CWG+notes+11-23

__ First Grade CWG Meeting __ Jody Burger, Ruth Nelson, Carrie Kornely, Sandi Hausmann, Kia Martinson, Jenny Schmitz, Chris Yellow Boy, Toby Godoy, Katie Sayler Courtney Harmon, Kara Buchele *Facilitator: Kia Martinson *Time Keeper: Chris Yellow Boy *Recorder: Sandi Hausmann *Task Master - Jody *Process Observer - Carrie
 * __ Date & Time : Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 1:30 __**
 * __ Present Members __**
 * __ Absent Members __**
 * __ Jobs __**

// 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__
 * __ School Goal __**
 * __ Grade Level Goal(s) __**
 * 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__ __Phoneme Segmentation Fluency__ __Nonsense Word 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.
 * By mid-January, 2011 80% of the North Elementary First grade students will successfully segment 49+ phonemes as measured by the AIMS Webb assessment.
 * 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 __**
 * By the end of January, 2011, 80% of first grade students will meet the practice level finding the parts to seven with counters as measured by the Kathy Richardson Hiding Assessment.
 * By the end of January, 2011, a80% of first grade students will meet the A (apply) level finding the parts to five with counters as measured by the Kathy Richardson Hiding Assessment.

* We are not here to complain, make comments that our students can't meet these goals, have sidebar conversations and be off task We scored and discussed our students' data from the literacy assessment Chris Mosner wasn't in attendance so we discussed literacy in great discussion.
 * __ Housekeeping __**
 * __ Purpose __**
 * *Discuss ways to help students who aren't meeting the benchmark in literacy **
 * *Math discussion with Chris **
 * __ Non-purpose __**
 * __ Linking Prior __**
 * __ Discussion __**

What do we do with students who are extremely low? Do we just do 6 or 8 letters with those students so they master them and then go for there.

Ideas to help students with letters and sounds--Sound Partners - do we do individual time with this? Some of us are already using it.

Chart with random letters. Go over and over. You could have a higher student work with a lower student.

Pair up students and have them help each other.

Use flashcards at the beginning of guided reading before you start the lesson. Go back to Core Reading.

Cut phonemic awareness script and spend more time on using these.

We discussed how we can get it all in.

We had a huge discussion on spelling. Jody and Ruth shared how they do their spelling words.

We talked about how we need to save our spelling tests.

Phoneme segmentation and nonsense words - our focus on short vowel sounds and sound blending from CORE reading should help us out.

Kathy Richardson Hiding Assessment - retest students who are not at the apply or practice level up to 5. Next three week assessments - Letter names and sounds December agenda * Tuesday, November 30, 2010
 * __ Linking Future __**
 * __ Closing __**
 * __ Next Meeting __**