How We Do Business

W.A. Pattillos Curriculum Norms

2016-2017
Rashard Curmon, Assistant Principal
Our Declaration

W.A. Pattillo will be Edgecombe Counties

highest performing middle school.

Our motto: Learning for ALL...Whatever It

Takes!
Agenda
PLC Norms
Common Instructional Framework
Teach Like a Champion Techniques
Literacy Plan (Reading/Writing)
Serving from the Heart
 Common Instructional
Framework
Lesson Plans
Essential Questions
Objectives
Word Wall
I Can Statements
Daily Agenda
Instructional Data notebook
 Common Instructional
Framework
Literacy across the Content
(Reading/Writing)
Reading Challenge (I Am Reading)
Common Formative Assessments
Effective Word Wall
Activities
Teach Like a Champion


A superb preventative medicine, but less effective as a cure

- Doug Lemov
Best Practices
Predictable
Systematic
Positive
Scaffolded
Follow-on
Hands Up/Hands Down
Timing the name
Question. Pause. Name.
Pair with other engagement techniques (Call & Response, Pepper)
Technique 41 - Threshold
Make a habit of getting the
routine right from the
beginning - either at the
beginning of the day, class, or
meeting.
Threshold
Set expectations the minute the students
walk in the door.
Greet them and remind them of your
classroom expectations
Establish rapport, set the tone, and reinforce
the first steps in your classroom routine
Threshold
Have your materials prepared and ready
One simple consequence: do it wrong - go
back and try it again
Accomplishes two things:
helps develop a personal connection between you
and the students
reinforce classroom expectations
Threshold
Guess what?

These strategies work on adults too!

Literacy Plan
Goal
Analyze our current literacy culture.

Assess literacy & assessment practices.

Outline a strategic plan of action.

Heres What: Literacy Culture
Shared belief that literacy is important.
Lack of training and education.
Unclear expectations.
Inadequate access to appropriate leveled material.
All stakeholders (district, school, parents & community are not
involved in academic initiatives.)
 Heres What: (2016-2017)
Current Literacy Practices
Mostly whole class instruction
Teacher-centered instruction; lots of
teacher talk and lecture.
Basic, low rigor questions,
Heavy front-loading of information
Teachers using technology at front of room
Little evidence of writing
Provided vocabulary and definition list
Reading isolated passages
Test preparation
Worksheet usage
Accelerated Reader
HillRAP
Articles of the Week (Kelly Gallagher)
Intervention/Enrichment (Edgenuity,
Target groups)
SuccessMaker (Focused Intervention)
Scholastic Reading Routines (Cloze
Reading, Modeled Reading, Guided
Reading, Independent Reading)
So What:
What steps could be taken next?

What strategies might be most effective?

What does this data make you think about in terms of

your own practice? About teaching and learning in
general?
Now What ?
Literacy Learning Literacy Culture
Revising current curriculum Staff Book Read
guides Reading Labs
Explicitly teach & model I Am Currently Reading
strategies Classroom Designated Reading
Independent & Guided Reading Area.
Writing Folder Reading Across America
Vocabulary (roots, prefix, Challenge
suffixes)
One Step at a time...

Trying gets us closer to

achievement.
Think about it
Do you want your own child to be a student in
your classroom or school?

Explain why or why not.