District73.

5
20152016SLO
TypeI,IIorIII

GeneralInformation
AcademicYear
20152016
EducatorName
LynnCatanus
Course/Subject
ELA/SS
GradeLevel(s)
7
IntervalofInstruction
Biweekly

Timeline
InitialApprovalDate

MidcourseCheckInDate 1/22/16
MidcourseCheckInNotes:

Element1:LearningGoal
Describethelearninggoal.

Studentswillincreasetheirknowledgeandusageofvocabularywords.

Identifythecontentstandardsassociatedwiththe
learninggoal.
Includethetextofthecontent
standards.

Describethestudentpopulation.

Summarizetheinstructionalstrategiesusedtoteach
thelearninggoal.

CCSS.ELALITERACY.L.7.6Acquireanduseaccuratelygradeappropriategeneral
academicanddomainspecificwordsandphrasesgathervocabularyknowledgewhen
consideringawordorphraseimportanttocomprehensionorexpression.

StandardELA/SS
ELPELA/SS
17students8girls,9boys
22students10girls,12boys
2studentswithIEPs(twoforsocial
3studentswithIEPs(1foranxiety,2
skills,oneforanxiety)
forcopingskills)
2studentswith504s(oneforADHD,
oneforanxietyandattention)

Studentswilllearn15wordsbiweeklythroughouttheyearusingtheWordlyWise
programtoincreasetheirvocabularyknowledgeandusage.Studentswillcompletepackets
providedbytheWordlyWiseprogram,whichincludesynonym,antonym,analogy,and
vocabularyusageexercises.Studentswillengageinreviewactivitiesincludinggames,
visualcuesthroughslideshowsofpictures,andseeing/usingthevocabularywordswithin
passages/sentences.


DiscussionQuestions
Whatbigideaissupportedbythelearninggoal?
Howdoesthelearninggoalsupportstudentsdevelopmentofcriticalthinking,problemsolving,andanalyticalskills?

Element2:Assessment*

Identifythetypeofassessmentyouareusing.

circleone:

TypeI
TypeII
TypeIII

Describetheassessmentandevaluationprocedures
Allstudentswillreceiveabeginningoftheyearpretestandendoftheyearposttest.
thatmeasurestudentsunderstandingofthelearning
goal.
Throughouttheyear,thestudentswilllearn15wordsperunit.Theywillbeassessed

formativelythroughvariousskillbuildingactivitiesviaworksheetscreatedbytheWordly
WiseprogramaswellasteachercreatedtestssuchasKahoot.Theywillbeassessed
summativelybyamultiplechoicetestcreatedbytheWordlyWiseprogram.
Describehowtheassessmentandevaluation
Onestudentwillreceiveamodifiedwordlistforeachunit(10wordsinsteadof15words).
procedureswillbedifferentiatedtomeettheneeds
Herassessmentwillconsistoflessanswerchoicesandpictureclues.
ofallstudentsdescribedinthestudentpopulation.

Allstudentswillreceivethesamebeginningoftheyearpretestandendoftheyear
posttest.
*Attachcopiesofassessmentsandscoringguide

DiscussionQuestions

Howoftenwillyoucollectdatatomonitorstudentprogresstowardthislearninggoal?
Datawillbecollectedaboutevery2weeks.
Howwillyouusethisassessmentinformationtomonitorstudentprogressandinformyourinstruction?
Apretestofthelessonwillletmeknowwhichwordstofocusandaposttestwilldeterminewhoneedsintervention(suchaslearningthewordsina
differentway).

Element3:GrowthTargets

Identifystudentsbaselinedata.

Studentswilltakethesamecumulativetest(FinalTest1)asthepretestandposttest.

Usingstudentsbaselinedataidentifyappropriate
growthtargetsforyourstudentpopulation.

DiscussionQuestions

70%orless75%
70%to80%80%
80%orhigher90%

Explainhowthegrowthtargetsdemonstrateambitious,yetrealistictargets,forallstudentsdescribedinthestudentpopulation.
Moststudentsscoredbelowa70%andwerenotfamiliarwiththewords.So,mygoalisforthemtoknowatleast75%ofallthewordslearnedbythe
endoftheyear.Thisrequiresthemtogobeyondmemorizingthewordsfortheunittests,buttotrulyunderstandthemeaningofthewordsinorderto
useitinthefuture.

Element4:Outcome

Documentthenumberorpercentageofstudentswho Asof3/1/16,allstudentsareontrackforachievingtheirgoals.InELA,theaverage
achievedtheiridentifiedgrowthtargets.
biweeklytestscoreis87%.Onaverage,allstudentsarescoringatleast10%higherthan

thecumulativepretesttakenatthebeginningoftheyear.InELP,theaveragebiweekly
testscoreis93%.Onaverage,allstudentsarescoringatleast8%higherthanthe
cumulativepretesttakenatthebeginningoftheyear.

RequiredforEvaluator
Explainhowthenumberorpercentageofstudents
whomettheiridentifiedgrowthtargetstranslates
intoanappropriateteacherrating.

Element5:TeacherRating

Unsatisfactory

NeedsImprovemen
t

Proficient

Lessthan25%ofStudentsMetthe
IndicatedGrowthTarget(s).

25%50%ofStudentsMetthe
IndicatedGrowthTarget(s).

51%75%ofStudentsMetthe
IndicatedGrowthTarget(s).

76%100%ofStudentsMetthe
IndicatedGrowthTarget(s).

Excellent

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