2010-2011+Next+Steps

** Content Area Plan for 2010-11  ** __ 2nd Grade  __  || Work on writing-exemplar booklets, center ideas   || All second grade teachers   || ** __  October 12:   __ ** ** -  ** Paige Richards’s discussion in second grade room regarding differentiation and questioning! -Investigation web site refresher for setting up class assignments that reinforce the math investigations standards. ||  -Work on writing exemplars with personal narratives -Daily Five discussion and update -Meeting in Rawson Computer lab with technology and project based ideas with the use of the computers and the internet for social studies! -Technology article from Tammy Lind discuss! ||    ||   || __  February 1:  __ -Daily five discussion article with group -Donna Jonasen: Guided reading booster and centers DVD -BYOC? ||  -Article discussion -BYOC? -Daily five discussion article with group -Review discussion about opinion! ||  -Discuss article -Find and discuss opinion exemplars -BYOC? -Daily five discussion article with group  || -BYOC? -Daily five discussion article with group ||    August 25, 2010— Welcome back!! We started with good news from the summer—a wedding, new puppy, AFS student, baseball games, new technology bought, Vegas/Grand Canyon trip, new bathroom, playing with kids, spending time with family. Discussed Daily 5 (Blakewood, Luther) using that for guided reading time—kids have a lot of input on where they are at. Focused, quick and concise. We will be discussing the progress and feel throughout the year at our monthly half days. We will be choosing different articles to read instead of a book study unless something comes up. Created the next steps plan Watched “Shift Happens” from Youtube. Discussion on how WE need to think differently—keep up with what kids are involved in or know (Facebook, Twitter, Ipod touch, Ipad etc.) ** HOMEWORK:  ** ** Collect personal narrative exemplars  ** ** Read article that Laurie forwards to you  ****  J  ** BYOC Questions – September 27, 2010 The work you are doing now with your Next Steps will support the Build Your Own Curriculum process. 1. What questions does your department/grade level have? Who will enter curriculum? When will it be done or due? Who will decide the framework? How do you input activities? (scan them in, links) Logistics are hard to wrap our heads around:)    What happens when the computer is down?    Where will Elementary start? Math? (since it’s already there)--although it may not be the place I need to look at since it is already there? Easiest to input though.    Start at writing? Is it a subcategory? YES--this is where the people need the most help as far as activities etc. This is more controversial--touchy and taught soooo differently.    Language Arts is so huge--grammar, spelling, reading, writing    2. What do we need to do to make the roll-out successful?    very excited about the presentation. Great for all to hear.     Time!!    **__ Monday, September 27th, 2010--Meeting notes __**    1. Share celebrations/interesting things/funny events from the beginning of the year.    Open House--loved the idea of dropping off supplies before school- Many felt that they needed to have time to talk to parents. Math nights- not well attended by Lkvw parents, better turn out at Luther. Blakewood and Rawson are this week. Is math night needed now for parents?? or what is the purpose? Could they come for a lesson during the day? How can we draw parents in?? WE NEED TO STREAMLINE the nights we ask parents to come in--conferences, open house, math night??? orientation?? Daily 5 update-- Language using daily 5 is good--Building Stamina, great vocabulary being used. Daily 5--see benefits already, reading and writing, the kids love doing it -building up to 20 minutes, working on it at home. Voracious readers. Blakewood, Luther -full daily 5, Lakeview is doing daily 4 -writing is separate. Rawson teachers need to get book!! (Amazon.com) Still training the kids--Blwd/LU--do guided reading with strategy groups and they have choice books--kids are choosing what they need-very student driven, Lkvw-is doing guided reading and if they aren’t doing g.r. then they are doing daily 5 Flexible grouping--much more conferring and data collected by students. Janet will forward a Daily 5 for dummies website. Ideas for Conferences Math-- share benchmark sheets, assessments Reading --grid (entry levels-where headed), any assessments (high frequency words, fluency), writing booklet with profiency at grade level, time spent on reading. 1st Trimester--ends Dec. 3rd, report cards go home Dec. 10 2nd Trimester--ends March 11, report cards go home March 17 3rd Trimester--report cards June 9th 2. Build Your Own Curriculum -what it is and update. see questions above 3. Intervention time updates all schools are different-- BL has 1/2 hour at the end of the day that they support on their own according to Daily 5 (right now), LKvw--has 45 minutes and have sp.ed and rdg. teachers for support-split kids according to levels and needs (literacy right now), LU--has school intervention time right after lunch-no switching as of right now-no support staff right now in 2nd grade (literacy now), Rawson--scheduled 1/2 hour daily to meet with small groups (others are doing DEAR time)--**__still struggling with this.__** Making words, rhyming words, strategy, fluency, word sorts, comprehension How do we track this? Log for everyone? Same thing-new name? HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE? Brain research shows that the attention is about 10-15 minutes and yet intervention time is 30 -45 minutes uninterrupted time!!!!!!! WE NEED MORE DETAILS ABOUT RTI--TO GET US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE--what is BEST PRACTICE!!!! Our team was a bit frustrated about this topic:) HELP PLEASE!:) 4. Discussion about the article (The Thought Filled Curriculum--Educational Leadership)--sorry it is so small:)   collaborative- real life problems to solve, information will be at their finger tips so now they need to be able to problem solve and think about what possible solutions. Make time to let the kids make connections and share.     5. Investigations-where are we, how's it going, ready for the assessments?    6. Writing--where are we, how's it going, looking for exemplars/    7. Good of the cause--Science assessment on Magnets-total of 12 points one point for each blank and one point for question 10.   **__ 8. Homework:) Paige chose an article for us--Laurie will forward it to you :) __**    **__ Keep looking for exemplars for personal narratives __**
 * Professional Growth to Improve Student Learning **
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 * ||  Exp lore opportunities in social studies for project based learning and share ideas on current best practices.    ||   || ** __  December 14:   __ **
 * ||   Continue to touch base on Investigations/writing/technology    ||   || __  March 8:  __
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