April+20,+2011

Grade 4 Team Meeting: April 20, 2011
 * ** Month: April 20 ** || ** 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** ||= **P**
 * U**
 * D** || **Guiding Question(s)** ||  **Background / Process / Action** || **Person / Time** ||
 * < DRA: Mary ||< **R**
 * D** ||< What is the overall next steps for DRA results? || DRA Analysis

**Describing the Data** 1. Lots of Reflection, Summary, Interpretation, 2. No rate and accuracy, Literal does not come up much 3. Expr. and phrasing in two classes

**What does the Data suggest and what assumptions do you make?** 1. Data says Interpretation and Reflection needs to be a focus but I'n not sure this is really needed. 2. It looks as though Expression and phrasing is a focus for EAL classes 3. Inter/Reflection is across the board. Are they simply not supporting with ex. from the text? 4. Many students not supporting ideas with ex. from the text. 5. Many students not understanding significant msg. from the text. 6. Summary - are they retelling or summarizing? Is this a problem with the DRA since the exemplars are actually retelling. 7. How often are students in our program asked to summarize/retell? Are these skills we want to focus on?

**Implications for classroom practice as a grade level?** 1. Not surprising that Interpretation/Refl is something we need to continue to focus on. 2. Just because the data does not indicate that Rate and Accuracy are a concern, this doesn't mean that these skills are mastered. 3. Having students reading aloud to each other, is a good way to practice accuracy. 4. Accuracy - Using a common text for the whole class. focus on reading with accuracy/expression. 5. Perhaps focusing on Interp./Refl. during read aloud. 6. Here are 5 important things about this text, which is the most important? 7. Interp/Refl - Come prepared to your book club discussion with a question. (Right There, Think and Search, Fat or Skinny ...)

**Debriefing the process** 1. Finding the time to do it. 2. Nice to see some consistency. 3. Leads well into Indep. Rdg. Project - what goal will you choose for your IRP

**What would you improve?** 1. Break it down into student demographics 2. Do this after 1st DRA 3. Breaking apart Summary, Reflection into specific skills

FYI From Social Studies - Jamie Revamping Social Studies next year. Moving to concepts instead of topics. Focusing on Global Citizenship Standards. Grade 4 SS units hit 3 of 5 concepts. Anyone wanting to work on SS next year is welcome. Implementation will be in 2012.

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