Friday, March 06, 2009

Minutes from 2/6/09 meeting

Introduce session
Model session with students
Discuss what has been seen

Set up childcare

Reading journals
3-5 reader’s workshop: minilesson, guided reading, independent reading, reading journals, literature circles
K-2 reader’s workshop: minilesson, centers, guided reading, word work

K-2 Writer’s workshop
3-5 writer’s workshop: mentor book, minilesson (writer’s hook the readers with their lead), write, share

Keep in mind how teachers interact during the lesson

From Lisa—thanks!
Family Writing Night
-survey = 2+s and 1 wish
-dates set
-add another required field for Writing Night sign-up -- email address or phone number for sign-up for follow-up survey purposes
-Q Should we do a follow-up survey to help us plan for next year? What is it that we want to find out?
Was this workshop helpful to you this year?
How did this workshop help you?
Check-in w/ parents in survey to see if families had the opportunity to follow-up and use some of the writing ideas?
Do we want to know if parents are doing something differently, or do we want to know if parents have a better understanding.
Kevin and Camille will power through the survey idea and determine a Q that represents what we want to find out and bring it back by April 3
-inform parents and make sure there's an understanding that we're not all about MEAP writing

Literacy Night Models
-not on curriculum night
-make sure there's a connection between K-2 demo models and 3-5 demo models in what is presented
-Hey Kevin...is this a one or two night thing?

readers workshop
explanation to parents about what is a readers workshop and how guided reading is one piece of the readers workshop
K-2 mini lesson, centers, guided rdg
3-5 mini lesson, reading response letters, guided rdg

writers workshop
explanation to parents about what is a writers workshop
sharing writing calendar w/ parents so that they see how their kids are involved in multigenre writing throughout the year. Share this information at Curriculum Night, too.
model,/show parents what a mini lesson looks like and then have students' writing to demonstrate how students...
revise to show and not tell, craft a lead, inner thought

SIT Plan