Standards Based Learning
Glossary of Terms
25 Book Standard* a standard that requires students to read at least 25 books
or book equivalents each year. The
materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (fiction and
non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and on-three different
literary forms and from at least five different writers. *The reading standard in primary grade levels varies.
25 Book
Campaign: a campaign designed to
encourage students at all grade levels to read.
Superintendent
Fryer offers a culminating event May 31, 2003 for all members
of his Fryer's Frequent Fliers.
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Students
in K-2 may obtain Fryer's Frequent Fliers' reading miles in three
categories:
Bronze-50 books, Silver-125
books, Gold---250
books.
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In
grades 3-12 students may earn Fryer's Frequent Fliers'
reading miles this way:
Bronze-50 books, Silver- 75
books, Gold-100
books
Anchor papers : a set of standard setting benchmark pieces that show performance expectations.
Author Study: an author study is an in-depth study of an author's work, style, technique, and genre. Students are taught to compare and contrast different elements, such as style, language, dialogue, and artwork, in multiple books
baby one author. Grade level appropriate author studies might feature Eric Carle in kindergarten, Kevin Henkes
in first grade, Eve Bunting in second grade, and Patricia Polacco in third grade. This strategy helps students see and understand the connection between reading an writing processes.
Book Equivalents- Every 50-100
pages of text or pictures with text depending upon grade approrpiateness may be
counted as a BOOK EQUIVALENT.
4-8 short stories
9-12 articles
15-20 poems
Read Alouds do not count depending on grade appropriateness
Guided reading and shared reading count, Independent reading
counts
Book
of the Month: books chosen monthly by
the principal for the purpose of building community and is ready by or to
everyone at the school. The Book of
the Month gives the learning community a shared language, conveys a given
message and focuses on one or more character traits the school wants to instill
in its students.
Classroom
Libraries:
collections of leveled books for the purpose of providing students with a
variety of texts at various levels. Libraries
should be arranged by levels, genre, authors, and/or themes.
Common
Core Curriculum: provides a framework for teachers to understand the connection between standards and instruction which defines the major themes, content, and big ideas within subject areas at a particular grade level. It is
designed to allow for uniformity/equity from teacher-to-teacher and
school-to-school.
Common
Formative/Summative Assessments: measurements
used to determine student progress toward standards throughout the course
(formative) and upon course completion (summative). These measurements are to be the same, teacher-to-teacher and school-to school.
Content Standard: defines what a child is supposed to know. For example, a child needs to know multiplication facts by fourth grade.
Commentary: written teacher analysis of student work compared to the standard.
Delta Sticky Note: a strategy used to analyze students' work to give specific feedback to students and diagnostically prescribe instruction.
Focused Walk: a group that walks the school with a specific purpose as defined by the leadership team to find evidence of implementation.
Inquiry-based
teaching and learning: refers to an inductive
approach to teaching and learning of major skills and concepts in which students
interact in groups with hands-on activities and projects incorporating higher
level cognitive processes.
In School Professional Development: diagnostic and prescriptive instruction administered by grade
level coaches as determined by both teachers and student needs.
Math Workshop: an hour of math
instruction that includes an opening meeting, mini-lesson, work time and closing meeting for review and assessment. Math
investigation materials are use dot develop math skills.
Monitoring: an ongoing process of analyzing student standards based implementation components and student work.
Model Classrooms:
classes that are set up to represent best practices in a particular
discipline. These classrooms will
serve as demonstration models to build capacity within the school.
New Standards Performance Standards: nationally
benchmarked performance standards for English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Applied learning.
Performance Standard: defines what a child is supposed to know and how good is good enough. Students are required to apply their basic
knowledge to application questions. Students are taught to explain what they are learning and why. They are given specific criteria to self assess how good their
wok is and if it is good enough to meet the standard.
Performance Task: the
description of the student task that leads to student performance.
Portfolio System: one type of assessment that measures a collection of student work compared to standards.
Professional
Learning Communities: a group of educators who
learn, share, and interact together to improve their professional practices and
to increase student achievement.
Readers
Workshop:
a block of time (approximately one and one half hours) with specific rituals, routines and artifacts. This strategy develops string reading skills through the use of mini-lessons, reading aloud, conferencing, a Reader's Chair. small group instruction, formal and informal assessments, student work (independent reading, shared reading, making words, listening centers, response groups, book talks, etc.) related to reading.
Rituals
and Routines: rituals are what the
culture of the school dictates. Routines
are the way we accomplish those rituals.
Safety
Nets:
on-going assistance and/or opportunities for select students to work to
meet standards.
Stakeholders: any person (students, parents, community members, principals,. etc.) that has a vested
interest in the school.
Standards Based Bulletin Board: a standards based bulletin board is a way of posting student work featuring the standard, task, the scoring
system and teacher commentary. Posting student work helps students, parents, and teachers celebrate achieving the standard and gives students models from which to learn. Performance standards are posted by all work to help the observer understand what the work
demonstrate. As the work develops, teacher commentary is added to explain specifically how the work meets the standard.
Standards
Based Media Center: the media center is to be focused on supporting the literacy initiative by conducting author studies, providing book sets for literature circles, displaying Book of the Month reflections, promoting the 25 Book Campaign and Standard and encouraging selection of just right books for students.
Student Work that is good enough: is
work that meets the standard.
Study
Group:
a group with a given structure for learning together through examination
or written materials. A study group increases the knowledge base of educators,
encourages dialogue among professionals, builds trust, and improves staff
morale. It also gives educators a sense of empowerment over their own learning and helps to produce a real shared vision of the school. A
study group is a tool for establishing a professional learning community.
Technology
Integration: incorporation of
technology into the delivery of instruction and learning to improve performance.
Writers Workshop: is a strategy of developing skilled writers. It begins with a piece of literature that sparks ideas and evolves into a written product. In kindergarten we begin with [pictures and letters to tell a story and move to whole sentences and paragraphs with a defined structure by fourth and fifth grade. The lesson begins with a 10-15 minute mini-lesson followed by student writing time and finally a chance to share from the Author's Chair. The student audience is taught to give their peers feedback to improve their writing using listeners comments and compliments.
See Grade Level Writing
and Reading Standards: