1. Lathrop Intermediate School
Winter MAP
Am I academically successful?
College Prep
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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2. UC Irvine “Saturday of Science”
ATTENTION students interested in Science.
HURRY our first field trip is NEXT Saturday!
UC Irvine “Saturday of Science”
WHAT: Field Trip
WHEN: Saturday, January 28, 2017 (as space permits) OR
Saturday, February 11, 2017 (as space permits) OR
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (as space permits)
TIME: Bus leaves and returns to Lathrop. 8:45am to 2:00pm.
WHY: Learn about STEM careers
Get to know the staff & students at UCI Science department
Visit the brand new STEM Lab & Maker Space at UCI
Lunch is provided.
Sign up with your elective teacher or see Ms. Sullivan in Room 106.
Please see Ms. Sullivan if your parent would like to come with us.
We have room for parent chaperones.
Permission slips are due ASAP.
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3. Valentine's Dance WHEN: Friday, February 10th TIME: 2:45 to 4:45
COST: $3.00
Bring extra money for food and treats
Permission slips will be passed out next week.
*More information coming soon*
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4. Lathrop’s Got Talent Talent Exhibit Competition
Do you have a special talent? You might be a great artist, photographer, comedian, skater, writer, musician, singer, dancer, rapper, etc.
To kick off the new year, the Yearbook staff will be hosting a 2017 talent exhibit competition.

5. Rules: All entries must be your own original work…..
That means you created it.
For example:
-If you’re singing, it must be your voice that is heard.
-If you’re drawing, it must be your drawing (no tracing).
-If you’re writing, it must be 100% your words; nothing taken from online, a book, a movie etc.
Criteria:
Overall Performance
A judgement on the contestant's ability to present original material that draws a positive response from the audience with personality, originality, and poise.
Originality
The performer/artist’s ability to create a piece of work that is distinctive or different from the other performers. It takes creativity, ingenuity, confidence, and personality to present an original piece.
Creativity
A judgement based on the creativity of the performer(s).

6. Submitting Your Entry
If your entry is something physical, such as a model, poster, drawing etc., bring it to Ms. Wolff in room 218.
If your entry is something that is not physical (such as singing, playing an instrument, a comedy skit, skateboarding trick, etc.) please record a video and send it to Ms. Wolff at:
Be sure to include: first name
last name
ID#
You can use a phone or your Chrome Book to record, and your Google Account to your entry.

7. Submitting Your Entry(continued)
You may submit more than one entry, but you can only win 1 prize.
It costs $1 for each entry:
(for example, if you enter 2 items, it will cost $2)
Bring money to Ms. Wolff in room 218 with your entry. If your entry was ed, you must stop by Ms. Wolff’s room.

8. Lathrop’s Got Talent Exhibit Prizes
1st place: $15 gift card (to the place of your choice)
2nd place: $10 gift card (to the place of your choice)
3rd place:$5 gift card (to the place of your choice)
Entries are due by February 10th!
Please get a form from your College Prep teacher if you’re interested.

9. Am I academically successful?
Measure of Academic Progress
You are academically successful if…
You are passing your classes with grade C or better
You are making at least the projected GROWTH on your MAP tests
Math
Reading
Language Usage
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10. MAP RIT Norms A student's RIT score indicates the level at which the student was answering questions correctly 50% of the time.
On the next slide
you will see the “mid-year mean” for
MAP Reading, Math and Language Usage
Right now:
Find your grade level
Find the “Mid Year Mean” for your grade level
As you are preparing to take your MAP Assessments,
keep in mind, this is the RIT score that students at your grade level should achieve on this assessment in order to be on track for High School
Once you complete your MAP assessments, write down your RIT scores, so you can see if your score meets the mean for each subject area.
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11. GENERAL SCIENCE: Coming soon….

12. How important is MAP? A major factor in class placement
MAP – points
BK1 ER – points
Sem1 Grade – 2 points
BK2 ER – point
Sem2 Grade – 1 point
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Total points
A major factor in class placement
A measure of High School, College and Career Readiness
A measure of success in school

13. How important is MAP? A major factor in class placement
MAP – points
BK1 ER – points
Sem1 Grade – 1 points
DWA points
BK2 ER – point
Sem2 Grade – 1 point
___________________
Total points
A major factor in class placement
A measure of High School, College and Career Readiness
A measure of success in school

14. MAP ESSAY CONTEST!!! NOW: Visit this website to watch a brief video
about the contest and to read the complete details:

15. REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS Tomorrow, Thursday, January 26th is our first day of MAP Testing
As a Lathrop Spartan, I am responsible for:
Charging my Chromebook tonight
Bringing my Chromebook to school tomorrow
Being in class by 8:15 a.m.
Trying my best on all of my MAP assessments
Being academically successful
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16. End of Semester Assessment Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 26
MAP Math
Math class 27
MAP Math
Math class 31
DWA
College Prep 1
MAP Reading
College Prep 2
MAP Language
College Prep
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