Educator’s Name
Grade Level
Content Area
School
County
Evaluator’s Name
Date
1. Context
2. Specific Area
3. Baseline Data
Sample Teacher
First Grade
Mathematics
WV Elementary School
WV County
Mrs. Principal
Fall 2013
WV Elementary School is located in a rural county. There are 20 students in
this classroom. Three of these students are new to our school. According to
the kindergarten teacher, 5 of these students did not meet the standards as
indicated in the WV Next Generation Common Core CSOs in the area of
mathematics.
Mathematics
At the beginning of first grade, students completed an assessment probe.
The probe (one page) included addition and subtraction facts though 10
written both horizontally and vertically.
10 students answered problems through 5 correctly without the use of
tools. They used a wide variety of tools to answer problems related to
sums/differences 6-10 correctly.
6 students answered problems through 5 correctly with the use of various
tools. There was a variety of errors in their work when working on the
problems related to sums 6-10.
3 students used counters to answer all of the problems. Even though most
of the problems were correct, there were a variety of errors.
4. Goal
5. Strategies for
Attaining Goal
6. Collaboration
7. Measures
1 student chose not to use any tools and missed most of the problems.
Students will demonstrate fluency with addition and subtractions facts
through 10. This includes students being able to articulate their thinking
and using their understanding to solve performance tasks?
 Teacher will conduct number talks three days a week using
appropriate visual representations
 Teacher will include a word problem during morning meeting. The
focus of the discussion will be on the structure of the problem and
strategies for solving. (10 minutes)
 Personalized set of flashcards including fact families
 A variety of board games will be available for students to play.
(Games include number cubes)
 Computer games to reinforce basic addition and subtraction facts
Grade level teams will meet to review the data and design supports for
students. Teams will collaborate to design content lessons, science and
social studies, to support the acquisition of basic facts
****Computational Probe At the end of each nine weeks, students will
complete a written assessment of addition and subtraction facts through 10.
***Structured Student Interview Teachers will interview individual
students once each nine weeks. The interview will focus on how a student
solves a give problem.
***Performance Task The collaborative team designs a performance
prompt. The student will be asked to solve the problem and communicate
their solutions.