2/2/17 Meeting

Members in Attendance: Maren, Carrie, Michele, Jessica, Erika, Chad, Heather, Kelley
Agenda Item Contributor Notes Questions or Follow Up Needed

Check In Cara K: going well, letter sounds, met initial goal; number recognition, met
initial goal; now doing site words (related to SIP); going back to number
recognition with goal of increasing.Maren looking at Jan Richardson
intervention (briefly talked about as a team)

1st: original goal was to use composite score then noticed huge drop
midyear...realized that the weight of the CBM is very different from
beginning of year to mid-year...revised goal to decode words...looking at
reason why kids are still low...came together as a team to help meet
needs of students (splitting kids up - mini boot camps...roughly every
day 15 minutes) 3 of the 4 are showing growth already.never had that
conversation before that it is ALL of our kids, not just mine and yours

2nd: focusing on math switch time...working on basic facts with a big

chunk of kids, low EL is having hard time with counting on; next week
going to hop into fables for reading PLC (recount, retell fables - checking
for understanding_

3rd: finishing text features, just did post assessment, will look at it next
week; next focus will be test taking strategies - skills for successful test
taking; PLC goal recently changed to fluency - working on matching to
CBMs - looking at ways to pre-assess test taking strategies (in groups
as there are 13 of them) - focus on show their thinking
**Noted: when take away the CBM, and they are reading something they
want to read, it is so much better!!

4th: looking at fluency as well, CBM assess has shown growth from 33%
to 53%; talking about what doing, what working, talking strategies, will
suggest 1st grade boot camp strategy and the 13 test taking strategies;
also use time for Math WIN and Reading WIN (individually)...will use
MAP data for next (Carrie recommended book - Book with no
Pictures.read a couple of pictures plain and then with fluency)

5th: focusing on comprehension, focusing on summarizing when hearing

oral readings (pulling online readings), for pre and post reading articles -
 encouraging taking notes as those using notes can use for summary;
skill of going back into notes.did first round on Key Word Notes
(hoping it will transfer into this)

PLCs at SEA Cara Week 1: Teams discuss data

Week 2: Vertical teaming
Week 3: Teams discuss data
Week 4: School wide

Spring STEAM Cara YES: 5th Grade Spring Data Day

Day YES: 3rd Grade Spring Data Day
YES: 2nd Grade Spring Data Day
YES: 4th grade wants one after MCAs- day

K will follow up
1st...would like to do a day for Classroom Placement and then catch
up on curriculum

Early May (After May 5th)

Suggestion - Have one teacher put in for sub for 3 days and within notes
indicate breakdown of where going. Would this help or hinder?

Additional Cara Might need time for planning with recent MAP data
Planning/Data
Time Needed? 2nd grade need for time for guided reading levels

We need to make sure that we are using data from all these
assessments for intentional instructional planning. Need to
prioritize time for review of data and plan for instruction

12/15 Meeting

Members in Attendance: Maren, Carrie, Michele, Jessica, Erika, Chad, Cara

Agenda Item Contributor Notes Questions or Follow Up Needed
Check In Cara Progress check in Need help and clarification -
Kindergarten - 2 cycles going - number recognitions and letter Converting the provided checklist to a
sounds; reassessing January 25th; stuck right now as they have grade for report card. When the
no provided rubrics from district (gone from schoology now)...Mary whole district has the same report
has a hard copy though (yeah!); met the goal for both cycles as of card, shouldnt there be consistency
yesterday with the current data. between elementary schools for report
1st grade - P rogress monitoring decoding, in the mean time have card grading? We understand that
been digging into rubrics for report card, looking at next steps each day we are teaching to and
based upon that as guide; reviewing for understanding what is testing the standards and that is
grade level; looking at how checklists attach to a grade where the consistency is, BUT we
2nd grade - working on who, what, where, when, why in need some guidance...
NonFiction, realized that the 1st passage had to much technical
language, revised; also looking at differentiation for Math WIN with
math facts
3rd grade - students know the facts they are supposed to know
coming into 3rd grade, PLC focus is reading - Question, Answer,
Relation; realized that next goal needs to be text features due to
post assessment reading choice
4th grade - f ocused on fluency, looking at progress monitoring
weekly, once a month entering and reviewing highest words, have
an extra PLC document conversing strategies, Erika had great
success with readers theater; concerned with students that are so
low and on opposite end, some have shown huge
5th grade - w orking on key word notes and summarizing (slow to
go with sub prep, etc.); working on 5 week cycle (non fiction
reading); reality - will continue after break

Challenges- Finding relevant readings/text that is not to

challenging for learners and does not have extra features that are
confusing for students.

MJ and Kivi Cara December 21st - Mary Jane Adams Are we going to have PLC next week
Visits January 25th - Kivi it is not on the original schedule.
March 15th - Mary Jane Adams
April 12th - Kivi

PLCs at SEA Cara Lets start this in January: Confused with mixed messages - can
we create our PLC time to work for us
Week 1: Teams discuss data (using the scaffolding from Northport);
 Week 2: Vertical teaming/ professional development do we need to record information on
Week 3: Teams discuss data the PLC sheet on a weekly basis???
Week 4: School wide/professional development
Is this a mixed message between
district requirements and Q comp
requirements??

11/10 Meeting Members in Attendance: All

Agenda Item Contributor Notes Questions or Follow Up Needed

Clarifications Cara Data Days - Want a spring one scheduled? YES: 5th Grade Spring Data Day
from last STEAM Days? YES: 3rd Grade Spring Data Day
meeting YES: 2nd Grade Spring Data Day
YES: 4th grade wants one after
MCAs- day

K will follow up
1st will follow up

One person for 3 day sub - we should

be recruiting those people Linda Thoni,
Carol Johnson, Vicki Maus, Mary Jane
Doll

Checking In; Cara 4th Grade: PLC Minutes

how has your
team been
using PLC time
to date

What should Cara Need to address the L for learning. Need to be learning from Can we visit another schools PLC?
PLCs at SEA each other at this time too and not just going through the same This year will all the PLCs look the
look like? What hoops each week. same with Leona overseeing?...yes with
will PLCs look the form.
like at SEA this Carrie from observations of last years PLC...built all the
year? components needed to do within a 4 week time.
Week 1:Teams discuss data
Week 2: Vertical teaming/ professional development
Week 3: Teams discuss data
Week 4: School wide/professional development
Contact Fredrico or Alejandro to
schedule a time for PLC Leads to be an
observer of their grade level PLCs

Review of Cara/Heather
provided PLC
form

Posting Carrie Casey How does everyone post their learning targets? (daily, weekly) K- Leaves the BIG ones up each year,
Learning on Marens CAFE board the targets
Targets change accordingly and for Science
What is the expectation for SEA? they change as well based upon what
Can the kids tell you what they are working on. Does the teaching
Learning Target align with what you are actually doing. Student 1st- Everyone is different (Weekly list,
engagement. embed in Smart lessons, posted around
the room)
2nd- Targets on every lesson. Discuss
objectives prior to every lesson. Z
switches daily. T switches weekly.
3rd- J switches weekly (each Monday).
Adds targets as comes to new content
for the week.
4th -Post unit targets/CM targets/daily
targets.
5th -
Ehn:
Math: Always written on Smartboard
attached to each lesson.
ELA: Usually a weekly target on poster
Science: Verbal or written as a
question for students to answer in their
notebooks
SS: As with ELA when done in place of
ELA curriculum otherwise not much

Durand:
Math: Daily Class Discussion & Daily
Targets written on my poster
(sometimes it is related to Calendar
Math & Math in Focus)
ELA: Daily Class Discussion & Daily
Targets written on my poster
Science: We have discussion on the
different topics and written in their SEA
Notebooks
Social: Not much either

Belling:
Math- students write a learning
statement in their notebooks each day.
ELA - I sometimes have a weekly target
written on my board
Science - students sometimes write a
learning target in their SEA Notebooks
Social - Nope

Need to be realistic that our kids need

to be able to repeat and understand
and not be overwhelmed with seeing
50+ Learning Targets.

For ease - can you just do a quick one

before each lesson? (McDonald)
Remember, the ones provided by the
district are examples and are not the
end all/be all.