Third+Grade



SMART Goal: Each PLC team was asked to devise a SMART goal to guide them in their work. S: Specific + Strategic M: Measurable A: Attainable R: Results-oriented T: Time-bound

media type="file" key="VID00009.wmv" align="center" width="300" height="300"

PLC 12-9-09 media type="file" key="VID01722.AVI" width="300" height="300" align="center"

PLC 2-4-2010 media type="file" key="VID00051.wmv" align="center" width="300" height="300"

​ PLC 4-7-2010 media type="file" key="VID00036.wmv" align="center" width="300" height="300"

​ 85% of third grade students will be proficient on DRA2 by Spring 2010.

Writing Units of Study Overview:
 * [|Launching the Writing Workshop] by Lucy Calkins with Marjorie Martinelli, contributing author
 * [|Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing] by Lucy Calkins with Ted Kesler, contributing author
 * [|Breathing Life into Essays] by Lucy Calkins with Cort Gillette, contributing author
 * [|Writing Fiction: Big Dreams, Tall Ambitions] by Lucy Calkins and M. Colleen Cruz
 * [|Literary Essays: Writing About Reading] by Lucy Calkins with Medea McEvoy, contributing author
 * [|Memoir: The Art of Writing Well] by Lucy Calkins and Mary Chiarella

From [|http://www.unitsofstudy.com/iuos/default.asp] 


 * Highlights/Insights/Successes From the 2008-2009 School Year:**

PLC's have allowed us to explore our new Writing Units with Lucy Calkins. We have been able to plan, hot list, and scaffold to meet the needs of our learners. PLC's have also provided the time to plan differentiated lessons, hand-on units, and be able to bounce ideas off of each other. We have also enjoyed being able to work with other grade levels (K-5) and hearing their ideas, brainstorming solutions to questions we have, and having their input so that we can be consistent across the grade levels.