Attaining Learning Outcomes = Higher Achievement
English Language Arts will be instructed through GUIDED READING. Our Leveled Literacy Intervention Kits will be a vital part of our literacy instruction. Please watch the video to help you as you develop your instruction. Weekly assessments on standards will be recorded in Mastery Connect and reviewed during weekly PLC meetings. Intervention strategies will be discussed.
July 2016 Calendar
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Brett Principal Meeting All Day
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Listening Centers (from Scholastic.com):
At this center, children can listen to books on tape as they follow along in the text.Organization and Routines
Materials—You will need a tape player, books, and tapes on which you’ve recorded the books. You might also want to have headphones. It’s important to have several copies of each book at the center, so that each student can follow along in his or her own book. If your children are ready to write in response to their listening, provide a basket in which to store the response sheets. Also provide supplies such as pens, pencils, markers, and crayons
Designate a Space—I set up my listening center at a table in a corner area, so that any sound issues are minimized.
Listening Center Response—You can have your students complete a response after listening to the story. In the early literacy stages, I ask children just to illustrate their favorite part of the story. As the students become more-independent writers, I invite them to write in response to the stories that they read.
Create Listening Center Rules—You can work with your students to create rules or steps to follow when at the listening center. Be sure to keep the language simple and post the rules nearby. Use picture symbols whenever possible.
Designate Listening Center Jobs—One of the problems that teachers often face at the listening center is that children argue over who will press play, and who will press stop. In order to prevent this, you can designate these roles. Note that I include a green star on the rules chart after Step 2, and a red star after Step 4. I also post a chart and use clothespins with a red or green star to indicate who has which job. I rotate the jobs each time a group goes to the center.
Post Job Reminder—To help children be more independent in this center, post a reminder of what the green star and the red star mean.
Label Tape Recorder—I put the same green star on the play button and the same red star on the stop button.
Tip—If you decide not to have children use headphones, be sure that you record your tapes at a volume that students at the center can hear, but that won’t disrupt children at other centers.
Listening Center in Motion
At the center, children choose a book and tape. After listening to the book, they complete a response form. When rules and routines are clearly stated and modeled, children know how to use this center appropriately.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
To Develop Every Child Into a Reader:
- Everyday a child reads something they choose to read.
- Every child reads accurately
- Every child reads something they understand.
- Every child writes something that is personal and meaningful daily.
- Every child talks with peers about reading and writing.
- Every child hears an adult reader read fluently.
- All Students WILL achieve academically.
- Reading: Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level.
- Math: Increase math achievement by 10% with 80% mastery of math facts on grade level.
- Writing: Increase writing proficiency by 15%
- Student Attendance: Increase student attendance to 98%.
- Increase Faculty Attendance to 98%
Melissa Brett | Principal
Coolidge Elementary
School | Oklahoma City Public Schools
5212 S.
Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119
(405)
587-2800
(405)
208-1581 (cell)
