Minutes 3/29

Planned for the week of 4/8

Mr. Kerr shared a question type activity that he did with his students to prepare for the ACT in our department meeting. We adapted that lesson to help prepare students for the third round of MAP testing. We are going to use Mr. Bishop's idea to count the MAP test as a mastery grade.

PLC 2/21

Followed up on the writing process and how the students are doing with the essay. 

We planned for next and we hope to finish The Odyssey and focus attention on irony.  The students will show their understanding of irony through a written assignment. 

PLC 2/7

Discussed Frayer models and two column notes and how to use them in class.

Planning for next week and creating a writing prompt for The Odyssey.

PLC 1/17

The Freshman civics classes are working on a unit on women's rights. To do a cross-curricular connection, we selected a short story and article of the week for next week that both deal with feminism. 

Tuesday- Define and discuss Irony

Wednesday/Thursday- Read "The story of an hour" and identify irony

Friday- Identify themes in "The story of an hour" 

PLC 1/10

Discussed student comprehension  and engagement with Everyday Use short story
Moved characterization and analysis questions to next week
Planned student choice writing assignment

PLC 12/20

Discussed student needs:
-Continued work with reading comprehension
-Review of school and classroom expectations
-Review of how to complete the article of the week assignment
-Modeling of how to annotate texts

Planned for week of 1/7:
Monday: "January Letters" reflection on 2018
Tuesday: Modeling article of the week
Weds-Fri: Everyday use short story. Read aloud and character analysis

PLC minutes 12/13

MAP scores are entered into data sheet, we have seen growth! We will discuss a plan of how to move forward when we return from winter break.

We discussed how to check rosters to see who has something in their backpack. Blue team is almost at 100%. Gold team will check again after Slinde finalizes the anti-smoking project, and Rahmlow has students complete their egg drop projects.

Next week's plans:
-Monday: Students will read, annotate, and summarize the article the final is on
-Tuesday: Multiple choice portion of the test and pre-writing for the essay portion
-Wednesday/Thursday: Essay portion of final
-Friday: Final makeups, makeup assignments, logic puzzle enrichment activity