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12/15/09  2nd Grade PLT meeting
 
Members present:
Jennie Weesner
Michele Dixon
Lauren Abernethy
Stephanie Blackburn
Melissa Ciamillo
 
Meeting began at 11:15.
 
Team goal established during last PLT was reviewed.
 
We then continued with Tool 6.3:  Reflect on priorities and actions.
 
     In order to reach our goal we will and have already begun to explore ideas for reaching the goal such as 
     participating in critical thinking workshops and ideas for book studies.
 
     We might include the following activities:  Reading articles related to blogging and critical thinking, attend follow-
     up workshops on blogging, successfully post our blogs on our websites, begin introducing blogging to our
     students, and participating in book studies on the topic.
 
     Our main acitivity in the first month will be to use the Critical Thinking Wheel to generate higher order thinking
     questions as a team for use on our blogs.
 
     For the remainder of the year, we propose the timeline to be as follows:
           *Third nine weeks, book study
           *Forth nine weeks - full implementation of Critical Thinking questions posted on our blogs being used
             regularly in our classroom lessons
 
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00.
 
 
12-8-09
Began at 11:15
Attendence:  L. Abernethy, M. Dixon, J. Weesner, M. Ciamillo, and S. Blackburn
 
Reviewed and Restated our team goal:  To implement blogging using higher order thinking questions  and to create a collaborative learning community with access to diverse ideas and opinions.  To provide an opportunity for thinking critically, maximize comprehension, and ultimately ease the transition from 2nd grade to 3rd grade.
 
We discussed:
What knowledge and experience we already have in this area?:  basic blog training, critical thinking training
 
What do we as team members need to understand at a deeper level to be able to increase student learning?:  more experience with blogging (practice and/or training) and more experience with creating questions collaboratively
 
What instructional practices war we already using that would have a greater impact on student learning if we improved them?:  leveled questions, vocabulary development, and technology
 
What new instructional practices can we adopt that would help our students learn and achieve at higher levels?:  incorporate blogging into literacy stations and allow students to create their own higher order thinking questions with provided question stems
 
Specifically, what professional learning and instructional growth do we want to achieve this year?:  confidence in creating blogs that will promote higher order thinking
 
How will we know we are becoming more accomplished in our teaching?  What information might we gather to determine whether we are succeeding?:  Student participation and accurate (content) responses according to the student's needs
 
What resources and assistance will we need to carry out our plans?:  Use the PLT meeting to create HOT ?'s, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Rizzo, and Mrs. Hamilton, literature on blogging (website), critical thinking wheel, common stories/novels, and input from grades 3-5
 
How will we communicate to others information about what we are learning and doing?:  PLT log, print blog question stems, print student responses periodically, blog is posted on class website
 
Adjorn meeting at 12:00
 
12-1-09
Second Grade Members present: Lauren Abernethy, Stephanie Blackburn, Melissa Ciamillo, Michele Dixon, Jennie Weesner
 Meeting Leader: Michele Dixon
 Recorder: Jennie Weesner
 Meeting began at 11:20
Set our team goal using Tool 5.7(long term)
General Focus- Blogging using Higher Order Thinking questions to create a collaborative learning community with access to diverse ideas and opinions, provide an opportunity for thinking critically, maximize comprehension, and ultimately ease transition from 2nd to 3rd grade.
What do we need to effectively meet students' needs? Utilize Professional Development training-Blogging, HOT, and 21st Century Learners. Research relevant articles and examples of HOT Blogs for ideas.
Goal for our Team: Meet weekly to cohesively create HOT questions that align with the SCOS.
Meeting ended at 12:oo
 
11-24-09
Second Grade Members present: Lauren Abernethy, Stephanie Blackburn, Melissa Ciamillo, Michele Dixon, Jennie Weesner
 Meeting Leader: Michele Dixon
 Meeting began at 11:20
 Determined/Brainstormed sources our team wants to use from Tool 5.1: 
State & National Test Results:
-County mandated subject-area assessments
-Writing assessments
Classroom Assessments:
-Words Their Way Spelling Inventories & Weekly spelling tests
-Daily, Topic, & Unit Tests
-Checklists/anecdotal notes
-Dibels/TRC
-2nd Grade Core Word Reading/Writing
School Climate:
-Data Notebooks
-Attendance records
Schoolwide Assessments
-Report Cards
-Interim Reports
Other Student Data
-PSM
Other Data:
Perfect Attendance
Determined our team focus using Tool 5.6: Team Goal-Setting Guidelines
Each member is responsible for keeping a goal:
Clear Goals-Lauren
Needs Based Goals-Stephanie
Shared Goals-Melissa
Measurable Goals- Michele
Doable Goals- Jennie
Set our team goal using Tool 5.7
General Focus- Academic weaknesses/strengths to form Power Up Groups- Writing Skills being the focus for Power Up Group beginning Monday, Nov. 30th.
What do we need to effectively meet students' needs? Consistent team rubric-Write From the Beginning
Goal for our Team: Use writing rubric to successfully create Power Up writing groups to differentiate writing instruction
Created Power Up Groups using WFTB Rubric
Melissa- Sentence Structure- Logical Sequencing
Lauren-Spelling 2nd Grade Core Words
Stephanie- Capitalization, Punctuation & Spacing
Jennie-Descriptive Language
Michele-Descriptive Language & Extended Sentences
Meeting ended at 12:00
 
Second Grade
Professional Learning Team Log
11-17-09
 
Second Grade Members present: Lauren Abernethy, Stephanie Blackburn, Melissa Ciamillo, Michele Dixon, Jenny Weesner
Additional members: Melinda Hall, Robin Hamilton
 
~Meeting Leader: Melissa Ciamillo
 
~Meeting began at 11:20
 
~Meeting began with Melinda Hall sharing MClass Data from the 08-09 school year to bring awareness of learning trends
 
~Second Grade Teachers then reviewed TA scheduling created by Melissa Ciamillo.
 
~Melissa Ciamillo then reviewed the Team Logistics
 
~Second Grade Teachers then completed the 4.3 Norm Samplers and prepared it to be turned in to Robin Hamilton
 
~Second Grade Teachers then completed the 4.4 Considerations for Team Norms and prepared it to be turned in to Robin Hamilton
 
~Second Grade Teachers then completed the 4.5 Develop Team Norms and prepared it to be turned in to Robin Hamilton
 
~Second Grade Teachers then completed and signed the PLT Agreement form to be turned in to Robin Hamilton
 
~Second Grade Teachers then completed the Non-negotiable Form and prepared it to be turned in to Robin Hamilton
 
~Meeting ended at 12:00
 
 

11-10-09

Team Leader- Melissa Ciamillo

Members: Lauren Abernethy, Stephanie Blackburn, Michele Dixon, Jennie Weesner

Meeting Site: Jennie Weesner's Room

  • Decided to keep our PLT Log on our website
  • Completed Team Logistics
  • Individually completed Tool 4.3 Norm Sampler & Tool 4.4 Considerations for Team Norms
  • Will meet next week to discuss Tool 4.3 & 4.4.  
  • Melissa will continue to be our team leader to complete her agenda. 
  • Rotation for Team Leaders after Melissa: Michele Dixon, Jennie Weesner, Lauren Abernethy, Stephanie Blackburn 
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