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water

sponges

popsicles

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Connect with community...there are some "experts" out there that would love to be invited in. Skype with authors (list of authors who Skype for free

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90 min reading block needs to stay... Extend and add writing/word work with it.

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AR 360... Sounds great for when we go 1-1!!!!

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ACM and STAR literacy....we miss it

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Enjoyed a chance to chat and share good ideas with another grade level. Love what 4th grade is doing for Sentence of the Week.

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Mrs. Worrell needs working speakers...to go with a new Apple TV.

Bookshelves

Brain pop subscription

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Words Their Way is not working! We like the sentence of the week from Teacher's Pay Teachers

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Hard to get to writing in 4th grade

Mentor Sentences used - teachers pay teachers - Grant $ used

More productive than anything else we have tried

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Letters to the teacher. We have introduced this way to response to reading. Not sure how many teachers are using this. Letters have pros and cons. Need to be careful that it doesn't turn into a "book report" type of assignment but it is a good way to respond to a book.

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Teacakes on Saturday

Suddenly

Chapter books for second- kids love that time

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A pony in the barn

Missing ice skates in a box

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Digging in the dirt

Wine

Exercise

Talking about it

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Since the state doesn't mandate a 90 minute block for grades 4 -6, can we cut it down to 60 minutes? There then would be more time to teach Social Studies and Science. We don't have time to teach SS and Sci. Deb thought that this was brought up during the Reading comm and the feeling was that 4th and 5th didn't want to cut the reading time. It makes sense for the writing to be weaved into a literacy block.

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Still some confusion...how is it different and what does it look like in early grades

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Intervention time (LLI) emphasis is on reading but not math.

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Noticed that a student was reading through punctuation. Used "magic" post-it notes to guide a student through first chapter books. Noticed that students were not reading headings and sub headings when reading NF.

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Third grade is a critical year. Ideal class size is 20 students, especially if there is a lot of behavior and learning issues in students.

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How can we better spend our money on LLI through Title I?

Read 180 and System 44 (computer programs)

Phonics interventions

Diagnostics- What is holding the child back?

Need a stronger phonics program

Track student LLI needs each year with a data card and have info follow child from year to year

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Need book cases and book carts in classrooms 3 & 4

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Need book cases and book carts in classrooms 3 & 4

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Cindy mentioned that Syracuse might have bookcases when they moved into their new building.

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Set up the gym and Skype with some authors instead of a school visit.

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Next year, Cindy said that there will be several Smart Start days working toward getting ready for one to one devices

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Need training to dig deeper into meeting needs.

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Certification levels

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We are keeping this program for another year.

We would like to have some training on this program.

We need to look into Progress Pulse.

Review of certification levels - builds stamina

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Need to spend some time getting more comfortable with what to do during this time. This time seems to look different in every classroom. Some people include conferring in the small group time.

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We would like to have yearly money to replace and replenish books in our class libraries.

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March Madness was awesome! Kids interacted and enjoyed this activity. Let's do it again! Third graders were impressed by book trailers. They weren't familiar with book trailers.

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Kerri makes her anchor charts on the smart board with her class. Then, she has the kids take notes. It was suggested that she make a copy and run it off. Anchor charts do not have to be displayed.

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This seems to be an area that we are lower in on testing. What can be done to improve our scores?

Adopt a grammar series

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Where can we get materials or guidance on "Sentence of the Week"?

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Discussion on finding a phonics piece that will work for third

and fourth grade. Emily has used Wilson and seen good results

With it in the regular classroom.

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Paint chairs and auction the off to the community.

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We shared stories with the M & M activity.

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We noticed that the framework says that we should have writing daily but at the Reading Comm. it was stated that 4 times a week would be good.

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Behavior modifications...how to improve? Seeing a change in kids in their motivation. Accountability.

Resources or books for behavior?

CLASS?

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Third graders in one room had hands-on science activities. Increase in vocabulary. Students were very engaged.

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Students read their writing five time with a different focus each time.

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MIckey's computer internet search stories

Ryan's fall down in the desk story

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Writing (formation of letters and holding pencil) skills - wondering if this has an effect on learning to read, punctuation, etc.

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Are we getting the word work component of Benchmark Literacy? We feel like we need to get a total program instead of mixing and matching different programs. The word work needs to be more aligned to IRead.

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Print, cursive, have to break bad habits early.

When is letter formation taught

Golf pencils

Pull from top when writing

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Some of us took the grit test.

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Write it down what we need to do. We feel like we doubt ourselves, "Are we doing this right?Curriculum Loft work can be deleted. Need pre and post assessments. Confusing to do alternate between addition and subtraction. Too much change. Seems like we are always reinventing. Burn out

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Loved having Jerry Pallotta. Even though that even was expensive it made a huge impact that continues now.

Tedd Arnold, April Sayre

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Talk about going deeper ...thinking about the author's choices to create new ideas about theme and author's lesson.

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Block Party

Dancing in the streets with popsicles

Author visit

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We talked about book levels. They are guidelines and we don't want to be too restrictive.

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We need something. Some suggestions: Otter Creek and Xtra Math. 2nd grade uses Xtra Math. Math Facts in a Flash? ACM- would like to have. Khan is not as good.

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We are using spiral notebooks. Thinking the composition notebooks might be better. We put them on the supply list.

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RN are going well. I want to use one for math. Suzy is using them for math.

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I know my kids better on a personal level. It builds a relationship and kids work harder.

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A lesson was shared using Elizabeth Hale's framework writing about reading.

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Cathy shared some aps that she found useful. One was titled Show Me. Her students can navigate with ease and show her things. Kim shared about Ollie that Jarrod has purchased for his K room.

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We have received many books from the Dekko grant. Difficult to do a book study because of time. Need more time to discuss. Need time to figure out Math Workshop.

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Three Smart Starts in May will be devoted to our new reading series.

Deb suggested spending the time to become familiar with the materials and developing a look at the Launching and First Units. A year long map? Perhaps a Smart Start throughout the year for looking at upcoming units.

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Share an audio of student's reading with parents. Have an audio of a student reading on grade level so parents can understand more deeply where their child is at. Keeping an audio of reading is also a powerful way to document progress. Have student reflect on their progress.

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Jaimi shared a conferring documentation template that works well for her.

Katie adds her mini lesson topics on the bottom.

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Can we have independent practice

during other parts of the day?

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Literacy Framework and Bottom Line Expectations

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Literacy Framework and Bottom Line Expectations

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We revisited the framework and bottom line expectations.

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Discussed that the 2015-16 statehood 200th birthday. Should our theme be tied in to that?

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Read on Indiana

Welcome to the zoo

Hoosier Readers

Hoosier heroes?

Hoosiers at their best (expectations)

Catch the reading bug

Saddle up bookaroo

Around Indiana with books

Travel thru Indiana with books

Everyday Heroes

200 acts of kindness for 200 years

200 years, 200 ways to make a difference

#Read It Forward

200 ways reading makes a difference

Hoosier Hysteria

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Transitional chapter books

Star reading

Chart paper

A math fact program or resources

Staggered lunch?

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k/1wants their stars time when most LLI staff are available. Do we know that for next year?

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Small group notes, are they worth it? We already are meeting with them for a point...the documentation can sometimes stress us out.

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Like both lined and unlined paper ...thanks Cindy for ordering it

Transitional chapter books, Possell will get book titles to Deb

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Check mentor texts in new reading program, order what we don't have.

Open reading boxes by first of May and books need to get stamped before leaving.

Have new framework with word work wording to make more sense. If put in,

extend reading workshop time by ten to fifteen minutes.

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Thinking that since we just completed a birthday celebration theme that we should do something else. Perhaps tie it to a habitat?

The dress up days were difficult for many kids. Keep it simple ... such as crazy socks, hat day, etc. What about...Welcome to the Jungle?

We could repeat themes. We did a safari type of theme with the book, Wild About Books. We could repeat a theme.

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Use Rigby and new book sets for in class small groups, use reading A to Z and book sets from lit. room for STARS.

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We love it! Need it to be more of a priority and add more grade levels.

A few of our first graders benefit from participating twice...with the 1st graders and K students.

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Need flexibility

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Need much more collaboration time for the new initiatives.

Less new initiatives.

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We use conferring notes for mini lessons on topics such as, chunking and just right book choices.

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Can't fit everything in our 90 minute block. Morning is too short. Stagger lunch instead of having K, 1, and 2 come at the same time. Would like to have more morning time to ease into Reading Workshop...time for free choice and building community through a morning meeting (calendar work, sound review, share time, etc)

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All K& 1 classes have implemented some kind of math boxes. We've

Tried different ways and each have settled on a way that works best for their class.

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Need more manipulatives

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Do we add Word Work to our Reading block?

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K framework is based on 1/2 day K, we haven't had 1/2 day K in 3 years