SIT Agenda - March 6, 2009

Family Writing Workshop
Dates--
March 26: Tom, Camille, Kevin
March 31: Colleen, Camille, Kevin
April 6: Susan, Stephanie, Kevin, Camille
Location: MP Room
Times: 7 - 8:30 PM

eNotes blurb - Camille
Invitation demo, hard copy
Survey(s)? - two plusses and a wish and/or email survey afterwards

Literacy Night Planning
Share ideas from February SIT meeting
Next steps

Handout: SIT Plan - questions now or later are fine

Ed. Yes submitted

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Report Submittal Details
School Martin Luther King Elem. School Date 02/12/2009
School Code Number 05760 Time 13:44:40

Ed Yes input due 2/11 :-)

Morning and thanks to those who have offered suggestions on Ed Yes.
If you anticipate sharing additional suggestions/input, please share
with me (or the group if you feel it is best) but Wednesday, 2/11.

Once our report is finalized, I submit it to Dr. Roberts for approval.

Thank you.
Kevin

Ed. Yes DRAFT

Hello King SIT,

Here is a DRAFT copy of the Ed Yes report. I'll take input on any of
the strands; however, if you want to focus on one area, please offer
suggestion on Strand 4.

Camille--this has differences in strands 1 -3 from the hard copy I
gave you this AM.

Kevin

Description of Family Writing Workshop

Make Way for Writing: A Family Writing Workshop
The focus of this 90-minute workshop is to bring family members together to experience the joy of sharing and writing stories about growing up. Children, young people, and their parents will learn ways to call up significant memories, methods for getting writing started, and easy and practical techniques for helping each other as writers. We’ll also discuss some ideas for sharing this writing and continuing family writing at home.

The Family Writing Workshop includes the following activities:
Prewriting Activities

* Reading and conversation
* Visual representations
* Sharing with others

Writing Activities

* Choosing something to write about in any chosen genre
* Sharing some possibilities for genre exploration
* Writing for 20 minutes—separately or with another family member

Revising/Sharing Activities
Getting three families together to share their writing and to offer two plusses and a wish.
Closing
Reading a story and discussing how to continue writing at home with other topics, such as relationships and friendships.
Number of participants: up to 25 families

Minutes of 2/6/09 SIT meeting

Reviewed SIP action steps w/ SIT

Ed Yes draft will be sent to all to review before submitting to Todd

Family writing workshop:
Three 90 minutes workshops
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Dates: Thurs., March 26
Tues., March 31
Mon., April 6
Place: Media Center and workspace in classrooms?
Kevin will give teachers workshop insert for newsletters
Kevin will explore having one of the three workshops at Greenbaxter
-we'll need shuttle service
-enough room?
-Colleen will draft a survey parents at Greenbaxter as to their needs (transportation, what nights of the week, etc.)
Follow-up survey: Camille will check into combining EMU & King survey - quick check w/ a place for comments to give families at the end of each session. Possible survey for kids
Food: Water - Camille will check w/ Busch's for a donation

Literacy Night (plan for next year)
-earlier rather than later in the school year, Sept. suggestion
-combination curriculum night & literacy night suggestion
-separate K-2 and 3-5 sessions
-informative - what happens in the workshops and ways for parents to support
-create common understand
-common language
-reading workshop
guided reading
read aloud
shared reading
interactive reading
word work
idea to have some kids present to model guided reading & mini lesson
-writing workshop
word work
reading like a writer
writing process- brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, publication

Literacy Night Brainstorm

Schedule for early in the fall - how early?

Content
Reading
Writing
Reader's workshop
- Guided reading - with kids?
- Read aloud
Writer's workshop
word work
Breakout into K-2 and 3-5


Overall objectives:
- how to make it more family friendly

Explain what I do and why I do it this way
Parental support so that the learning is matched up at home