Guidance PreK-2 Ms. Cashman
Guidance 3-5 Ms. Ferdinand
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Guidance PreK-2 Ms. Cashman
Guidance 3-5 Ms. Ferdinand
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Guidance PreK-2 Ms. Cashman
Guidance 3-5 Ms. Ferdinand
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EXCELLENCE ALWAYS @P.S. 59
READING
OUR GOAL:
Increase authentic reading comprehension by at least one year in every classroom as measured by Teacher's College (T.C) Running records
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THEORY OF ACTION
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Use baseline data and other tests to assess and flexibly group students for targeted instruction.
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Use reciprocal approach to teaching to build reading comprehension and language skills.
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Use Close reading strategies to build comprehension.
MATHEMATICS
OUR GOAL:
Increase computational fluency and problem solving skills across all grades as measured by Common Core aligned baseline and benchmark assessments.
THEORY OF ACTION
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Use baseline data ECAM (grades K-2) and SchoolNet (grades 3-5) and other test to assess and flexibly group students for targeted instruction.
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Include "Number Talks" as a daily part of classroom routines.
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Create data driven, skills based, instruction and assessments as a part of our daily/weekly teaching.
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WRITING
OUR GOALS:
Increase authentic writing skills of all students by at least one grade level across all writing genres as measured by On-Demand writing assessments.
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THEORY OF ACTION
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Implement Teachers College Writing Units of Study with fidelity across all classrooms.
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Use On-Demand Writing data to plan and execute small group instruction to meet the needs of students.
Our Students' How-To Videos
Click on the link below to see the video
Grade 1 Phonemic Awareness
Finding the area of a
composite shape
How to answer a short response question.
