Grade+1+Collaboration+2015-16

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October 2, 2015
Present: Maggi, Marilou, Wendy, Scott

Fall- Using the team planing time for peer study and coaching.

Possible focus areas: 1. Oral Storytelling- taking it to community (interactive) writing 2. Using student writing as example for instruction
 * oral planning
 * telling story across the page- (B-M-E)
 * sequencing
 * listening- Accountable talk
 * set expectation
 * showcase/reinforce student writing with authentic pieces
 * teach next steps/ model with actual student work (like during conferring)

Next Collaboration- October 9th- Plan for Oral Storytelling, work out logistic to push into Maggi's to observe process- Day 1- oral storytelling, Day 2- Community Writing around story Scott will contact Morgan to get resource (text) around oral storytelling and writing

Present: Maggi, Marilou, Wendy (next meeting is 10/15 to finish planning) Planning the Oral Telling How-To Lesson 5 day sequence (lesson will be taught for 15 minutes /day from 10/19-10/23
 * October 9, 2015**
 * Day 1 & 2 Retelling the How-To around the circle (day 2 possibilities- talk around the table, partner, or whole group again based on need)
 * Day 3 Sketch the How-To Book
 * Days 4 and 5 Do the writing to match the sketches for the How-To
 * paper choice is 4 lines with small box in the corner (enlarge to 145%)

Maggi will do lesson from 10/19-10/23 10/19 @ 10:15 lesson 1(coverage may need to be there- ESL teacher may cover also) 10/20 @ 11:30 lesson 2 (coverage for Marilou needed) 10/21 @ 11:30 lesson 3 (coverage for Marilou needed) 10/22 @ 10:15 lesson 4 (coverage may need to be there- ESL teacher may cover also) 10/23 @ 11:30 lesson 5 (coverage for Marilou needed)

Determine a routine How-To next week

Present: Marilou, Wendy & Maggi Possible alternative: Can we do these lessons on our own and then come back to debrief our lessons
 * October 15, 2015**
 * **__Monday__** - in Maggi's room at 10:15 The group will be in a circle for Oral How-To. The topic is How-To fill your water bottle. The 2nd half of the circle will retell the steps the 1st 1/2 stated.
 * **__Tuesday__**- in Maggi's room at 11:30- The group will be broken into 3 groups and each teacher (Wendy, Marilou & I) will have the kids retell the Oral How-To from the day before.
 * __**Wednesday**__**-** In Maggi's room at 11:30 Sketch the How-To of filling a water bottle
 * __**Thursday**__**-** in Maggi's room at 10:15 As a group come up with the words that match the sketches and makes sense to teach the How-To
 * __**Friday**__- In Maggi's room at 11:30 continue to finish the how-to steps to finish book and reread our book

November 3, 2015
Present: Marilou, Wendy & Maggi
 * November/ December Writing Unit - Matching TP and adding others (as per Calkins Rubric and Learning Progression for Narrative writing) in unit outline from the drive to the Indicators and adding the What, Why, How, and Active Engagement for the lessons. Completed Indicator 1 and working on Indicator 2.

November 10, 2015 Present: Marilou, Maggi, Wenda

Continue work on Writing Unit. We worked on the HOW of various lessons that we are going to be teaching in the next few weeks, including what charts we can create, what mentor text we can use to support our teaching. Discussion of Guided Reading Groups and making it work in our classrooms.