25+September+2009

Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * =**Grade 4 Team Meeting **= || Date: Tuesday 28 August 2009 || Starting/ Ending Time: 7:35 - 8:35 || Place: Sheena's Room ||
 * Facilitator/Timekeeper: PEACH || Recorder: Cheryl || Purpose:

2 minutes ||
 * 
 * Task** || 
 * P** || 
 * Guiding Question** || 
 * Background/ Process** || **Person/Time** ||
 * Greetings || I || It's Friday. What do you have planned for the weekend? || To get everyone's voice heard in the group and build collaboration. || Peach
 * Community Project / Service Learning || **D** || What do we need to know?

What would we like to do?

How can we help?

What are our next steps || * 1 min- intro on big idea (building relationship with local school: make ties with existing connection in Pakkret or build new relationship with neighboring school outside Nichada- Muslim school; meaningful links- exchange idea) 5 minutess. || Influence ||  || What does the unit look like? || * Kim and Ralph will lead us through the unit and we will complete a feedback form. 30 minutes || D || What's up? || * Folders have been created in each subject area. Try the unit and debrief at the end of unit. || Sept. 15th || Sharing narrative writing unit -share with Teresa Kelly - OG - on Tuesday's ERD Animal Fantasy debrief Parent Conferences Grade 4 parties (5 mins) Ralph- agenda Oct; Steve- minutes
 * 2 mins- discuss with partner- pros and cons and possible links (meaningful)
 * 2 mins- feedback to group, vote on which school to make contact with
 * After- Cheryl to feedback to Chris Tananone. Cheryl and Chris to make links with local school. Other team member may wish to be involved and make visit with us.
 * Decided that the Pakkret school connection would be an easier link
 * Cheryl to follow up with Chris re language capabilities, what existing links are, if school has a real need with existing link
 * Then Cheryl will feedback from discussions with Chris || Cheryl
 * Social Studies -
 * Content- topographical map (need to connect mapping to intro questions to Bangkok)
 * Cross-curricular links are a choice
 * Persuasive writing- unit is not until March (could be basic intro that is followed up later in year); grade 3 have studied and made commercials so have prior knowledge
 * Should there be a religion component? Adding more to unit and already very full. Keep as a sideline for now and build into lessons and review after unit
 * Voice Thread- authentic measurement of oral language rather than reading written text (tie into fluency etc)
 * Time- lessons often will take longer than the time allocated eg webquest/mini research project
 * Will need to speed up or leave out some lessons as very full
 * Look at influence wiki
 * Resources- tap into Human resources as wil need tech support from Kim/Jeff for Google Earth, Voice Thread + all grade 4 team needs common time to set up prep for unit
 * Get Voice Thread accounts set up for the unit with a small project beforehand (eg reading recommendation/book talk)
 * Set up times for Kim/Jeff to support beforehand + Tara
 * 2x grade 3 laptop carts are in team room
 * Resources- visuals- posters, blown up pictures, images from internet (History Alive- HS look at slides available)
 * Need plasticine + 1 copy of 'Street Through Time' for each class
 * Peach to contact HS for History Alive
 * Kim will look on flickr for good pictures
 * Ralph and Cheryl- will make a list of pictures needed for Kim to search for || Ralph &
 * Pathernet || I
 * How can we name each item so that the information is functional and easy to use?
 * Naming conventions for files- to help organization; name by unit and year (keep short) eg magnetism1-2-09 (no spaces, hyphens instead of period) unit name-investigation-lesson-year || Peach / Cheryl ... and Kim ||
 * PARKING LOT ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Revisit Unit of Study for Narrative Writing. ||  || What are the enduring understandings? || Please be prepared to share the enduring understandings, knowledge and skills that each partnership has proposed for each Essential Question.