Mid-Year Review

School Improvement Plan

2012-2013

Spring Place Elementary

Title I Distinguished School

Mid-Year Review
School Improvement Plan
2012-2013

System and School Name: Murray County – Spring Place Elementary
School Year: 2012-2013

School-wide Goals
Goal 1: Student Achievement
Desired results for Student Learning:Students will demonstrate higher competencies in the areas of Reading / ELA; Math, Science and Social Studies.
Goal 2: Student Achievement
Desired Results for Student Learning: Students with disabilities will demonstrate higher competency in the areas of Reading and Math.
Goal 3: Student Attendance
Desired Results for Student Learning: Students will demonstrate improved attendance through compliance with school’s attendance policy.
Goal 4: Learning Communities
Desired Results for Student Learning: Administrators, teachers, and staff will collaborate on a regular basis in order to increase student achievement.
Goal 5: Technology Integration
Desired Results for Student Learning: Teachers will incorporate student use of technology resources into the curriculum to promote higher order thinking skills and engage students.

Goal 1: Student Achievement
Desired results for Student Learning:Students will demonstrate higher competencies in the areas of Reading / ELA; Math, Science and Social Studies.

Kindergarten:

Goal Statement: 90% of kindergarten students will master the 55 pre-primer sight words; will master basic addition and subtraction facts from 0—5 per Common Core; will benchmark on DIBELS Letter Naming fluency and Phoneme Segmentation fluency; will be able to write a complete sentence with correct spacing, capitalization, and punctuation with 80% accuracy. Students who master the pre-primer words will be accelerated.

Grade Level Goals:

  • Kindergarten teachers will continue to work on letter naming fluency to achieve 95% mastery of all students by the end of kindergarten.
  • Phoneme segmentation – striving for 95% mastery by all students by the end of kindergarten.

DIBELS DATA:

Beginning:

Red – 33 students

Yellow – 33 students

Green – 35 students

Middle:

Red – 8 students

Yellow – 13 students

Green – 90 students

Ways Grade Level is Working toward CRCT:

  • Kindergarten teachers will continue helping their students build the foundations of knowledge they will need to become successful students.
  • Kindergarten teachers will continue building higher order thinking skills by using frameworks activities and other resources that require students to explore concepts in-depth.
  • Kindergarten teachers will incorporate lessons and activities reflective of the WIDA Can Do Descriptors and levels 3 and 4 on the Depth of Knowledge Chart.

First Grade:

Goal Statement: For 2012-2013, First Grade is aiming to reach the goal of having 85% of the students pass the Reading / ELA Benchmark Post-Test and 85% of the students pass the Math Benchmark Post-Test.

Grade Level Goal:

  • It is the goal of first grade to achieve 85% on all Georgia Performance Standards in Language Arts and Math.

Progress toward ELA / Reading Goals Based on Data for First Grade:

First Grade Benchmark 1: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Acosta52.672.9+20.3

Dotson43.659.7+16.1
Guy41.662.8+21.7
Souther49.468.2+18.8

Wooldridge53.564.2+10.7

First Grade Benchmark 2: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Acosta57.389.7+32.4

Dotson56.274.4+18.2
Guy52.575.0+22.5
Souther55.078.5+23.5

Wooldridge58.978.9+20.0

Strengths in Language:

1L5a Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent

1W5a May include oral or written prewriting (graphic organizers)

1RL6 Who is telling the story in text of appropriate complexity

Weaknesses in Language:

1RI3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of informational in a text

1RL2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson

1L1c Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences

Summary of Language Arts / Reading Goals:

  • Oral reading 60 words per minute (EOY)
  • Demonstrate 80% of standard 1RL1
  • Demonstrate 80% on using nouns with matching verbs

How First Grade is Working Toward the Language Arts / Reading Goals:

First grade will focus on oral reading fluency (ORF) with knowledge of sight words. First grade teachers will work on recognizing key details in various texts. First grade will use repetitive oral and written examples of subject verb agreement examples.

Progress toward Math Goals Based on Data for First Grade:

First Grade Benchmark 1: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Acosta42.970.3+27.4

Dotson41.664.7+23.1
Guy44.264.4+20.2
Souther43.566.5+23.0

Wooldridge46.560.3+14.3

First Grade Benchmark 2: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Acosta54.087.5+33.5

Dotson53.578.3+24.8
Guy56.189.4+33.3
Souther60.085.6+25.6

Wooldridge66.485.3+18.9

Strengths in Math:

MD.3 Tell time in hours and half hour

G.3 Fractions half and quarters

G.1 Attributes of two dimensional or three dimensional

Weaknesses in Math:

MD2 Express the length of an object as a whole number of length unit

G2 Compose two dimensional or three dimensional shapes to create a composite shape

Summary of Goals:

  • Knowledge of addition and subtraction facts using number to 18
  • Achieve 80% in shapes and measurement standards

Ways First Grade is working toward the Math Goals:

The first grade will use interactive computer programs, small groups, and mini-lessons to reinforce and re-teach improve measurement of definite objects. First grade will use interactive computer games, small group centers, and individualized fact practice and assessments to obtain our goal for students to connect the understanding of the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. Additionally, word problems will be used during math journal writing times.

How First Grade is Working Toward CRCT Goal of 825:

  • Student friendly data to set goals and communicate data to students
  • High expectations for students
  • Grade level planning based on data
  • Differentiated instruction
  • OAS practice tests

Second Grade:

Goal Statement:Second Grade Benchmarks Goals:

Second grade will increase the benchmark post test averages in English Language Arts (ELA) from a baseline of 80% in 2012-2013 to 90% in 2012-2013. We will increase the benchmark post test averages in math from a baseline of 83% in 2012-2013 to 90% in 2012-2013.

Progress toward ELA / Reading Goals Based on Data for Second Grade:

Benchmark Results:

The benchmark scores for the first eight weeks in ELA increased an average of 50%. The average score on the post test was 82%. On the math benchmark, the scores increased an average of 30%. The average score on the post test was 80%.

The benchmark scores for the second eight weeks in ELA decreased 10%. The average score on the post test was 80%. On the math benchmark, the scores increased an average of 27%. The average score on the post test was 85%. Second grade’s goal is to have 80% of the standards mastered on the end-of-the-year test. We will achieve this goal by looking at the previous benchmark tests and re-teaching the standards not mastered. These skills will be added as mini-lessons to the regular math and reading lessons. Second grade teachers will also focus on these standards during intervention and small group activities.

DIBELS

The end of year goal for second grade reading fluency is 90 words per minute. There are several students who have yet to meet the goal of 90 words per minute. Second grade teachers have set a goal of at least 80% of students reaching 90+ words per minute by the end of the year. In order for this to happen, teachers will work intensely with students on timed reading passages, fluency reading strips, leveled reading, nonsense word fluency, and blends. These activities will be the focus of reading centers and intervention. Teachers will also seek parent support by providing materials for parents to use at home to assist their children.

Sight Words

Sight words play a vital role in oral reading fluency. Therefore, another goal second grade teachers would like is for students to master 85% of the 385 sight words from pre-primer to third grade. At the beginning of the year, second grade students knew an average of 262 sight words, and at the mid-year assessment, second grades students knew an average of 323 sight words. Obtaining the goal of at least 85% mastery of the 385 sight words, will require second grade students to study sight words during small group instruction, intervention, and through nightly homework practice. The teachers will work intensively with students on the words that have not yet been mastered. Small group literacy centers will be designed around the words they need to master. Students will also use a variety a literacy games that will focus on sight word knowledge.

Progress toward Math Goals Based on Data for Second Grade:

Fact fluency is essential for students to have strong math skills. At the beginning of the year the second grade’s average for addition was 67%. The average for subtraction was 37%. At the middle of the year second grade’s average for addition was 79%. The average for subtraction was 45%. We hope to continue to improve in all areas and by the end of the year have an overall average of 85%. Using Xtramath will help us increase our test scores and develop strong number sense in each of our students. “XtraMath is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. Our goal is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities and make them available for free” (xtramath.org, 2009). Xtramath, when used effectively has seemed to improve math fact fluency for each child. This program provides daily training on math facts and is individually structured based on each child’s needs. We will also incorporate math fact fluency games into math centers as well as have students focus on just math facts atleast ten minutes per day. The teachers will use a variety of strategies for the student to master their math facts.

How Second Grade is Working Toward all Goals

  • Student friendly data to set goals and communicate data to students
  • High expectations for students
  • Grade level planning based on data

Differentiated instruction

Third Grade:

Goal Statement: All third graders will meet or exceed standards on the Common Core / CRCT standardized assessment in Language, Reading, and Math, based on the new Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS). The third grade teachers expect their students to obtain a common average of 80% mastery level in Language, 85% mastery level in Reading, and a 90% mastery level in Mathematics.

Progress toward ELA / Reading Goals Based on Data for Third Grade:

Third Grade Benchmark 1: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Edwards42.466.1+23.7
Lawson42.665.7+23.1
Blazer37.860.8+23
Brindle38.172.9+34.8

Third Grade Benchmark 2: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Edwards53.6669.94+16.28
Lawson50.1161.33+11.2
Blazer44.960.46+15.47
Brindle40.5866.9+26.41

Actions, Strategies, and Interventions for Improvements in ELA / Reading

Actions, strategies, and interventions for improvements in ELA / Reading are as follows: Read-alouds, vocabulary, Writing to Win, Brain Pop, Read with Sarah activities, phonics, sight words, decodable text, differentiated small group instruction, building fluency card banks, Quick Reads, differentiated reading instruction, repeated reading, reader’s theater, engage all students in 21st century technology. In addition to these previous strategies, the third grade will also offer before and after school tutoring, phrase card practice, CRCT comprehension practice stories, timed readings, Education City, Fast ForWord, Reading Assistant, SCOOT Pad Math, Online Assessment System (OAS), and netTrekker.

Furthermore, the alignment of unit and pacing guides to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) will be monitored, Learning Focused Strategies will be implemented, and CRCT data will be analyzed to identify specific domains that need improvement. Third grade also seeks to increase parental involvement in student achievement, increase higher order thinking skills, provide academic goal setting opportunities for students, strengthen vocabulary development through the use of words, picture sentences, create a school wide comprehension focus strategy each month, and offer after school tutoring. Finally, third grade uses individual student data folders to show the progress toward goals based on benchmark data.

Progress toward Math Goals Based on Data for Third Grade:

Third Grade Benchmark 1: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Edwards35.672.6+37
Lawson36.264.3+28.1
Blazer27.854.2+26.4
Brindle32.776.3+43.6

Third Grade Benchmark 2: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Edwards54.5284.77+30.25
Lawson51.8275.65+23.83
Blazer42.6366.58+23.95
Brindle56.8883.33+26.45

Actions, Strategies, and Interventions for Improvements in Math

Actions, strategies, and interventions for improvements in Math are as follows: ten frame, place value mat, scaffold instruction, addition / subtraction facts, multiplication and division facts, counting on activity, array activities, Van de Walle picture, Van de Walle teaching cards, subtraction with regrouping, place value mat with base ten blocks, Brain Pop, improve understanding of math concepts through the use of manipulatives, and improve fluency of basic math facts. Teachers will also engage all students in 21st century technology.

In addition to these previous strategies, the third grade will also utilize technology with iPads, various reading and math iPad applications (apps), SCOOT Pad Math, OAS, IXL Math, Multiplication.com, Xtramath and netTrekker. Additionally, teachers will implement after school tutoring, math training, differentiated small group instruction, Brenda Erwin problem solving strategies, and Education City.

Evidence of Mastery of Third Grade Reading and Math Goals

The following assessments will produce evidence of mastery of third grade reading and math goals: DIBELS, Benchmark Testing, Informal Phonics, Math data, Xtramath data, i-Ready, sight word assessments, Elements of Phonics, Spelling inventory, STAR Reading, Fast ForWord, Reading Progress Indicator

How Third Grade is Working Toward CRCT Goal of 825:

  • Plan together specific subjects
  • Share data and ideas for improvement
  • High expectations for students
  • Depth of Knowledge in subjects to promote higher level thinking
  • More technology, fewer papers
  • Plan with ELL and EIP teachers for improvement among these struggling students

Fourth Grade:

Goal Statement: Fourth grade will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the CRCT in Math from a 69% in 2012 to 90% in 2013; will increase Reading from 83% in 2012 to 95% in 2013.

Progress toward ELA / Reading Goals Based on Data for Fourth Grade:

Fourth Grade Benchmark 1: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Collins42.0957.2+14.30
Howard54.271.8+17.60
Pacheco44.565.4+20.90

Vest42.957.2+14.30

Fourth Grade Benchmark 2: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Collins45.2860.15+14.9
Howard54.7669.51+14.8
Pacheco39.5756.88+17.3

Vest38.3847.64+9.26

Progress toward Math Goals Based on Data for Fourth Grade:

Fourth Grade Benchmark 1: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Collins50.0960.6+10.5
Howard53.985.7+31.08
Pacheco47.069.3+22.30

Vest44.459.2+14.8

Fourth Grade Benchmark 2: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Collins46.2274.00+27.8
Howard52.0779.32+27.3
Pacheco40.5764.38+23.8

Vest36.9755.44+18.5

Progress toward Science Goals Based on Data for Fourth Grade

Fourth Grade Benchmark 1: Science

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %

Collins46.3678.45+32.09
Howard50.5184.0+33.49
Pacheco45.9767.9+21.93

Vest38.7968.13+29.34

Actions, Strategies, and Interventions for Improvements in Math, ELA, and Science

  • Multiple teaching tools and resources
  • Teaching with differentiation for multiple academic levels
  • Teaching to the multiple learning styles
  • English Language Learner Services
  • EIP Services
  • Tutoring after school
  • Communication with parents
  • Education web sites for school and home
  • Xtramath
  • Georgia OAS
  • Study Island
  • Education City
  • Scoot Pad

Evidence of Mastery of Fourth Grade Reading and Math Goals

  • Monitoring student progress through data collected:
  • 4th Grade Math Benchmark
  • 4th Grade ELA Benchmark
  • Daily and weekly formal and informal assessments
  • Xtramath.org, georgiaoas.org
  • 4th Grade Science Benchmark
  • DIBELS Assessment Weekly and Bi-Weekly

How Fourth Grade is Working Toward CRCT Goal of 825:

  • After school tutoring
  • XtraMath
  • Study Island
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Intervention
  • Coach Practice Books

Fifth Grade:

Goal Statement: Fifth grade will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the CRCT in Reading / ELA from a baseline of 92.65% in 2011 to 94% in 2012 and 96% in 2013, will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the CRCT in Math from a baseline of 83.2% in 2011 to 90% in 2012 and 94% in 2013, will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the CRCT in Science from a baseline of 93.5% in 2011 to 95% in 2012 and 97% in 2013.

Grade Level Goals:

The percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the CRCT is 94% in Reading / ELA, 90% in Math, and 95% in Science.

Progress toward ELA / Reading Goals Based on Data for Fifth Grade:

Fifth Grade Benchmark 1: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger60.178.3+18.2
McEntire51.575.4+23.9
Ridley58.577.5+19.0

Fifth Grade Benchmark 2: ELA

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger53.872.6+18.8
McEntire54.867.2+12.4
Ridley56.471.5+15.1

Progress toward Math Goals Based on Data for Fifth Grade:

Fifth Grade Benchmark 1: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger47.172.8+25.7
McEntire42.972.2+29.3
Ridley51.476.1+24.7

Fifth Grade Benchmark 2: Math

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger48.567.4+18.9
McEntire42.667.3+24.7
Ridley48.772.7+24.0

Progress toward Science Goals Based on Data for Fifth Grade

Fifth Grade Benchmark 1: Science

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger48.982.2+33.3
McEntire43.582.0+38.5
Ridley52.284.3+32.1

Fifth Grade Benchmark 2: Science

Teachers’ Names:Pre-Test %Post-Test %Gain %
Granger45.082.5+37.5
McEntire41.681.1+39.5
Ridley41.282.9+41.7

Summary of Results:

  • Goals that will be continued:
  • Continue to monitor SIP, RTI, ESS, and EL students and plan intervention around specific students’ needs
  • New goals:
  • Adjust instruction to meet students’ needs to ensure academic success
  • This will better prepare the students for the fact that Science is now part of AYP.
  • All students will meet or exceed the standards on the 5th grade Writing Assessment.
  • All students will build a firm foundation and deepen their understandings of all concepts taught and reviewed.

Actions, Strategies, and Interventions for Improvements in Math, ELA, and Science: