2013-14+PLC+Agenda+Items

**Agenda Items 8-29-13: Let's "Paws" for PLCs!**
[|FAQ's for mclass]
 * **Welcome and Expectations**[[image:thorntoncollaborativeteams/paw prints.PNG width="186" height="181" align="right"]]
 * **Set Norms for the group (Each person on your grade level team will take a paw. On the paw you will write a norm that your group identifies and then list ways to support the norm on each digit!)**
 * **PLC foci for the year**
 * District Focus
 * Math (Focusing on Math Expressions and reviewing math topics based on teacher math assessment results)
 * Instructional Guides (Science)
 * School Needs/PD360
 * **Mclass Updates**
 * **All third grade teachers must complete the Daze assessment.**
 * **When giving the DORF assessments, remember to do all three passages.**
 * Answers from August 14th Training
 * **Data Notebooks, Data walls, and Student-led Conferences**
 * Lesson plans** must be turned in online through dropittome. Your unique upload address is ready: @http://www.dropitto.me/shanewhitener
 * Upload password: gq2008
 * When you save your lesson plan save it in this format: HagerWk.1

=**Agenda Items 9-5-13: District Focus- Essential Questions & "I Can" Statements**=
 * Nearpod Presentation:**
 * Essential Questions & "I Can" statements
 * Make sure the Nearpod app is on your I-pad!


 * Follow along on Nearpod as we learn more about Essential Questions and "I can" statements
 * Review resources

"I can" resources: [|Curriculum Corner I can statements] [|Curriculum Initiative I can statements] [|Achievement Strategies]

Math Expressions page Third Grade Meeting- September 5th (6:00 North Newton Gym) Girl Scout Meeting- September 6th (6:00-8:00) Grandparents Week- September 9-13 SIT Meeting- September 11th BOG Testing 3rd Grade- September 11th
 * Math Expressions:**
 * Answer any questions about the Daily Routine Videos located on the Math Expressions page on the wik i
 * Review Data Notebooks for this year:**
 * Important Dates and Reminders:**

=Agenda Items 9-12-13: Math Expressions= username: (student ID number)
 * Pacing Guides (Located on the Math Expressions tab of the wiki)**
 * Preview and discuss Pacing Guides
 * Think Central**
 * Explore ThinkCentral [|ThinkCentral]
 * Have teachers set up classes
 * Click on the **Classes & Students** tab
 * Click **Add** class and complete the sections **Define the Class** and **Define the Library** and assign **Activity Book** and **Mega Math**
 * Click **Save** at the bottom of the page
 * Click on the **Assign Students** button at the bottom right of the screen
 * Click on your students and click the add button
 * Click on **Done** when you have added all your students
 * Have teachers practice assigning tasks to students
 * Click on the **Assignments** tab at the top of the screen
 * Complete information in the **Student Information** section
 * Under Select a **Resource Type** click **Searchable Resource**
 * Complete the information on **Resources** page (be sure to click the subject, grade, and select a resource- Mega Math or Student Activity Book)
 * Complete information in the **Assignment Information**
 * Move students over for that assignment
 * Adjust your dates and **save**
 * Student login information is:

password: password The ongoing assessment ideas can be used as a formative assessment. There is a quiz after several lessons that can be used as a formative assessment. The unit test serve as the summative assessment..
 * Preview the teacher PD videos on Think Central (on Table of Contents)
 * Look under resources for each lesson at the top of the teacher edition on ThinkCentral
 * Explore Mega Math
 * Assessments (formative and summative) **

** Agenda Items 9-19-13: PEP's and BARK Time ** Introduce new PEP document:
 * __PEP's:__**
 * ==== PEP's must be completed on all students who are at-risk in reading and math in your classroom. This does include EC and ESL. We will focus on reading for now, but by the end of first quarter you will need to identify those at-risk students in Math before the first parent conference. Use your current data from mclass to help you write your PEP's. ====
 * Visit my PEP page on the wiki for more information! Click here

Practice writing a PEP with the teachers using mclass data!

__**BARK Time:**__
 * BARK time has been designated as our intervention and enrichment time. This time is used to give our students specific interventions in Reading using the Small Group Adviser from mclass. [|Click here!]
 * BARK will begin Monday, September 30th during your grade level scheduled BARK time.

=Agenda Items 9-26-13: Data, SMART Goals, Progress Monitoring= __**Data Analysis:**__ Create grade level and classroom SMART goals. Create data chart for Data Wall in your classroom. Be sure to post your SMART goal and graph on your Data Wall! Review intensive (red) and strategic (yellow) students in our school. We will move these students when MOY testing is completed. Progress Monitoring begins tomorrow! What does your schedule look like? Do you have a calendar developed or a system to track progress monitoring? BARK starts Monday!

=**Agenda Items 10-10-13: District Focus**=

**District Data:**

 * Share District mClass Data with the staff

**Math Expressions:**
**Review K-2 Report Cards:** =**3-5 Grades:**=
 * Math Expressions Unit Test Data- All unit test data must be turned in upon completion of the Unit test. All data will be recorded on a [|Google Doc]
 * Students must score an 80% in order to be proficient
 * Each teacher will include the following information on the Google Doc:
 * the percentage correct for each child by test
 * average score for the class
 * Teachers will need to reteach the day after a unit test and give a retest. The retest scores must also be recorded on the Google Doc.
 * **E**- Exceeds grade level expectations
 * **M**- Meets grade level expectations
 * **NY**- Does not yet meet grade level expectations
 * Grades should be submitted in Gradebook
 * If you have questions or need help. please let me know!

**Quarterly Tests:**
**Informational Writing:**
 * ====== Quarterly Tests will be November 4-8 due to PD 360 videotaping! ======
 * Window begins Oct.14 - Nov.1
 * K-2 Prompts will be in your boxes Friday.
 * Informational writing is due Nov. 15
 * 3-5 Prompts- Each teacher will get a copy to project or use the documents below.

= = **Agenda Items 10-17-13: K-2 Report Cards, Gradebook (3-5), Math Expressions**
 * Progress Monitoring Reminder**
 * Please make sure you are following the district progress monitoring calendar for your students. (Every 10 days for red, 20 days for yellow, and once in between benchmarks for your green students.
 * View your progress monitoring results in [|mclass]


 * Review and Discuss K-2 Report Card**
 * Report Cards will need to be completed for your parent conferences.
 * Make sure you review PEP's with parents during the conference time.
 * Please save your completed report cards on your thumb drive.


 * Home School Connect Letters **
 * Home School Connect Letters will be given out with the report card for all K-3 students.
 * This letters have been printed and will be given to you next week in PLCs.
 * Gradebook**
 * All 3-5 teachers must be entering grades in Gradebook. You should be entering grades each week (at least one in math and one in reading).
 * Dawn and I will be in touch with the dates for grades to be due.
 * BARK Time**
 * Please remember to spend BARK time doing mclass interventions. This is part of our district plan. All students must be provided this intervention and enrichment time.
 * Math Expressions**
 * All missing materials from Math Expressions have been promised to arrive to us by Oct. 21st! Hooray! :)
 * Please make sure you are adding your unit test scores in the Google Doc. [|Math Unit Test Scores]
 * Discuss how your grade level is giving the retest
 * Remember to give the average of the two scores as the grade.
 * Assign Mega Math for the lessons you are currently teaching
 * Review Unit Resources in [|Think Central]
 * Discuss any issues or concerns
 * November 4th**
 * Discuss Wear Red Day Nov. 4th
 * Reminders:**
 * Turn in your Core assessments to me by Monday afternoon. I will be taking those to Cynde Gilmore on Tuesday at NCMS.
 * Science Kit pick up is October 30th! Please have them ready and outside your door before you leave on the 29th!

=**Agenda Items 10-24-13: Science Instructional Guides**=
 * Review current science instructional guide for standards taught first quarter.**


 * [|Science Essential Standards]**


 * [|NCCS Instructional Guides]**


 * [|North Newton Kindergarten Science]**

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[|North Newton First Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Second Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Third Grade Instructional Guide] 3rd Grade Discuss Landforms too! [|North Newton Fourth Grade Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Fifth Grade Instructional Guide]

=**Agenda Items 10-31-13: Science Instructional Guides & Testing**= Happy Halloween!
 * Discuss EC and grading **
 * Continue working on science instructional guides.**
 * Review current science instructional guide for standards taught first quarter. **


 * [|Science Essential Standards]**


 * [|NCCS Instructional Guides]**

[|North Newton First Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Second Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Third Grade Instructional Guide] 3rd Grade Discuss Landforms too! [|North Newton Fourth Grade Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Fifth Grade Instructional Guide]
 * [|North Newton Kindergarten Science]**



=Agenda Items 11-14-13: Informational Writing Prompts, Spelling Bee, Science Instructional Guides=

Informational Writing

 * Analyze Informational Writing Prompts
 * Review strengths and weaknesses
 * Discuss common themes and trends in the writing for each grade level
 * Science Instructional Guides**
 * Continue working on science instructional guides
 * Math Unit Tests**
 * All unit test that have been completed so far this year, must be entered in the google doc by tomorrow at noon. I have to send our school's information to Tammy tomorrow afternoon
 * Progress Monitoring**
 * Please make sure you are following the progress monitoring calendar. Make sure you sync your data before you leave each day!
 * Spelling Bee**
 * All classroom spelling bee's must be completed next week (Nov. 18-22). All names of the winners must be turned in by 2:00 on November 22nd in order to get the students their study guides for the school bee!

=**Agenda Items 11-21-13: Data Analysis (Math Expressions and Quarterly Tests)**=

__**Math Expressions**__
[|__Math Unit Tests__] Share with PLC’s this week. Questions to ask during grade levels in PLCs Math Expressions Unit tests: * All teachers will use Form A of the unit test for assessment 1. * The Multiple Choice test (Form B) can be used for EC/ ESL level 1 students * For retesting, use the test in the Student activity book or modify Form A (change numbers)
 * K-2 is at 80% proficiency and higher on unit tests.
 * 3-5 is below 80% proficiency on unit tests.
 * K-2 How much guidance (input) are you giving when administering the test?
 * Are you using manipulatives during the test?
 * Why do you think the performance composites are so different k-2 vs. 3-5?
 * Remind K-2 teachers to read the test to the students verbatim. We are trying to determine if the students are compotent with the skills taught.
 * Send home the family letters for each unit - in English and Spanish
 * Pacing Guides - use the pacing guides to determine where you need to be in math.

**Agenda Items 12-5-13: Data Analysis (Quarterly Tests)**
Keys to Literacy Comprehension Training (K-2)
 * 5 days @ 2-hours after school, plus on-line work
 * Who is interested?

Discuss science assessments for ALL K-5
 * Must cover 1st and 2nd quarter
 * Create the assessment by grade level
 * This will also occur each quarter


 * K-2 **
 * Complete survey for planning days
 * Progress Report**

3-5 Data Analysis
[|Data Worksheet] Diversity Day = = **Agenda Items 12-12-13: Review Quarterly Data, mClass data & Instructional Guides**
 * Review district and grade level data
 * Complete Data Driven Dialogue
 * K-2 mClass data[[image:santa pic.PNG align="right"]]**
 * K-2 Review mClass data (progress monitoring)
 * Review 3-5 quarterly testing
 * Data Driven Dialogue


 * SMART Goals**
 * Review classroom data (60% and higher as proficient at this point in the year)
 * Write SMART goals for reading and math based on the quarterly assessments.
 * District Data**


 * School Data**

Looking Ahead:
 * Important Dates:**
 * Math Night is tonight! Food will be served at 5:30! Sessions will last
 * Spirit Week is next week!
 * 12/16- NCCS Board will be doing walk throughs at 12:00
 * 12/17- K observations of Letterland by Cynde Gilmore
 * 12/18 Third Wednesday Staff Development & School Spelling Bee at 9:00 in the media center (students in the bee need to report to the media center at 8:30!
 * 12/19- Diversity Day (each grade level will plan for this day) & Santa visits K and 1st @ 9:00
 * 12/20- Sing- Along in the gym at 9:00
 * 1/2-1/27 Benchmark testing
 * 1/13-1/17 Narrative writing prompt testing
 * 1/16 Reading Night @ 5:30
 * 1/17 District Spelling Bee at NCMS 10:00
 * 1/22 end of the 2nd nine weeks

=Agenda Items 1-9-14: Science Instructional Guides & Math Expressions=

Science Instructional Guides:


 * [|Science Essential Standards]**


 * [|NCCS Instructional Guides]**

[|North Newton First Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Second Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Third Grade Instructional Guide] 3rd Grade Discuss Landforms too! [|North Newton Fourth Grade Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Fifth Grade Instructional Guide]
 * [|North Newton Kindergarten Science]**

Important Dates: 1/10- Meet with Kindergarten and first grade to go over Letterland Observations with Cynde Gilmore 1/13- First Grade ELA Planning Day 1/15- Fourth Grade ELA Planning Day 1/16- No PLCs (Jill will be proctoring at NCHS) & Reading Night 1/17- Second Grade Planning & District Spelling Bee @ NCMS 10:00 1/20- No School (MLK Day) 1/21 & 1/22- (Jill will be at Math Foundations training) 1/21- Science kits will be picked up 1/21 & 1/22- Narrative Writing Tests 1/22- End of 2nd Nine Weeks 1/23 & 1/24- Workdays 1/27- 5th Grade Science Quarterly Test 1/28- 4th & 5th Grade Reading Quarterly Test 1/29- Jill will be at Schoolnet training in & Report Cards go home 1/30- Math Quarterly Testing 1/31- Quarterly Testing Make-ups & Awards Assembly

=**Agenda Items for 2/20/14: MOY Data Analysis**=

**K-2 Review mclass data:**
Write Reading SMART goals (grade level and classroom)



=3-5 Quarterly Testing Data=

District Data:


Third grade: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/1444b0fbbd44f538 Fourth grade: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/1444b1010cf98fda Fifth grade: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/1444b11d9f9060a6

Grade Level Data
Write grade level SMART goal Discuss strengths and weaknesses

**Classroom Data**
Write classroom SMART goal Discuss strengths and weaknesses

2/26- SIT Meeting 2/27- Student Advisory Meeting 2/27- Elementary Bullying Class 3/3-3/7 Read Across America 3/6- Quartet with 2nd and 3rd grade (NN music room) 3/12- Battle of the Books 3/19- District Staff Development 3/21- Little Read Play at 9:30 at NCMS
 * Important Dates:**

**2/27/14 Agenda Items: Data Analysis**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k

Discuss Read Across America Week: *Read Across America Week: March 3-7, 2014 *March 7th will have Rotary Club members to read to classes. Jill has contacted BOE and Central Office to read to complete a read aloud for each class. Jill is creating a schedule. *__Monday__: Sing Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss and Staff Wear Red(Bark Shirt)  __Wednesday__: Dress as your favorite character  __Friday__: Wear Green for Green Eggs and Ham  Readers Café  Rotary Club Readers Jill will make a letter to go home.

Data analysis continued Continue SMART goals

5th Grade : Division of Fractions http://valeriefaulknermathclub.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/div-fract-1-division-with-fractions-part-1-unit-fractions.m4v

Important Dates: 2/27- Student Advisory Meeting 2/27- Elementary Bullying Class 3/3-3/7 Read Across America 3/6- Quartet with 2nd and 3rd grade (NN music room) 3/12- Battle of the Books 3/19- District Staff Development 3/21- Little Read Play at 9:30 at NCMS

=** Agenda Items 3/14/14: School Level PLCs **= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJdsQL_Bco


 * Kindergarten- **
 * EOY testing
 * Guided Reading
 * Letterland Handwriting Booklets
 * Progress Monitoring
 * First Grade**
 * EOY Testing
 * Letterland Handwriting Booklets
 * Progress Monitoring
 * Second Grade**
 * EOY Testing
 * AIG Shareout
 * Progress Monitoring
 * Third Grade**
 * EOY Testing
 * Read to Achieve Updates
 * Little Read (art and writing contest)
 * [[file:Little Read updates.docx]][[file:Student_Contest_2014 (1).doc]]
 * New State Achievement Levels
 * [[file:5 Achievement Levels_030714_RG (1).pdf]]
 * Guided Reading
 * Fourth Grade**
 * New State Achievement Levels
 * Science
 * Guided Reading
 * Fifth Grade**
 * New State Achievement Levels
 * Science
 * Guided Reading


 * Important Dates:**
 * 3/17- Math Expressions Planning**
 * 3/18- Art/Silent Auction 6 to 8 (Be there at 5:30 or before to set up!)**
 * 3/19- PLCs & District Staff Development (Share out from NCTIES and AIG training)- North Newton Media Center @ 3:30**
 * 3/20- Jill will be attending TIPS training in Cleveland County**
 * 3/21- Little Read performance at NCMS @ 9:30**
 * 3/25- Red Hot Spelling Bee at NCHS @ 6:00**
 * 3/26- 5th grade PLC only**
 * 3/27- K-4th grade PLCs**
 * 3/28- Jill will be attending Math Foundations training in Morganton**
 * 3/31-4/4- Quarterly Testing & Writing Test**

= = =Agenda Items 3/27/14: Quarterly Testing & Science Instructional Guides= Write your special notes! [|Let's Be Happy]

Quarterly Testing is next week! 5th grade science is all online. Reading & Math Extend 2 are online! Writing test is next week!


 * [|Science Essential Standards]**


 * [|NCCS Instructional Guides]**

[|North Newton First Grade Science Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Second Grade Science- Matter Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Science- Weather Instructional Guide] [|Second Grade Animals & Genetics] [|North Newton Third Grade Instructional Guide] 3rd Grade Discuss Landforms too! [|North Newton Fourth Grade Instructional Guide] [|North Newton Fifth Grade Instructional Guide]
 * [|North Newton Kindergarten Science]**

Important Dates: 3/28- Jill will be at Math Foundations Training 3/31-4/4 Writing Test 3/31- Science Quarterly Test 4/1- Reading Quarterly Test 4/2- Math Quarterly Test 4/3- 3rd Grade Little Read Author Visit PE Monroe Auditorium 9:00-10:00 4/3- Little Read Reception-@ LR for 3rd grade teachers from 4;30-6:00 4/4- Report Cards & Jill will be at the final Math Foundations Training 4/5- Little Read Festival with Mary Pope Osborne 12 to 3 @ LR