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We have developed the following plans for this year based on the feedback that we have received from a number of student assessments, from our observations and reflections on program and from feedback from parents.

Reading and Writing

Our school target is that 80% of our students will meet or exceed the provincial standard in reading.

While reading, students will demonstrate ideas of some complexity, making inferences and responding with information related to the text (Reasoning) and will demonstrate the ability to use ideas in different contexts by clearly and precisely supporting them with personal knowledge (Communication).

When writing, students will show evidence of a clear and logical plan or focus, develop ideas with some complexity and see themselves as competent writers and communicators.

We will consider strategies such as:

• Junior Reading Assessment
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• alternate communication methods ( mapping, video, Hyper Studio)
• use of rubrics and exemplars for assessment
• Curriculum Planner
• learning journals
• student conferences
• graphic organizers and story mapping
• Literature Circles

We will continue

• a common two hour Literacy Block to start each day
• Guided Reading with leveled texts at student instructional level
• common grade planning time
• home reading program
• to focus resources, strategies and support for all staff to ensure that all students are receiving instruction at their level
• to assess each primary English student in October and May with the Developmental Reading Assessment to measure individual growth
• to participate in the Silver Birch program for exemplary Canadian children’s literature
• to create a leveled bookroom for French Immersion
• to plan units which integrate curricula and provide explicit connections to personal experience.

Mathematics

In Mathematics we will concentrate on the measurement strand and on communicating clear and concise justifications for mathematical questions using appropriate mathematical terms.

• Measurement Mondays
• experience with non-standard units
• wall charts, organizers
• use of proper vocabulary
• hands-on learning with manipulative materials
• expressing mathematical reasoning in words, pictures and numbers