Giffen Memorial Elementary School
274 South Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12202
(Phone) 518-475-6650
(Fax) 518-475-6652
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Ways to Access Data

Steps to access Aims Web
  1. Click on the link
  2. Customer ID number 23298 (same for everyone)
  3. Enter your user name
  4. Enter your password

* if you forgot  your username, please email one of the reading teachers so we can compile a list of who needs assistance in getting them reset.
Click Below for:
Aims Web Benchmarks for the year
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Accessing your NWEA data

  1. Click on the link
  2. Enter your user name         (email @albany.k12.ny.us)
  3. Enter your password
  4. Map reports link on left
  5. Class report gives you a full class list
  6. Class break down report by goal helps for RTI and grouping
* if you forgot  your username, please email egerahty@albany.k12.ny.us
so she can assist you in getting it reset.

NWEA F&P conversion chart!



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MAP Math resource
- use your students MAP score to find activities to support their growth

Helpful Documents - (the words are active links that will bring up the document)

RTI form -
request for student review, also available on shared drive at school

Submit your form
  1. Click on the RTI form link
  2. Fill in your information on the
    student.  Collect your data.
  3. Click on the button above to
    email the form to Mrs. Brown.  Attach the file to your email.

NWEA data analysis and planning sheet
*  Use your NWEA data to make enrichment and intervention plans

Click on this link to pull up the directions for how to access and use NWEA data.


Tier 1 Meeting Resources (click on the text to view a document)

Tier 1 Instructional Support Plan-
click here to pull up the fillable form
Tier 1 Instructional Support Model Summary

Tier 1 Best Practices Compare and Contrast
Click here for a review of the flowchart for the Tiered interventions and the eligibility requirements for the Tiered interventions based on student needs and progress.

Tier 1 Resources for Instruction, Intervention and Enrichment

Additional Assessments/Screenings:    

  • Sight word assessment

  • Running records

  • Words Their Way

  • Kindergarten screening

  • AIMSweb (Survey Level Assessments with error analysis)

  • NWEA – Sub Skills Assessments

    • use the Continuum of Learning to drill down target skill/s by class/student

Websites:

  • Flocabulary (online library of educational hip-hop songs and videos for grades K-12)

    • www.flocabulary.com

    • LearnZillion (common core based lessons)

      • www.learnzillion.com

  • WatchKnowLearn (various videos that support common core standards)

      • http://watchknowlearn.org/

  • Literactive (K-1 learning activities and materials)

      • http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

  • ESL Kid Stuff (lesson plans, worksheets, songs, and flash cards)

      • http://www.eslkidstuff.com/

  • Khan Academy (Math practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard)

      • https://www.khanacademy.org/

    • Read Works (standards aligned, reading comprehension lessons/passages)

      • http://www.readworks.org/

    • Reading A-Z (tip: go to Teacher Corner to search books by skill and/or common core standard)

      • https://www.readinga-z.com/

    • Florida Center for Reading Research (K-5 reading lessons and activities; tip – go to For Educators then Empowering Teachers to find instructional routines (lessons) in addition to activities

      • http://fcrr.org/

    • Intervention Central (free academic and behavioral intervention resources)

      • http://www.interventioncentral.org/

    • Free Reading (reading intervention program PreK-6)

      • http://freereading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

    • NWEA RIT Band Practice (student activities)

      • http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

    • NewsELA (Lexile leveled news articles and Common Core aligned quizzes for intermediate and secondary students – may be an excellent tool for enrichment at the elementary level)

      • https://newsela.com/

    • TweenTribune (consists of daily news sites for kids, tweens, and teens, and includes text, photos, graphics, and audio and/or video materials, grades K-12)

      • http://tweentribune.com/

         

Additional Strategies/Tips:

  • When targeting fluency, use a transparency for tracking instead of a solid sheet of paper or ruler

  • Singing songs improves fluency because there is no stopping

  • Scooping words/phrases helps train the eye to look ahead

  • During Shared Reading- take 1 day to do a cloze reading activity

  • Words Their Way sorts for prefixes and suffixes (spelling inventory should be completed and analyzed)

  • When using the Reader’s Theater strategy – students should each play 3 times, with teacher modeling to demonstrate fluency and “voice”.

  • Independent reading – students should be using books at their independent reading level and should know the purpose for reading (based on the teaching points).

Additional Resources:

  • NUA Resources

  • What’s in my head & What my neighbor said

  • Key Word Notes

  • Essential summaries

  • Paraphrase Passport

  • Whole-part-whole (Read whole text then go back for phonics, comp. etc.; then return to whole text)

    • Reciprocal reading/teaching

  • Audacity (available on your computer, although it may need to be set up through the technology department)

    • You will need headphones with a microphone – this will allow students to record themselves and playback their “performance, which will support oral reading fluency.

  • Scholastic Fluency Passages: grades 4-6 (a new book/series from Scholastic)


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