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Core Teachers- ACS ES 2011-2012

Tuesday, September 20th, 3:30-4:30, ES Staff Room: READING: TCRWP Participants: To identify areas from the Part 1: TCRWP Examples of your TCRWP learning for GL or participants present on thinking/learning from this the WT to work on further what was learned in summer (if applicable.) To prepare for DRA New York this summer Jen- Make Thinking Window which begins on Part 2: Grades 1-5 DRA Sheet September 26th reminders/set up Tuesday, September 25th, All Day, ES MPR and GYM MPR

PART 1: 8:00-9:00 AM Social Studies 8-8:30 Unit 1 Celebration! 8:30-9:00 PD from Anne R. on Community Service, Fund Raising, and Volunteerism in the ES

Everyone: 1. Artifacts from the first SS unit. (Student work AND teacher-created: charts, posters, etc)

To learn from other GL about SS work so far and identify ideas for future work. To brainstorm Community Service ideas which are developmentally appropriate and curricularly relevant To share as writers ourselves To further define some common terms and understandings

PART 2: 9:15-10:00 AM Writing Workshop Best Practices: Routines, Routines, Routines! Discussion: What does it mean to be captains of your own writing ship?

15 Minute Break Everyone: 1. Bring the story YOU have been using as a model with your students.

PART 3: 10:30-11:15 AM Purposeful Planning Fishbowl with Grade 3

30 Minute Break Everyone: A Clipboard

PART 4: 1-3:15 PM GYM MPR Word Study Pete Bowers 2-hour Kick-Off!

To understand a recommended model teams can use to help plan for literacy teaching. To identify ways teams can begin using the model shown by G3. Team Time and Lunch 11:15-1:00 Handouts will be To understand how to use provided the Real Spelling materials to teach WS in an inquiry based format. To observe practical

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 teaching ideas and see modeling of structured word inquiry. *PD Day Survey sent via emailTo be completed by September 27th Tuesday, September 27th 3:30-4:30, ES MPR

Word Study- WTW Everyone Spelling Inventory Data Corrected spelling tests Completion Time (from the Spelling Inventory appropriate for your students). 1 Classroom Composite page for each inventory used 1 Spelling-by-Stage Classroom Organization Chart Class Set of the WTW Feature Guide*

To better understand how to complete the WTW spelling inventory To complete most of the assessment in the time provided.

Meetings and PD Planned for October: Week of Oct. 2-5: WS, RT, WT 1-hour meetings (Dates TBD) Week of October 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20 : Jen working with SS reps on Unit 2 (GL TBD) Tuesday- October 11, 3:30-4:30: MAP/DRA/WTW Data Analysis Meeting Thursday- October 13, ERD: Social Studies Best Practices, Word Study Celebration, Purposeful Planning PD, and Reading-Running Records Tuesday-October 25, 3:30-4:30: On Demand Writing Analysis Meeting

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