IRT UPDATES

Friday, August 19, 2011

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES (CURRICULUM) WIKI

• Access via Blackboard (or Wikispaces account)• IRT Updates• Assessment Info• Curriculum Info/Resources

Science Kit Refill Items—Storage Closets Living Organisms

◦ At least 1-2 week notice◦ No deliveries on Mondays

SCIENCE UPDATES

SCIENCE UPDATES

• K-2—Transition to NC Essential Standards• Science NC Essential Standards K-2– Broken into strands

• Forces and Motion• Matter, Properties, and Change• Earth Systems, Structures, & Process• Structures and Functions of Living Organisms

• C & I is asking K-2 teachers to begin the transition this year so that they may focus more on math and language arts transition to common core in the 2012-13 academic year.

SCIENCE UPDATES

• What are the major changes?– Kindergarten teachers will no longer teach the Comparing

and Measuring Unit/Kit (will move to 1st grade)• Weather, Investigating Properties, Animals 2 x 2

– 1st grade teachers will no longer teach the Solids & Liquids Unit/Kit (will move to 2nd grade)• Comparing & Measuring; Pebbles, Sand, & Silt; Organisms;

Balance and Motion

– 2nd grade teachers will no longer teach the Changes unit/kit (will move to 3rd grade next year)• Solids and Liquids; Air and Weather; Life Cycle of a Butterfly;

Sound

MATH UPDATES

MATH UPDATES

K-2 ASSESSMENT UPDATES

• The Kindergarten Initial Assessment– starts August 25– ends on September 23

• Remains the same this year • entering their data on a scan

sheet provided by the Testing Office

• C & I once again is not providing KIA recording sheets for the 2011-12 academic year.

• All K-2 department chairs should have received 1st quarter math assessments

• If need more e-mail IRT• 2nd grade teachers are

still expected to administer 2 science formative assessments this year

3-5 ASSESSMENT UPDATES

3-5 ASSESSMENT UPDATES• Short Term Solution• Assessments are posted on the Intranet at:

http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/c-and-i/assessments.htm

• Apperson Benchmark 3000 scanner and DataLink software program

• Students will use the Benchmark 29240 bubble-sheet to answer the assessments (if you still have an EZData forms from last year—recycle)

• It is required that only IRT scan bubble sheets and send assessment reports

• Teachers will receive assessment results electronically through a Biscom Delivery server

TESTING UPDATES

• CogAts and ITBS take place in Fall instead of Spring

• Sped. Ed.- 3rd Grade IEPs/Testing Accomodations

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

• Study Island accounts will be setup—10 day count

• Prescriptive Instruction (will be available again)

• Blackboard Support• IRT Instructional Technology Integration

Support—Smartboard, Classroom Response System, Airslates, etc.

TEXTBOOK UPDATES

• Inventory—Aug. 2011 count• Distribution of MX activity/homework books• Social Studies consumables

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

• PD Calendar (under construction)

• Staff PD Survey• E-schools– Search countywide

trainings– Check teacher

transcript

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