk

Guided Practice*We will continue reading The Planets and charting cause-and-effect relationships in the text stopping before the page about Earth. (Direct Teaching and Guided Practice Example Chart is provided below.)Independent Practice*You will listen as I read one of the remaining sections from the book. You will identify two cause-and-effect relationships from the text, labeling each cause and effect. (Independent Practice worksheet is provided below.)Differentiation: The students will be asked to work in pairs and picking a book of their choice to create a poster identifying all the elements of a story (title, characters, sequence of events identifying the cause and effects throughout the story). Assessment Instruments/Procedures:-Participation and accurate responding when called upon.-Locate clue words to identify the cause and effect on graphic organizer Materials:The Planets, Gail Gibbons, Anchor Chart with Clue words-because, so, if then, as a result of, therefore, since , plus new vocabulary, definitions of cause and effect: Chart paper and markers for cause and effect activityYouTube Video on Cause and Effect

3rd Grade Cause and Effect