Agenda 6:00-6:25 Presentation: Mrs. Prouty, Mrs. Jackson, Miss McBride

6:25-6:45 Visit Specialists/Therapists/SPED Team

6:50-7:10 Teacher Presentations-Session 1

7:10-7:30 Visit Specialists/Therapists/SPED Team

7:35-7:55 Teacher Presentations-Session 2

*Announcements will be made when sessions are beginning and ending

In the Library All Specialists (PE, Music, Art, Instructional Technology)

Reading Specialist

School Nurse

School Psychologist

In Room 110

Special Education Teachers

Therapists (OT, PT, Speech)

Administrative Overview

Welcome & Introductions

Reading and Writing at DWS

DWS Communication & Character Building

DWS Thanks the MEF

for the STEAM Lab Grant! STEAM=Science, Technology,

Engineering, Arts, Mathematics Educational approach to

learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking

Students have opportunities to take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process

DWS STEAM Lab-Room 104

Lab tables with stools, STEAM lessons, supplies for various activities/projects

STEAM Lab is available for all classrooms to use

ELA/Reading

Year 2 Adoption of a Core Reading Series in ALL 5

Elementary Schools

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.

Title: Journeys Common Core

Why Journeys?• Research Based Comprehensive ELA Program

• Common Core Aligned

• Complete Suite of Integrated Assessments to

Improve Achievement

• Digital Resources

• Encompasses the Five Components of a Balanced

Literacy Program: Phonological Awareness,

Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and

Comprehension.

We Are On Track To Read College and

Career Level Texts

Journeys Common Core uses all text exemplars at the

correct grade level according to the Common Core. (54

total from K-6)

What does that mean?

Students are prepared to succeed

on MCAS or PARCC assessments.

Reading Instruction

Whole/Small Group

Core Instruction

(all students)

Tiered Interventions

Leveled Readers: 4 Levels

Below, On Level, Advanced, ELL

**DWS-Intervention Blocks

for Grades 1-4

DWS Reading Intervention Groups

Walk To Read Groups

Literacy Groups

WINN Groups

Intervention Groups

When Do the Groups Meet?

3 x per week (Oct.-May)

30-40 minutes daily

How Are Groups Formed? Data from DIBELS, SRI, DRA2s,

Fountas and Pinnell BAS, and classroom assessments

Who Facilitates the Groups? Classroom Teachers

SPED Teachers

Reading Specialists

Title 1 Tutors

Reading Tutors

Instructional Support Paraprofessionals

Assessments Guide Our Instruction

All K-5 Students • DIBELS (Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills)

(3x) Fall, Winter, Spring

• Journeys Common Assessments

Grades 2-5• SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)

(3x) Fall, Winter, Spring

Grades K & 1

• DRA2 or Fountas and Pinnell BASKindergarten-Emergent Literacy Assessment

Writing Focus 2016-2017All 5 MPSD Elementary Schools

Using Mentor Texts and the Six Traits

to Teach the Craft of Writing(within the 3 Modes of Writing)

What Are the 3 Modes/Purposes of Writing?1. Opinion/Argument

2. Informational

3. Narrative

Common Core State Standards

What are the Six Traits of Writing?

Ideas Organization

Voice Word Choice

ConventionsSentence Fluency

DWS Thanks the MEF

for 2 ELA Grants in 2015!

Grades 2-5

SRI -Scholastic Reading

Inventory Assessment (3x a

year)

Online assessment to

determine a student’s

Lexile level

Provides school to home

communication with book

recommendations

Grades K-5

6-Trait Writing Crates for

every classroom

Mentor Text Library of

600 books

Thank You PTO!Funding 2 Staff Book Clubs

Writing Winter/Spring 2016

18 Staff

Reading June, 2016 -Present

24 Staff

The Writing Thief, Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writingby Ruth Culham

The Book Whisperer, Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller

Congratulations Summer Readers!

Summer R E A D O Summer, 2015 87 Students

Summer, 2016 113 Students

Thank you

for your support!!!!!

Reading At Home

Marshfield Public Schools

Reading Requirement

30 Minutes 4 Times a Week

Communication from DWS!

We’d love for you to join in our digital communication!

Please follow us at:

Twitter: @DWSPPAL

FaceBook: Daniel Webster School PTO

YouTube: dwsmarshfield YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr7v1yY6kQwclAnRaNLXOlw

DWS Website:

http://www.mpsd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=19

DANIEL WEBSTER SCHOOL

2016 - 2017

“RESPECT… WHO AND WHAT MUST WE RESPECT?”

Character Building at DWS PeaceBuilders Program

PRIDE Awards & Warm Fuzzies

Costa Rican Maleku Tribe Leadership Mask

PRIDE Word of the Month

Global Learning

Classroom Incentives

Gold Plate Lunch Award

Review of Tonight’s Agenda 6:00-6:25 Presentation: Mrs. Prouty, Mrs. Jackson, Miss McBride

6:25-6:45 Visit Specialists/Therapists/SPED Team

6:50-7:10 Teacher Presentations-Session 1

7:10-7:30 Visit Specialists/Therapists/SPED Team

7:35-7:55 Teacher Presentations-Session 2

*Announcements will be made when sessions are beginning and ending

“Above all else, we must preserve the

dignity of the child.”