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Elmhurst Community Unit District 205’s REACH Program
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Reach PTA When: First Thursday of each
month at 9:15 a.m.
Where: Elmhurst Public Library, meeting Room
CHANGE OF DATE NOTICE First meeting is changed toSeptember 8th, 2011
Parent Resources
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The Administrative Staff
Dr. Charles Johns Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Charles Sprandel Director of Research, Assessment, and Quality Analysis
Dr. Kathleen Liace EC-12 Literacy/REACH Coordinator
Kathleen Wilkey EC-12 Math/Science Coordinator
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Your School’s REACH Teacher & Principal
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What is REACH?What is REACH?
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The Challenge for Educators and Parents:
We must understand that there aregifted students who need programs that meet their needs, and
there are also students who need nurturing so that their gifted traits can emerge.
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Differentiation
Through classroom differentiation students will experience continual progress toward
learning goals.
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Differentiation
What is it?
How is it implemented as part of the REACH program?
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Aspects of Differentiation
Classroom differentiation involves:
◦Grouping students based on skill levels
◦Providing a continuum of learning activities ◦ Organizing students to work on different activities as the class studies a particular concept or unit
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Advanced Academic Development
Verbal
Mathematics
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Goals for LearnersGoals for LearnersGrowth in strength areasCritical and creative thinkingEffort, persistence, organization, risk-
taking, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and tolerance for ambiguity
Independence, self-direction, disciplineProblem solving, using multiple resourcesPositive attitude toward learning and accepting challenge
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How are students identified?How are students identified?
Advanced mathematical development:
•Trend on MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Math assessment of 95th percentile and above
• 7 or 8 on Math Behaviors Checklist (teacher observation of student’s mathematical thinking and learning)
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How are students identified?How are students identified?Advanced language arts development:
• Consistently high achievement on Reading Street benchmarks from previous year
• Trend on MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Reading assessment of 95th percentile and above
• 7 or 8 Language Arts Behaviors checklist (teacher observation score)
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What do students miss when What do students miss when going going
to REACH? to REACH?
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What materials are used in What materials are used in REACH Language Arts?REACH Language Arts?
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Street extensions/ Expressways
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……in in REACH MathematicsREACH Mathematics??Grades 3/ 4Everyday Math Series
Grade 5 Math Connects Course 2
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What happens after this What happens after this year?year?
Gr. 3-5 Block
Gr. 6-8
Classes
Gr. 9-12 Enriched / Honors / AP
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Will my child be considered forWill my child be considered foranother REACH talent area?another REACH talent area?
On-going monitoring
Annual May REACH reviews for Mathematics
5th Grade placement review for Middle School
On-going annual reviews in Middle School and High School
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Going beyond District 205Going beyond District 205……
Northwestern University Center for Talent Development
National-Louis University College of DuPage
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats
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What are your questions about REACH?