Hopkins Elementary School

Kindergarten PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

1. 80% of kindergarteners will score proficient or higher in a legible fictional writing piece that has a beginning, middle and end story structure, with descriptive words that contain beginning, middle and ending sounds and will be administered by the end of January 09 as measured by the kindergarten rubric

2. The % of students scoring proficient or higher in using 2 or more consonant sounds in a word and using one powerful or descriptive word in a writing piece:

·         will increase from 2%- 70% in word choice

·         will increase from 19%- 70% in letter sounds

by the end of December 2008 as measured by the Kindergarten Writing Rubric.

3. The % of kindergarten students showing evidence of labeling and initial sounds will increase from 18% to 70% by September 30^th as measured by the kindergarten rubric.

The % if kindergarten students scoring proficient or higher in representational pictures related to the topic will increase from 72% -100% by September 30^th as measured by the kindergarten rubric

Hopkins Elementary School

1^st Grade PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

·         The % of first grade students scoring proficient or higher on a focused topic with beginning capital letter, capitalized “I” and ending punctuation will increase from 15% to 80% by October 8th as measured by the first grade rubric.

·         The % of students scoring proficient or higher on a focused topic with beginning capital letter, capitalized I and ending punctuation will increase from:

o   51% to 80% in Ideas

o   44% to 80% in Conventions

as measured by the 1st Grade writing rubric by the end of December 2008

·         The % of first graders scoring proficient or higher in using conventions in their writing will increase from 57%-80% and in organization from 0-80% by February 6, 2009 as measured by the first grade rubric, administered on February 4, 2009.

Hopkins Elementary School

2^nd Grade PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

1. The % of second grade students scoring proficient or higher in organization and ideas and content, with supporting details, will increase from 40% to 60% by February 6, 09 as measured by the second grade rubric.

2. The % of 2nd grade students who develop a focused and organized writing piece that includes vivid language and uses correct beginning and ending punctuation will increase in:

·         Ideas from 36% to 60%

·         Organization from 53% to 75%

·         Conventions from 17% to 40%

by the end of December 2008 as measured by the LPS 2nd Grade Writing Rubric.

3. The % of second grade students who write a mostly focused writing piece with supporting details that responds to the purpose of the prompt, will increase to 40% by October 24^thas measured by the second grade district writing rubric

Hopkins Elementary School

3^rd Grade PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

1. The % of third graders scoring proficient or higher  in organization using a focused main idea with a topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion combined with expected third grade conventions will increase from 40%-60% by the end of January as measured by the third grade rubric
2. The % 3rd Grade students scoring proficient or higher in writing will increase from 38% to 60% in:

·         ideas and content and organization

·         focused main idea,

·         relevant details

·         strong leads

·         relevant conclusions

            by the end of December 2008. 

3. The % of third grade students scoring proficient or higher in ideas and content to include a focused idea with relevant details will increase from 20% to 50% by October 13^th as measured by the third grade common assessment rubric.

Hopkins Elementary School

4^th Grade PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

1. By February 6th 70% of fourth grade students will score proficient or above in a multi paragraph essay that contains a thesis statement with evidence of supporting details and a conclusion amalgamated with good word choice as measured by the fourth grade writing rubric
2. The % of students scoring proficient or higher in word choice, sentence fluency, and ideas
   1. Ideas will increase from: __% to 70% in ideas; from 18% to 50% in word choice; from __% to 70%  in sentence fluency by the end of December as measured by the 6 Traits rubric.
3. The % of 4^th grade students scoring proficient or higher in a focused main idea, using engaging details and an inviting lead will increase from 16% to 50% by October 13^th as measured by the 6 traits rubric.

Hopkins Elementary School

5^th Grade PLC Summary

School Goal:

70% of students will be proficient in writing by the end of the 2008-2009 school year as measured by state, district, and building assessments.

Grade Level Goals:

1. The % of students scoring proficient or higher in use of appropriate vocabulary will increase from 36% to 80% and the % of fifth grade students scoring proficient or higher in correct spelling of high frequency and specific vocabulary will increase from 23% to 90% by the end of January as measured by the 5th grade rubric, administered on January 30, 2009.
2. The % of students scoring proficient and higher in punctuation or dialogue and correct spelling (in language usage) will increase from 29.8% to 90% by the end of December as measured by the CDE CSAP Writing Rubric for Language Usage.
3. The % of students scoring proficient and higher on leads and conclusions will increase from 61.7% to 85% by the end of December as measured by the CDE CSAP Writing Rubric for Content and Organization.
4. The % of fifth grade students scoring proficient and higher in beginning capitalization and ending punctuation , will increase from 30% to 90% by October 22^nd as measured by the fifth grade common assessment rubric.