September+19,+2012

Math Tests - send to Econographix? - ask C horen if we can do that. Will send out if we can. Decodable books- Econographix? - 10 for each story for each class; send to Econographix; for book 2. Daily 5- feedback? - We feel we will get more information from the conference in October. Perhaps we don't have our children write with partners in first grade - or maybe that starts in January or after spring break? We shared what our thoughts are at this time. We do not have our kids choosing their own rounds yet. Science- Seasons Project - talked about project to go with each season; have them do Photostory together as partners?? Went through 10 question outline we wrote during the PBL conference. What multimedia projects will we offer for fall? For summer we will do a whole group multimedia project. We want to put a summer example together for Photostory. Clouds (Sheet) objectives? Read book, talk about what we already know, use viewers to go outside and view certain types of clouds, BethAnne will look for book called The Cloudy Day and make a cloud class book, tally marking what type of clouds are in the sky during calendar time, sharing information with an international group about the clouds/weather we observe, Seasons objectives? Calendar books Ideas Plan days in our cycle to briefly talk about Daily 5 during our 12:30 special Dismissals on Friday: Patti - Preprimary/Afterschool Grade Coordinator notes - do Earth Day? Invite Judy Clegg to one of our team meetings (how do other grade levels utilize her?); receipts need to come to the grade level each Wed before they are submitted.