We had our first grade level data share on Tuesday. We brought our Unit 1 Math Test scores. We each shared our low and high scores. We discussed students of concern and added them to the computer file. We came to a conclusion that our lowest of the low are already getting interventions in reading support and computer math. Some are also getting a Read Naturally intervention. We decided to reteach for these students, instead of putting them in another intervention. Next, we looked at those close to the benchmark. We contemplated a 30-day intervention, but most of us felt that a reteach within our classrooms will be sufficient to help them grasp the missed skills. We will each keep extra watch on those students, and will see how they do after the next unit test.
I was very pleased with the enthusiasm brought to the table when I asked my group of students to work with the skill they had not mastered on the unit one math test. I think they had begun to grasp the concept, and there was pride in their work. It was a big change from some some of the unengaged behaviors I had gotten during whole group instruction. If I have learned anything these last few years, it is that if students fail to participate in class, it probably means they are unsure about the skill, and need to be checked!
Another teacher shared Unit 1 Math vocabulary labels for our student math notebooks. I used these, and liked how students could go back to look up vocabulary. I made labels for Unit 2 Math, and shared these with my grade level.
I reread "The Best Day" post and compared it to this week. I was gone a day. On Friday, there was a change in the barameter. Some student behaviors were not the best. I wonder if a study has been done on full moons and changes in weather. It seems to affect some students, but not all. Anyway, I decided we are still in the first six weeks of school. Community is still being built.
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