October 2021 Newsletter

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OCTOBER 2021

SCHOOL HOURS

Monday-Thursday 7:30am - 3:30pm

Friday 7:30am - 12:00pm

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Kindergarten & 1st Grade: 3:30pm on Monroe St.

2nd & 3rd Grade: 3:40pm on Stuyvesant Ave.

4th & 5th Grade: 3:40pm on Gates Ave.

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Dear La Cima Families/Caregivers,

Joy! Joy! Joy! Pure joy! That is the feeling associated with having our beautiful scholars back in person this year! We did it! La Cima is humming once again with the sounds of teaching and learning in the building. After over a year of uncertainty and instability we are back to high quality inperson learning experiences. Thank you for sticking with us!

We made a few changes this year that have had a high impact on our identity as a world-class learning institution. The scholars look AMAZING in their brilliant blue uniforms! We have launched a new website and we continue to share worthwhile stories on Instagram! Check it out!

As we hunker down to push our academic agenda forward, I thought it was important to share what our assessment program entails. We believe that gathering information about what our scholars understand or have challenges with is critical to charting a path for their individual growth and success. We will share the outcomes of these assessments with you and partner with you to support your scholar's continued growth. Please see the comprehensive memo below. If you have any questions, please be sure to check in with your scholar's teacher.

Until then let us continue to navigate the road to excellence!

In Partnership,

Principal Belle

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NWEA Math Assessments

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NWEA ELA Assessments for all scholars.

MAP Reading Fluency for Grades K-2

MAP Reading Fluency for Grades 3-5

La Cima Assessment Program

La Cima has a robust assessment program that collects data on scholars' performance in reading and math to measure and monitor growth. Several times during the school year the scholars will take NWEA Measures of Academic Progress Growth Math and Reading Assessments and NWEA reading fluency assessments. In addition to these benchmark assessments, scholars complete daily exit tickets, pre-assessments and unit assessments.

The NWEA assessments are:

computer-based assessments that are adaptive. administered twice a year in the fall and spring trimesters to all scholars.

HOW IS THE DATA USED? Teachers use the data to inform instruction and set learning goals for scholars to support their growth. School administrators use the data to monitor the progress of individual scholars, individual classes and each grade to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning and plan supports.

WHAT DOES THE MAP GROWTH ASSESSMENT MEASURE? The MAP Growth Math tests for grades K-2 measures the following skills:

1. Operations and Algebraic Thinking Students represent and solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They understand and apply properties of operations, and they understand the relationship between operations

2. Measurement and Data Students solve problems involving measurement and estimation of lengths, time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects. They use geometric measurement to understand area and perimeter. Students organize, represent, and interpret data in various graphical representations.

3. Number and Operations Students understand place value, the counting sequence, and counting strategies. They compose and decompose numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones. Students use place value understanding to compare numbers, perform multidigit arithmetic, and develop understanding of fractions.

4. Measurement and Data Students solve problems involving measurement and estimation of lengths, time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects. They use geometric measurement to understand area and perimeter. Students organize, represent, and interpret data in various graphical representations.

5. Geometry Students reason with shapes and their attributes. They identify and describe shapes having specified attributes. Students partition shapes into equal shares to gain an understanding of fractional parts of a whole

The MAP Growth Math tests for grades 3-5 measures the following skills: 1. Number and Operations Students understand the place value system by counting, representing, comparing, and performing operations with multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. 2. Measurement and Data Students solve measurement problems involving length, mass, liquid volume, time, money, area, perimeter, volume, and angles. Students generate, represent, and interpret data, and they solve problems using charts, graphs, and line plots

3. Geometry Students understand and reason with geometric concepts by identifying, describing,

creating, and classifying lines, angles, and two- and three-dimensional figures. Students solve problems by graphing points on the coordinate plane

The MAP Growth Reading tests for grades K-2 measures the following skills: 1. Literature and Informational Students understand what they read or hear read aloud. They make inferences, cite textual evidence, and determine central ideas, main topics, or themes. They identify and use various text features and determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words in context. 2. Vocabulary Use and Functions Students determine the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases by using context clues and analyzing word parts. They understand figurative language and word relationships. Students use glossaries and beginning dictionaries to clarify word meanings. 3. Foundational Skills Students understand the organization and basic features of print. They know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Students demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds. They isolate, manipulate, and blend individual sounds to form words. 4. Language and Writing Students understand conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. They know conventions of standard English grammar and usage. Students develop persuasive, informative, and narrative writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and adding details.

The MAP Growth Reading tests for grades 3-5 measures the following skills: 1. Literary Text: Key Ideas and Details Students read and comprehend literary texts, make inferences and predictions, and draw conclusions. They determine key ideas, analyze the development of themes and ideas, and summarize. 2. Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details Students read and comprehend informational texts, making inferences and predictions, drawing conclusions, and citing textual support. They determine the central idea, analyze the development of arguments, and summarize. 3. Informational Text: Language, Craft, Structure Students analyze the structure of informational texts, evaluating texts for bias and for the quality of claims and evidence. They evaluate the author's craft, determining the author's point of view and purpose. 4. Vocabulary: Acquisition and Use Students recognize and understand word relationships and structures. They use context clues and reference materials to decipher word meaning and nuance.

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