Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

Grade / Instructional Focus: 4th Grade Mathematics
Groups: _X_ Regular; _X_ IEP; _X_ ELL; _X_ Econ. Disadvantaged; _X_ Race; X_ Gender
Goal: All fourth grade students will demonstrate mathematics proficiency at grade level or
above grade level on the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test.
Achievement Objective / Benchmark (median scores or assessment nomenclature):
Standard Objective PASS Current %
or
assessment
nomenclature
Data Analysis
& Probablity
6/13%
Data Analysis
6 test items
@ least half
will score __
as %
or assessment
nomenclature
Years as
Issue
5.1 67% 83% 06-07,
07-08,
08-09
Interventions / Strategies:
The following research-based strategies have been chosen specifically to meet the needs of
students of each gender and race as well as those who are Special Needs or economically
challenged. Female students benefit from verbal interaction, descriptive narration, and
expressing emotional connections/experiences to the information. Male students benefit from
simple, analytic explanation, kinesthetic movement, and visual images to aid in retention of
information. According to Ruby Payne, economically challenged students, need to know the
“why” and “how” of a topic, before they can learn it. With those needs in mind, the following
interventions/strategies have been chosen:
5.1
Fourth grade teachers will provide step-by-step exercises to teach students to work with
number scales and to draw bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs. These activities will
involve concrete action, pictorial action, and cooperative groups.
Instructional Technology Integrated Strategies
5.1
Fourth grade teachers will engage students in interactive lessons using the Promethean
Interactive Whiteboard to reinforce data analysis. www.prometheanplanet.com
Procedural specificity will be detailed in individual teacher lesson plans.
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