Category: Our Learning Story – Evidence

Evidence Posts Evidence Post : Filling In The Gaps with Heart What targeted actions did we take to address our school’s learning focus? At Ferris Elementary School, our resource and classroom teachers reviewed both the SPARK and classroom assessment data to identify areas of need and plan targeted literacy support for students. Through collaborative discussions and ongoing…

Intermediate Ferris teachers collaborate closely to strengthen students’ decoding skills using text features, guided by Adrienne Gear’s Reading Power strategies. After administering and reviewing formative reading assessments, teachers meet to identify specific areas where intermediate learners need support—such as interpreting diagrams, using subheadings to predict content, or connecting bolded terminology to meaning. With this data,…