Sixth+Grade+Monthly

=Monthly Point Of View...=

Teachers in attendance: Trawick, Hooper, Cribb, Childs Nov - Trawick, Cribb, Childs Dec - Trawick, Hooper, Cribb, Childs

Where are you on your long-range plans, pacing, and content standards? Oct - ﻿Honors - Begun Chap 3 ad ready for a quiz. Adv. - Finished Chap 1. Glencoe - Finished first 1/2 of chap 2 Nov. Honors - Finished and tested on first half of chap 4. Now doing 5-3 (out of order) On pace. Adv.- Beginning 2-9. Somewhat behind pacing because of the "5th grade skills" 2-6 to 2-8 that students were woefully lacking in. Glencoe - Just finished first half of chap 3 and given quiz. Beginning second half of chapter 2. Somewhat behind pacing. DEC: Because many students were gone to Camp Greenville for 3 days we did a packet of review material.

After the analysis of your most recent assessment, how will you address student strengths and weaknesses? Oct. May have to slow down because students are so far behind in numbers and operations (Honors; fractions) Nov. Using peer tutoring with lower performing students so we can move on. More work on board and Smartboard. DEC: Because many students were gone to Camp Greenville for 3 days we did a packet of review material.

How have you used your student’s scores (PASS, MAP, formative/summative assessments, grade distribution sheets) to differentiate instruction? Oct. Can't get into MAPs yet. Using whiteboards to help us quickly assess mastery of individual concepts. Nov. Now can see MAP scores. Small groups with Accelerated Math. DEC: Because many students were gone to Camp Greenville for 3 days we did a packet of review material.

Where did this week’s learning goals fall within Bloom’s Taxonomy? Oct. Glencoe - Interpreting data (bar graphs, line plots, etc) Creating graphs and frequency tables. Advanced - Evaluating to find like terms in algebraic expressions. Honors - Evaluatng like/unlike terms. Analyzing - canceling before multiplying fractions. Nov. Glencoe - Estimating in decimals. Solving decimal multiplication problems. (Level 6) Adv. - Creating factor trees. (Level 6) Honors - Constructing Algebra Proofs/ combining like terms/ Modifying with distributive Property (Level6)

DEC: Because many students were gone to Camp Greenville for 3 days we did a packet of review material.

In looking at your last formal/informal assessment, identify the level of Bloom's utilized within that assessment. Oct. Evaluating at all math levels.

Nov. Level 6 (See above)

DEC: Because many students were gone to Camp Greenville for 3 days we did a packet of review material.

Comments ~ Concerns ~ Needs (resources) Thanks for the timeliness of the benchmark schedule. Dec - Trawick shared a "ladder" method to find the GCF and LCM.

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