Second+Grade

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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

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The percentage of students scoring proficient or higher in reading comprehension will increase from 73% to 85% by May 2010 as measured by progress monitoring, MAP, and DRA2.

Story Grammar Marker []

The Story Grammar Marker® is a hands-on manipulative tool that teachers and parents can use to model the discourse skills required for students to think, learn and communicate verbally and in writing. Comprised of a series of icons that represent the essential components of a story, The Marker prompts students to remember proper story sequencing. These elements are:
 * Character
 * Setting
 * Initiating Event (Kick-Off)
 * Internal Response (emotion of feelings)
 * Plan
 * Attempts
 * Direct Consequence(s)
 * Resolution

**Writing Units of Study Overview:** From [|http://www.unitsofstudy.com/default.asp] 
 * [|Launching a Writing Workshop] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Leah Mermelstein]
 * [|Small Moments: Personal Narrative Writing] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Abby Oxenhorn]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Writing for Readers: Teaching Skills and Strategies] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Natalie Louis]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|The Craft of Revision] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Pat Bleichman]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Authors as Mentors] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Amanda Hartman]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Nonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Laurie Pessah]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny Packages] by [|Lucy Calkins] and [|Stephanie Parsons]


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

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For our PLC work the 2nd grade and multi-age 1st and 2nd grade teams focused a lot of their time looking at writing assessments; both teacher and student directed. We developed a student rubric and discussed implementation. We looked at student writing samples and improved our inner-rater reliability. We also looked at progress monitoring and ways to increase individual student success. We planned implementation of //Lucy Calkins Units of Study//. We worked on ways to improve the results of the Spring 2nd Grade Writing Sample by adding some organizational strategies, and prompt writing into our lessons.