October+5,+2010

__ First Grade CWG Meeting __ October 6, 2010 1:40 Jenny Schmitz, Carrie Kornely, Jody Burger, Ruth Nelson, Kia Martinson, Katie Sayler, Kara Buechel, Chris Mosner Sandi Hausmann (IEP), Chris Yellow Boy (sick leave, Courtney Harmon, Toby Godoy (sick leave) *Facilitator: Jody Burger  *Time Keeper: Katie Sayler  *Recorder: Jenny Schmitz  *Process Observer: Kia Martinson  *Task Master: Ruth Nelson // Use most recent Aims Web data at every grade level to identify patterns, design and implement instruction in order to improve student literacy in grades K-3. // __Letter Naming Fluency__  *By mid-January, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will identify 61+ letter names as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.  __Letter Sound Fluency__  *By mid-January, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will identify and produce 44+ letter sounds as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.  __Phoneme Segmentation Fluency__  *By mid-January, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will successfully segment 49+ phonemes as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment. __Nonsense Word Fluency__ *By mid-January, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will produce 49+ letter sounds when given a Nonsense Word, as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment. * Math - go over EOU BLT Meetings notes Other concerns
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We are not her to complain, make comments that our students can't meet these goals, have sidebar conversations or be off task
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We looked at our student writing samples and where we need to go next with them.
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BLT notes: aides meet with Fox next Thursday Oct. 5. Math EOU: *The group went over the length of the assessment. It was decided that the entire assessment does not have to be given at one time, but it can be broken into segments. *The last question was discussed and how the session on peas and carrots in the classroom is going. Students who struggle with the concept just need more experience with these type of questions. It might also be better for these struggling students to use smaller numbers such as 2 or 3 instead of 7 or 9. Math workshop and centers: *Carrie talked about how she grouped students according to Kath Richardson assessments and set up math centers with the Math Investigations activities. Her and her aid both work with small groups during the center rotation. *Chris M brought up his workshop with Kathy Richardson this summer. KR's ideal situation would be for the teacher and the aid to float around during the center time and observe and work with students. If there is a student who is really struggling and needs more direct instruction, pull them into a small groups. *Chris suggested not doing timed centers and use the workshop format where students can pick their own activities. He supplied a list of activities to have available during workshop time that go along with our unit objectives. This is a 2 week menu. * Chris discussed the activity Climb the ladder. A small center activity that works with the story problem routine. A handout was given. * Chris suggested doing a short minilesson from MI and then move into workshop. Don't tie yourself to the book. * The discussion turned back to how students will do on the EOU going along with the workshop routine. * BUILDING BLOCK SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED ON COMPUTERS. * The computer activities may need to be timed (15 minutes ???) *Giving choice is allowing students to become independent learners.
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Phonemic Awareness * Wednesday, October 6,
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