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Highland Meadows Elementary

Science Instructional Playbook

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Reading & Writing Instructional Playbook

Distributive Leadership

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At Highland Meadows Elementary, our mission is Educating, Empowering, Evolving, Everyone and our vision is to be solidly grounded in our commitment to develop our school, community and the pursuit of excellence for all.

"You Matter! Every Student, Every Day!"

2020 - 2021 Campus Goals

  • 100% of core content subjects implement bi-weekly quizzes during the first semester and weekly quizzes during the second semester of the school year designed to assess progress towards TEKS, as measured by student achievement on teacher evaluation to improve student achievement by 5 points increase per grade level in each content by May 2021.
  • 3rd, 4th and 5th STAAR Reading and Math, 4th Writing and 5th Science will show an overall 5 point increase per grade level from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021, as measured on STAAR assessment.
  • Better prepare our 4th and 5th grade students for success in secondary school and beyond.
  • 100% of our students will participate in a club or extra curricular activity.
  • Climate Survey data will increase from 44% to 54% of faculty and staff "Agrees" or "Strongly Agrees" that the school's priorities are similar to what they believe the priorities should be in December 2020 and this will increase to 60% by May 2021, as measured by the campus climate survey.

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Dallas ISD Mission - Educating all students for success.

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Science Instructional Playbook

Look Forward & Look Back PLCs

Time(s)

PreK

1:40 - 2:25

Kinder

12:00 - 12:45

1st Grade

12:00 - 12:45

2nd Grade

12:50 - 1:35

3rd Grade

9:30 - 10:25

4tth Grade

10:30 - 11:25

5th Grade

8:30 - 9:25

Distributive Leadership

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At Highland Meadows Elementary, our mission is Educating, Empowering, Evolving, Everyone and our vision is to be solidly grounded in our commitment to develop our school, community and the pursuit of excellence for all.

"You Matter! Every Student, Every Day!"

ACCOUNTABLE FOR SRLA & ERLA :

REsources

Look forward

Look back

  • Professional Development
  • Grade Level TEKS - review & unpack standards
  • Lead4Ward
  • HMH Instructional Resources
  • In the Moment Coaching
  • Model lessons
  • TEI Observation & Instructional Feedback
  • TEKS Guide teksguide
  • ELPS - English Language Proficiency Standards

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  • Development of Instructional Calendar
  • Lesson Planning & Feedback
  • Lesson Rehearsal & Practice
  • Development of Knows & Shows (Exemplars)
  • Develop Demonstrations of Learning

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  • Data Driven Instruction - data analysis
  • Weekly & Bi-Weekly DOL
  • Six Week Common Assessments
  • ACP
  • MAP
  • STAAR
  • TX-KEA

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Pre-Kinder Self Contained teachers

Glenia Jenkins

Ana Quiroga

Evelyn Garza

Elsa Santos

Claudia Santos

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Kinder Self Contained teachers

Dominique Juarez

Maria Sierra

Gloria Garcia

Geraldine Stolar

Carlos Olay

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1st Grade Self Contained teachers

Alberto Estevez

Ashtyn Pruitt

Rocio Martinez

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3rd Grade science teachers

Zelitia Martinez

Lea Whitlow

Nancy Navarette

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4th Grade science teachers

Joanna Rodriguez

German Alvarado

Ania Dudek

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5th Grade Science teachers

Joanna Rodriguez

Diane Joplin

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Science Program

  • Science Content that provides a deep understanding of the big ideas of science .
  • Designing Instruction for Understanding that considers the initial ideas of the learner and assists the learner in being aware of their own ideas and how they have changed.
  • Sense Making of science concepts and how they relate to everyday experiences so that it supports and builds an understanding of the learning targets.
  • Classroom Culture and Environment that fosters a culture of ideas versus right answers for effective discourse and an environment of trust and collaboration.

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Science Instructional Playbook

Distributive Leadership

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At Highland Meadows Elementary, our mission is Educating, Empowering, Evolving, Everyone and our vision is to be solidly grounded in our commitment to develop our school, community and the pursuit of excellence for all.

"You Matter! Every Student, Every Day!"

Science Instructional Block

Pre-Kindergarten

Kinder - 5th Grades

  • Frog Street Curriculum
    • Introduction to science
    • Introduction to letter recognition
    • Introduction to phonics
    • Introduction to writing
    • Focus on students social-emotional needs
    • Small Group Instruction
    • Big Books
    • Read Alouds

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  • K - 25- 45 Minutes
  • Mini Lesson
  • Word Work
  • Shared Science Reading
  • Guided Science Reading
  • Stations
  • Writing in Science
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Science Read Alouds

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Instructional Practices

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  • Science Journals
  • Writing in science
  • Classroom Libraries
  • Word Walls
  • Anchor Charts
  • Thinking Maps
  • Opportunities for Hands on Learning
  • Practice Science Safety Procedures

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Textbooks

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Technology Resources

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Education Galaxy

Lead4Ward

All In Learning

DISD Media

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Teacher Checks for Understanding

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Multiple Response Strategies

Aggressive Monitoring

Annotation

Graphic Organizers

Thinking Maps

Student Discourse

Exit Tickets

Gallery Walks

Teacher Observation

SIOP - Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

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Data Driven Instruction

  • Use multiple data points - think about how & why student isn’t performing
  • Intervention Supports
    • Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)
      • Tier I
      • Tier II
      • Tier II
  • Targeted Intensive Support
    • After School/Saturday School Tutoring
    • Push In & Pull Out Support
    • Dyslexia
    • Special Education

Collect Data

Analyze Data

Plan

Reflect

Make Instructional Decisions

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Campus Initiatives

  • Vocabulary Development
  • Hands on Investigations
  • Integrate Technology
  • Personalized Learning
  • Stations
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Writing in Science

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