End-of-the YearELL Parent Meeting

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Language Proficiency Levels

• Level 1: Beginning/Advanced Beginning

• Level 2: Intermediate• Level 3: Advanced

• Level 4: Transitional – exit level

WELPA Results

2014 IP WELPA Results

Kindergarten

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) 45 states

• Grade-level expectations (skills and knowledge)

• Goal of getting students ready for college and career

• Doesn’t dictate specific curriculum or a way of teaching

Three-minute video

Shifts in ELA (English Language Arts)

1. Regular practice with complex texts and their academic language

2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from texts, both literary and informational

3. Building knowledge through content-rich non-fiction

Shifts in Math

1. Greater focus (depth) on fewer topics 2. Coherence: linking topics and thinking

across grades3. Rigor: pursue conceptual understanding,

procedural skills and fluency, application with equal intensity

SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) – 22 states

• Field tested this year by our district• Online testing• ELA and Math Assessments

- Computer Adaptive Assessment (CAT)- Class Activity (CA)/Performance Task

(PT)

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELP) – 11 states

ELP Standards

• ELP Standards are aligned to Common Core• ELPA21 Assessment will be based on

new ELP Standards• ELPA21 will replace WELPA in 2015-

2016

New Curriculum (pending adoptionby School Board)

• K-2 Literacy Curriculum – aligned with Common Core

• K-5 Handwriting Curriculum - No more D’Nealian (slanted) writing- Back to Block Writing and Cursive Writing

Summer Activities

• Day Camps (JCC, Boys & Girls Club, MI Parks & Recreation, etc)

• Travel• Reading (Raz-Kids, PebbleGo, MI library

summer program)• Tutoring (www.wyzant.com)• Keyboarding (typing)

Kindergarten Science/Social Studies Preview

• Kindergarten Curriculum• http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/281 • Science:• Wood• Weather• Embryology

• Social Studies: Our World, Now and Long Ago

1st GradeScience/Social Studies Preview

• 1st grade Curriculum• http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/282 • Science:• Balls and Ramps• Magnets• Butterflies • Social Studies: Families in the Neighborhood

2nd gradeScience/Social Studies Preview

• 2nd grade Curriculum• http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/283

• Science:• Moon• Balancing and Weighing• Organisms • Social Studies: People We Know

3rd gradeScience/Social Studies Preview

• 3rd grade Curriculum• http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/284 • Science:• Rocks and Minerals• Chemical Tests• Puget Sound Marine Life • Social Studies: Early Northwest People

4th GradeScience/Social Studies Preview

• 4th grade Curriculum• http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/285

• Science:• Electricity• Food Chemistry• Sound• Experimenting with Plants • Social Studies: Washington History

5th grade Science/Social Studies Preview

• 5th grade Curriculum • http://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/286

• Science: • Salmon in the Sound• Water Cycle• Solar Systems• Flight and Rocketry• Human Body

• Social Studies: U.S. history (and government)

For Your Information

• Class Assignments – available for viewing on Skyward a few days before first day of school (Tuesday, Sept.2)

• Bridge the Gap Campaign (goal to raise $1.2 million)- $806,000 and counting- 30% participation - Make a donation of any amount by June 15

Staff UpdateRetirees:

• Patty Lewis (2nd grade)• Patty Shipman (School Psychologist)

New Grade Level/School Assignments:

• Sharon Jarnigan (Kindergarten) • Shelley Wangen (2nd grade)• Stephanie John-Lewis (3rd grade) • Amy Kerby (4th Grade)• Sally Loeser (5th grade) • Michele Frisch (West Mercer)

Recognitions

• Volunteers- Hitomi Early- Nancy Coupes- Rachel Yu

• Anne Cameron- Over 8 years of working with IP ELL students - Dedicated, caring, patient