August+11,+2009

Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * =Grade 4 Team Meeting = || Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 || Starting/ Ending Time: 7:45 - 8:45 || Place: Sheena's Room ||
 * Facilitator/Timekeeper: Kristen || Recorder: To be decided || Purpose:

25 mins || U** || What will our common understandings be? || Discuss what, when and how the logs will be used. 15 mins || D** || Do we want to continue with 'Just Passing Through', the game that looks at soil erosion and the impacts of removing trees along the river. ...... do the adults just suffer through it again? || The staff and ISB staff always comment on this activity, and how much we all don't like it... but the students actually get a lot out of this activity! They often talk about it as the thing they learnt during the day. 5 mins || collaboration rubric (collectively formulated last year) and decide on which aspect(s) to focus during the first quarter. ||  ||
 * **Task** ||  **P** || **Guiding Question** || **Background/ Process** || **Person/Time** ||
 * Propose ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Planning the yearly plan || D || How are we going to coordinate agenda items with calendar events-timeline? || Look at and review current events and calendar to help coordinate agenda items.
 * **The overview for each agenda is under meeting agenda on the wiki** || Team
 * Reading Logs || **D
 * **All students will record minutes read at home and at school**
 * **All students will record the genre on the reading log and the same genres that are being used in the bookroom will be used**
 * **30 minutes is to be read at home every night**
 * **S****tudents will be encouraged to record minutes read during weekends**
 * J**eff will teach a lesson with each class to set up spreadsheets. This will happen** **either at the end of Sept or begining of Oct. Peach will liase with Jeff.** || Team
 * Barge Trip update || **I
 * **Kristen is liaising with the organizers. The activity Just Passing Through is to be changed. Kristen will ask that they come up with an alternative activity. If they cannot, Steve will suggest one.**
 * **The return time for the bus should be a little earlier**
 * **Steve's class will go first, and Kristen will organize who will go on other days**
 * **Mary will send the parent letter to Kristen** || Kristen
 * PARKING LOT ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 1. Team Reflection. ||  || How can we improve student learning through our team collaboration? || We will reflect on the team
 * 2. DRA Calibration (we will not have time on August 18th ERD). ||  ||   || Please let Teresa know when you plan on doing this. ||   ||