PLC+Minutes+2011-2012

=//**PLC Minutes 2011-2012**//= PLC Roles: - Wiki Keeper - Sevelovitz All other roles: We rotate and share responsibilities

5/29 Transition Night Talking Points - PBIS and Behavior Expectations - Fannin - Reading Contract - Hawkins - Homework guidelines - Sevelovitz - Key Ideas of core subjects - Sevelovitz - Class Projects - How will parents be informed - Fannin - Field Trips - Opera, Camp Flintlock - Hawkins - Supply LIst and Reading packet for summer - Questions

5/22 Possible names to help with EOY celebration - Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Hagen, Mrs. Craig, Kate Gordon-Escobar, Song Ideas - "You talk to much" for dance "You've got a friend" for slide show Supply List - discussion PTA Money - Terri will order books, other ideas - versitilles - level 5 looks like a good starter kit Science Kit ranking - 1- force and motion 2 - ecosystems (we can do this unit without the kit) landforms - not in common core Weather - we already don't get this one War Project during Remediation Transition Night - Were do we want to meet? Multipurpose room. We will get talking points at some point... two sessions of 60 mins each

Put a request for snacks for the dance in this weeks newsletter - individually wrapped snacks and juice boxes

5/15 Terri has checked in with 4th grade about parent help during eoy celebration Alert Now - Hello 5th grade families! This is Ms. Sevelovitz with a message from the 5th grade teachers. The 5th grade teachers are creating a slide show for the end of the year. We would like to use one or two pictures of your child from before they were in 5th grade. We prefer using group shots of student (for example pictures from a field trip or a class event ). If you have digital pictures please email them to me. My email address can be found on my school fusion webpage. If it is a print, we will scan them and return them. Please make sure your childs name is on the back of the photograph. Please send pictures by Friday, May 25. If you have any questions please let us know! Thank you and have a great day!

Master Schedule Feedback- There are no times of day for packing up, washing hands... we need transition time built in. Our concern is that we take mins out of the same subjects each day. This year science got the short end of the stick. We like ANCHOR backing up to a core subject and have 90 mins of math.

5/1 Talk with Tammie about packets - we need to see if we have a packet and what it says Terri will talk to 4th grade about getting parent volunteers to work the 5th grade celebration on June 8th We need to create permission slip for Pollard Visit - possibly put Pollard info on website

Dear Fantastic Parent Reps, We are planning on having a 5th grade celebration on June 8th following the Recognition Ceremony. We are asking you to please coordinate collecting donations of drinks, snacks, and paper supplies. We are recruiting other parents in other grade levels to help with set up, clean up, and serving so you can enjoy the day with your child. Thank you in advance for your help with this!

- Stephanie will write up an alert now for collecting pictures.

4/25 Planning for End of Year Festivities: Dance Sevelovitz will shop around on itunes for music and come up with a price quote and will ask Coach Sipe for access to her CD's Snack donations need to be individually wrapped Picture Slide Show - Have kids send in 1 baby picture and a few pics of school activities prior to 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony Celebration Need a new location since the hallway is no longer ours... "We would like to have a reception after the 5th grade moving up ceremony on June 8. We are looking for things like a cake, snacks (individually wrapped), drinks, plates, forks,...etc  - Side conversation about Reading Counts for next year or Raz-kids

Pollard Visit - May 30th 8:45-11:00 Need permission slip and drivers

War Project -Start project on May 14th -May 31st

Starting Monday April 30- No more math or reading groups. Do 45 mins Math and Reading - Monday and Wed. 45 mins Math and Science Tues and Thurs.

Why do we struggle with tier-plans? - remembering to print off probes - we need to set a specific day to give aimsweb probes each month - we should all meet together to write tier plans and then plans probe dates together.

4/17 What electronics can students bring on bus to Camp Flintock? - No Cell Phones -No way to lock buses bring electronics at own risk

Electronics are allowed on the bus during our field trip. The bus ride is 2 hours long. Please be advised that the buses do not lock and items will remain on the bus while we are at Camp Flintlock. Students assume all responsibility for lost or damaged items. Please remember to pack lunch, snack, and beverages in containers that can be thrown away. There will be no coolers or way to heat up food. Thank you!

Poetry Project - Jennifer will fix dates and email project outline

Awards - Thursday 4/19 right after recess on playground

4/3 Materials we have for LA - Working on Curriculum Map - TFK readers

4/2 Centers for F&P testing - Hawkins and Fannin go Tuesday. Sevelovitz goes Wednesday. -Simple Machines Video - Metric conversion flap book - using math books - versitiles - Civil war unit (2) - 1st two poetry wkshts (clouds are... and haiku) - Chapter 1 Forces (p. f2) in Science Book - Classscape Science Pretest - Edheads simple machines website - Science Vocab games

Center 1 - Simple machine video 2 - Civil War part 1 (p.113 - 118 on Tuesday and p. 119 - 124 on Wednesday) 3- Versitiles 4 - Classscape (pre-test 5 - Ed Head  6 - metric conversions flap book  7 - civil war part 2  8 - science vocab games  9 - science book - force  10 - poetry wkshts

Supplies - 10 Science Books, Social Studies Books, Ear phones, pencils, colored paper, scissors, computers

3/29 Working on Curriculum Map

3/21 - Revisit and revise curriculum map to match new standards - For curriculum map - first 2 columns need to be done in reading and math by the end of the year - There is a new database for Tier Plans - Update data cards - Third Quarter F&P dates - 4/3-4/4 Curriculum Map time line - first decide what we need to do then look at what we have then revisit what we want to do - Use PLC time to work on map for LA beginning on 3/27

PLC 2/21 EOG resources we have- CARS, Coach book in Science, Math, and reading,Math EOG workbooks, EOG passages for reading, DPI released tests, Study Island, IXL We will need to revisit resources next year when standards change We will do our modules on Science and SS on 2/28 during our after school PLC time

Early Release Day 2/15 - EOG passages for Reading Groups - we need 12 passages - Poetry - we will discuss at a later date since we don't teach it until the 4th nine weeks - Country Project - We will actually do it this year!! Rubric and additional info are in  - Weather Update - Clouds, Water Cycle, Temperature, Air Pressure (Look for Weather smart video on united streaming), Fronts, wind, weather tools, cold air sinks

Terri's Big Idea - We need to do more to help kids practice Science stuff. Ideas - create crossword puzzles, 8-10 questions etc... and do one - two a week focusing on our essential skills (vocabulary and key concepts) - Weather - Fannin - Ecosystems - Hawkins - Landforms - Sevelovitz Have first activity created by next week. Our goal is that we will each create one activity per week. Tammie 15 mins. working with readers who are not growing - Kevin, Amber, Anashia, Nolan, Gabe, Karina 11:20 -11:35 except on PLC Tuesdays

2/14 "Do we need a mock EOG" - this should be a grade level decision - 5th grade students do not need this Vocab - Will get list to teammates by tomorrow - fill Terri in on what was covered at workshop EOG Passages - ID ones we will use Reading Strategies in 5th grade - this will be useful - Underline or make notes in margin - Eliminate silly answers before circling - if stuck think "right there or in your head"

Agenda for Wed. 2/15 - NC Falcon EOG Passages EOG resources Terri's Big Idea- get people to listen to us

1/31 Field Day - we vote 1/2 day with grade levels having the chance to organize their own balloon toss in the pm. We don't require cursive Leadership minutes review - Yes 5th grade is willing to come in in summer to discuss the big beginning of year stuff Valentine's Day: Breakfast and Valentine exchange - During Math time ask for donations to breakfast Field Trip - let parents know the date and that they can't ride the bus unless they have school board approval. Parents will be helping at a station not rotating with the children. Terri is calling names for the recognition ceremony SAIL data review - requested to see the SAIL questions so we can guide our instruction. Began working on differentiated lesson plan for fractions.

1/18 Classscape pretest - Do Classscape "Weather Review" as pre-test Making the Fraction pre and post is - Sevelovitz Making the Measurement pre and post is Fannin

1/13 Plan for F&P testing Two of us test at one time - one in k/1 workroom and one in alcove by Tammie's room (we will bring desks down) Ideas: - water cycle song/poem/dance...etc... that includes all parts of the water cycle (work in partner or individually) can earn extra credit with performance to class - Math Stars/ Tangrams - American Revolution Timeline - SS book p. 81-94 do chapters first then create timeline with 10-15 events - Hero's of the American Revolution - American Revolution Vocab Flip Book - must use all 10 highlighted words - Martin Luther King Jr. - Books and activies

1/9/12 Jennifer will copy Biomes test and Review Sheet We will do the Blooms Taxonomy module Tuesday 1/10

Plan for F&P 1/17 - 1/19 Mulitpurpose room Algebra Human Impact on ecosystems American Revolution

12/12 Homework Check-in Timothy, Dee, Jordan Jones, Brian, Gabe, Kevin Kids go straight there when they get there in the am Each kids has a folder and in folder has a sheet that we will create that the HW check-in person will check off To exit HW check-in - have HW everyday for 4 weeks To get in to HW check in - miss HW 2 out of 4 days for two consecutive weeks. Have a specific place for (like a check-in bin) for us to put assignments each day. At the end of HW check in each day, assignment folds go put back in HW check in bin with teachers name on it and color coded by grade level. Person in charge needs to physically see that HW is done and glance over it to see if the answers make sense. Teachers need to document if child has come to class after going through check in with out HW.

11/29 - Tier plan check-in - Gingerbread houses - 12/19 - Sevelovitz will email Frazier to see if 5th grade can do recess at 1:10 instead of 1:25. Plan on constructing houses right after lunch and decorate after recess. Terri has list of supplies and directions. - Discussed curriculum teams lesson plan for differentiation - Terri shared template of plan - 12/15 - 9:45 MP band assembly Groups Reading - We have concerns about growing our AIG kids. We need to find a way to reach our AIG math only kids who struggle in reading. Are the kids who are AIG math only are they getting what they need? Every other week group - Sevelovitz Low - use Cornell notes and read together and independent - Hawkins Average - Fannin Switch groups in January

Math Groups Hawkins - Number Worlds Fannin - High Sevelovitz - average

Plan for F and P part 2. -Classscape - Science book p.b34-b39 food chain and answer 5 review questions and create a food chain / Ecology magazine - Social Studies - p.59-64, 65-72, 73-80 - Government Posters - All about me posters

Rotations will be 45 minutes

Fannin, Hawkins, Sevelovitz... Testing "S" and below...

10/25 PLC Afterschool Reading Buddies - look at students and come up with some options. We have concerns about club fit, deckhands and being ready to go at 8:00. Leadership Review Silent in Hallway during dismissal NC Falcon Plan

Classscape - work in progress PLC Smart Goal - Worked on team SMART goal setting plan. - created a goal and it is saved under SMART goal setting plan Tier Plan checklist - introduction If you interventions are not working you need make adjustments All tier plans need to be written!!

10/20 Classscape dates and assessments 25th is SAIL F and P - will come up with plan closer to 11/7 Need math, reading, and science assessments - post and pre Science- Posttest on landforms and pretest on ecology. - Sevelovitz Math - post place value and pre geometry and algebra (split into 2 one geometry and one algebra) - Hawkins Reading - post main idea and fact and details (one test) and pre fact and opinion, cause and effect, authors purpose - Fannin

Dates for assessments - Math post test Monday 10/24 Science post Tuesday 10/25 We need to talk with fourth grade about scheduling the laptops for classscape assessments.

10/11/11 Meeting after SubFinder training SMI - Student log in page is in Erin's Email http://smi.chatham.k12.nc.us:55880/slms-static/s_app_smi/landingPage.html Username and password is computer log in and password Scheduled SMI for Thursday before and after firehouse trip depending on schedule. Firehouse trip - one bus split Hawkins class in half. Mrs. Earnest will ride second shift there and first shift back. This is more complicated then it should be. Fannin and Hawkins part 1 are on first shift. Sevelovitz and Hawkins part 2 are on second shift.

Summary of Curriculum Meeting from 10/10 by Fannin.

9/27/11 Special guest: Coach Sipe Shared students on behavior plans Shared dismissal concerns about 2nd grade going in front of 5th grade. Coach Sipe will bring concerns to specialists about having 2nd grade wait until 5th grade goes by. Coach Sipe will also help with our sportsmanship issues on the playground. Next week bring PE classes to computer lab.

Terri printed out info on the Cornell Notes to use as the intervention for Tier II comprehension. Tier II kids should do this every subject and this would take this place of the record of reading.

Discussion of classscape pre/post test usage and planning. Math Stars- Jennifer is using 3rd grade math stars and Terri and Stephanie will use 5th grade math stars. ON Wed. model how math stars work then hand out math stars II to be due next Wednesday.

Math Tier I interventions- Will wait for today and look at students on current tiers and see were gaps are. Jennifer will ask at the RtI meeting what we should use as a progress monitoring tool. (Possibly use classscape focusing on essential skills) We are curious to know if we can see the student view of SMI so we can evaluate results.

9/21 - Half day Meeting Guided reading will go from 8:05-8:50 Monday-Thursday Math Groups go from 8:55-9:25 Monday - Wednesday Thursday will be test day/ assessment days/ make up days

Reading group plan: Jennifer is doing Literature circles and will focus on digging deeper into meaning of the text and supporting their findings and thoughts. Terri - doing some general reading about Native Americans and focus on finding meaning and building background knowledge Stephanie - Whipping Boy (act as a guided reading literature circle) Need to get 13 copies of book

We need to get with Tammie and Sandy and let them know our plans for the NA project. Using the data from the place value pre-test and Aimsweb we made ability based math groups. We also realized that this years plan is working much better the last years anchor plan.

Jennifer works with number worlds with the red group The white group will need more time to explore decimals and understanding what they mean. Work on rounding. The blue group will do project based learning, prime and composite numbers, scientific notation, numbers in other bases, more advanced rounding, roman numerals

Terri's centers - KSS, vaulting over decimals, decimal square sheets

Landform Wordstudy: -temporarily replaces spelling patterns instruction - five words per week focus on 5-10 minute mini lesson <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- words for next week archipelago, canyon, erosion, plateau, ox bow lake <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- each week check worksheets for "done-ness" and general understanding or lack of understanding

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Disscussion about Tier-plans

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tier I Reading - Anchor Groups - Skill groups and record of reading. Prob used is EasyCBM <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tammie has joined conversation to help us write interventions for our tier-II reading kids

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Minutes for 9/20/11 - First PLC meeting of the year!! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Came up with agenda for Early Release day on 9/21 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Anchor Groups <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Math Groups <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-- ClassScape Assessments <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-- What will math groups do? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Tier Plan Interventions <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Word Study <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Landform Vocab <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Native American Project <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--SMI - On Hold <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- If time - Landform Terms as word study

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today's Project: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Young Authors and Science Fair decision - Count as extra credit - adds an extra 100 test grade to the subject <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Welcome to the meeting Mrs. Watson!! Discussion of students who are on behavior plans. We think this group is much better and more enthusiastic in specials. Thank you specialists for accommodating 5th grade and taking us during their planning on the half day. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Native American Project - Mrs. Watson will look into incorporating Native American art into her classes. Jennifer fixed all the dates for the NA project!! Yay!!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NA project due: Thursday Oct. 20. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plan - 10/11 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">References - 10/6 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Notes - 10/6 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Signature - 9/23

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terri will go and check out books and we will make sure we have book for all the tribes we assign. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Sandy's students should have same tribe ( <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Tammie's students should have same tribe so she can help with comprehension (Sevelovitz will talk with Tammie)