Vertical+Team-Math

October 2, 2013 The team met today and discussed the 3rd grade STAAR. The topics covered were number lines, fact families, 3 dimensional figures, and graphs. Some vocabulary that was common was plot, representation, points, fact families, vertex, edges, and faces.

December 4, 2013 The team met today and we began discussing the Kinder TEKS. Some are missing within the lessons. This is causing gaps possibly through other grade levels. Forethought is not always giving the rigor that is needed for our state mandated test. By looking at STAAR tests, we are changing our questioning techniques to meet the needs of students. So much is taught at the lower levels that supports all the way through 5th grade. We are making sure we focus more on needed vocabulary. __Solution:__ Work backwards from assessments and teachers need to be more aware of the TEKS. Just because you don't plan that subject does not mean you should not know it front to back.

January 15th, 2004

The team met today and discussed our new math book adoption. The team felt that Pearson had a book that had solid technology, good rigor, and it went well with Investigations. We felt that we have gone through the STAAR Test enough and we had good conversations about how the objectives and vocabulary funnel down our grade levels. Our goal next is to evaluate the procedure of how K-5 gets their information and how we can align vertically in with our standards.