The historically data shows that there have been a lot of
transition in teachers. I believe that is why the students have shown a decrease in academic status. 2. I will say it is the same as number 1. Having inexperienced teachers (content knowledge and classroom management) and no teacher assistants with a large student population will not have positive outcomes. 3. We are providing daily intervention and small group instruction. We have weekly PLCs to discuss the students data and devise a plan of action. Periodically, we take temperature checks to adjust our instruction and delivery. 4. Progress monitoring should be done during small group instruction and any down time during the day with students after a desired length of time (for instance 10 days). Then instruction should be adjusted for either more intense intervention or enrichment for the students. 5. We only have 2 TAs and they are very well versed in guided reading groups. 6. By doing formative assessments daily and through varies formats. Spiral reviews are also helpful. 7. Schoolnet, teacher made tests, StudyIsland and ReadWorks.org assessments are also used. I think a variety of assessments will give the teacher a better picture of understanding where the child is academically. 8. The teachers have the TRC question stems. The are encouraged to use them to create questions for the text the students are reading, so that the students will be familiar with the questions. The teachers should be implementing the strategy of RACE (R- Restate the Question, A- Answer the Question, C-Cite the Evidence, E-Expand your answer). 9. I will say that Im a seven. I have been very successful in growing my students abilities academically. 10. I use different strategies, but most importantly, I made the students read, reread, and show their work by highlighting or underlining the information. They must work on their own so that I can assessed and plan accordingly. 11. We have constantly tried to revamp the classroom structure to make it more stable for instruction. We have re- adjusted the master schedule to reflect more human resources in the 1st grade by giving them TAs for 1 hour. We also have tutors coming in from the high school that are in the early childhood class. The instructional coach and the district level mentor pushes into the classrooms daily and weekly. We are constantly looking for resources and implementing best practices in our daily instruction. 12. The Kindergarten department does a fair great job on having the students prepared for the first grade. I think that the teachers can do more collaboration on center activities and strategies so that the students are able to transition into first grade seamlessly. 13. Yes, I have already elaborated on the fact that the question stems are been used and should be used daily along with the reading text. 14. I think by just exposing the students to higher level through the teacher read alouds and then by using some think alouds. Thats how you would be able to expose the students and then maybe giving them a few questions to monitor their understanding and thinking process. 15. By making the real-life lessons, or at least reading about real-life situations, the students will then have a discussion on what did the character learn from the situation and then hopefully apply it to themselves. 16. Yes, I am looking at the data and reflecting on my students, my instruction and delivery, and how I am assessing my students. Data can be interpreted and evaluated for more usage and desired outcomes.