KindergartenStudentLearningGoal(s)

StudentLearningGoal EducatorActivities

Overthecourseoftheyear,studentswilllearntocomposeopinion, informative/explanatory,andnarrativepieces. Educatordevelopedlessons/unitplans,classworkand homeworkassignmentsontheprocessandcomponentsof opinion,informative/explanatoryandnarrativewriting. Educatordevelopedandscoredassessmentsofstudents opinion,informative/explanatory,andnarrativepieces. Educatoranalysisofassessmentdata Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,andwritingto composeopinionpiecesinwhichtheytellareaderthetopic orthenameofthebooktheyarewritingaboutandstatean opinionorpreferenceaboutthetopicorbook(e.g.,My favoritebookis...). Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,andwritingto composeinformative/explanatorytextsinwhichtheyname whattheyarewritingaboutandsupplysomeinformation aboutthetopic. Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,andwritingto narrateasingleeventorseverallooselylinkedevents,tell abouttheeventsintheorderinwhichtheyoccurred,and provideareactiontowhathappened. Researchbased,developmentallyappropriatecurriculum materialsalignedwiththeCommonCorestandards Professionaldevelopmentrelatedtoearlychildhoodwriting/ compositiondevelopment Kindergartencommonplanningtimeforassessingstudent work Peerobservationofstudentworkintheclassroomand educatorpracticewithconstructive,actionablefeedback. Periodicwritingsamples Lesson/UnitPlans Chartingofstudentprogressoverthecourseoftheyear DistrictWritingRubric

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EvidenceofGoal Attainment

StudentLearningGoal

Understandadditionasputtingtogetherandaddingto,and understandsubtractionastakingapartandtakingfrom. Educatordevelopedlessons/unitplans,classworkand homeworkassignments. Educatordevelopedandscoredassessmentsofstudents mathematicalrepresentationandcalculation. Educatoranalysisofassessmentdata Representadditionandsubtractionwithobjects,fingers, mentalimages,drawings,sounds(e.g.,claps),actingout situations,verbalexplanations,expressions,orequations. Solveadditionandsubtractionwordproblems,andaddand subtractwithin10,e.g.,byusingobjectsordrawingsto representtheproblem. Decomposenumberslessthanorequalto10intopairsin morethanoneway,e.g.,byusingobjectsordrawings,and recordeachdecompositionbyadrawingorequation(e.g.,5 =2+3and5=4+1). Foranynumberfrom1to9,findthenumberthatmakes10 whenaddedtothegivennumber,e.g.,byusingobjectsor drawings,andrecordtheanswerwithadrawingorequation. Fluentlyaddandsubtractwithin5.

EducatorActivities

StudentActivities

DistrictSupport

Researchbased,developmentallyappropriatecurriculum materialsalignedwiththeCommonCorestandards Professionaldevelopmentrelatedtoearlychildhood mathematicalthinking Kindergartencommonplanningtimeforassessingstudent work Peerobservationofstudentworkintheclassroomand educatorpracticewithconstructive,actionablefeedback. Unit/topicpretestsandposttests Lesson/UnitPlans Chartingofstudentprogressoverthecourseoftheyear.

EvidenceofGoal Attainment

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ElementGuidingQuestions

SPECIFICGoalisclearanddirect Doesthegoalclearlystatewhattheeducatororthe indefiningthebodyofcontent, teamwantsstudentstoknowand/orbeabletodo? knowledgeand/orskillsthatstudents areexpectedtolearnoverthe instructionalperiod. MEASURABLETheeducatoror teamcanidentifyconcretecriteriafor measuringprogresstoward attainmentofthegoal. Whataretheeducatorworkproductsthatcanbeused asevidence? Whatarethemultiplemeasuresthatcanbeusedas evidenceofstudentprogress? Canwedeterminewheredifferentstudentsstartand endonthelearningcontinuum? Willinterimassessmentsallowforregroupingand reteaching? Isthegoalacademicallyrealisticformost,ifnotall,of thestudents? Canthegoalbeaccomplishedwithinthegiventime frame? Canthegoalbeaccomplishedwiththeavailable resources? Ifattained,willstudentlearningbepositivelyaffected? Ifattained,willourstudentsbebetterpreparedforthe nextyearsacademicchallenges? Ifnotattained,willwelearnwhatdidanddidnotwork withstudents? Bywhen? Isthetimeframeappropriateforthecontent knowledgeand/orskillsdefinedinthegoal?

ATTAINABLEAnattainablegoal stretchestheindividualorteamin ordertoachieveit,butitmustnotbe extreme.

RELEVANTThegoalrelatesto teaching,learning,leadership,parent engagementand/orprofessional culture. TIMEBOUNDGoalistobe achievedwithinatimeframe. Timeframemustbeappropriateto theeducatorsrole. EVALUATEAgoalwillchangefrom timetotime.Periodicevaluationis essentialtoaddressevolvingfactors thatmustbetakenintoconsideration: changesinstudent compositionasaresultofmobility

Howwilltheeducatorortheteamevaluateits progresstowardgoalattainment? oShortterm? oLongterm? Shouldthegoalberevised?

theneedforsignificantreteaching duetogapsinstudentsprior knowledge,orattainingorexceeding thegoalwithinashortperiodoftime. REVISEAftercarefulevaluation, revisethegoalsbasedonanalysis whileretainingthespiritoftheoriginal goal. Whyisthegoalbeingrevised? Istherevisionaddressingbarriersencounteredthat impedeprogress? Istherevisionaddressingbenefitsthathavespedup progress?