December+5th

Math Unit 4- compare our test to the EM test - we are going to try the new unit test, whiting out the eraser of the pencil so that it is not 4 1/2 inches. BA will copy front to back for the level.

Theme tests/ story tests?- share results - We will use the theme tests. Look at stories and take off second page and type up two comprehension questions. We'll determine the stories to test. We will skip I Am A Butterfly, do Did You See Chip?, skip Thomas, do On The Way To The Pond, skip Friends Forever, do Fox and Stork- BA will type the last page.

look at science map - We added details for BA to make and give to Pat Z.

FYI- Will Piper would love to have his kids share their projects on Japan with first grade. Probably early Jan.

Seasons Project- share experiences and tweak

Shadows- ask Pat Z. to come to early Jan. meeting to talk about ideas with shadows -line graph does not benefit our first graders. Maybe we do it 4 times a year, maybe we don't actually measure, but take a photo where we stand in the same place each time.

Daily 5 check-in

Reading Adventure note and tickets- check to see if we all have small stickers and sticker chart. We made date corrections. BA will copy for level. Jill will copy tickets for level.

January Newsletter - Monday, Jan. 7th- first Reading Adventure begins. It will end Friday, February 15th Thursday, Jan. 17th- First to Second Grade Look Ahead 8:30 AM Monday, Jan. 21st- Martin Luther King Jr. birthday- NO SCHOOL (Monday, Jan. 23rd- guest speaker: Mary Tooley to talk about Ghana) Monday, Jan. 28th- NO SCHOOL: Teacher In-Service Day Thursday, Jan. 31st- Show and Share Night

Call Public Museum about field trip on Monday, Feb. 25th. Call to set up rain forest field trip- April 15th. Public Museum- Monday, Feb. 25th Ghana- 8:30-10:45; Monday, April 15th Rain Forest- 8:30-10:45 Go over notes about math skills from last year. We went over our notes about secure skills and questions we had for 2nd and SK. We will meet with 2nd grade next Wednesday and SK in January