May+9,+2011

Grade 4 Team Meeting: May 9, 2011 (3 students each, use Unit 6 lesson 2.6 assessment) SEE-THINK(infer)-IMPLY?
 * ** Month: May ** || ** Start / End Time: 7:45 - 8:45am ** || ** Place: Paul's Room ** ||
 * ** Facilitator/Timekeeper:Kristen ** || ** Recorder:Caryn ** || ** Purpose: **
 * Understanding = U **
 * Informing = I **
 * Recommending = R **
 * Deciding = D ** ||
 * Date:**
 * = **Task** ||=  || **Guiding Question(s)** ||  **Background / Process / Action** || **Person / Time** ||
 * < TLG ||< **R**
 * D**
 * U** ||< What are the loose ends? Complete and tie up. ||< Look at results,check growth, draw conclusions.

In order to grade students as Exceeding standards, we need to have some exemplars and a rubric showing what "Exceeding Standards" looks like. Teachers are interpreting "Exceeding Standards" in different ways. Are students simply exceeding standards in communication, benchmarks, or both?

Are we asking students to show us "How Much" they know? Are we all asking the students to show with pictures, words and symbols? Are we all asking students to demonstrate what they know in as many ways as they can? How are we prompting them?

In a prior meeting, we agreed that students who are meeting benchmarks with strategies taught in class, AND demonstrate appropriate and accurate strategies that we have not covered in class. For example, using cross-multiplication to compare fractions. ||< Cheryl 30ish min || Do the proposed set the conditions for optimized student learning? || Review the students you are receiving and the students you are sending. Round robin || Doug 8:25 20 min ||
 * Class List || **U**
 * I** || Any feedback in regard to class lists?
 * ||  ||   || Writing Prompt: Tell a story about something that has happened to you this school year. With up to 10 min. to brainstorm at their table. Review small moments lessons (Beginning, Middle, End, Characters, Problem/Solution) earlier in the week. ||   ||
 * **PARKING LOT** ||  ||   || Parking Lot ||   ||