Reflecting on Planning Day 12/2/20 by Karina Barger

massively productive with co-teacher - confidence high

iancooper — 2020-12-02 23:52:18 UTC

karminabeltran — 2020-12-02 23:52:23 UTC

Gathering materials and lessons from 6B

Figuring out novels "An Inconvenient Truth"

Digging deeper into the project.

2020-12-02 23:52:25 UTC

having more time to work with my grade level partner and hearing other grade levels next unit

denisechirgwin — 2020-12-02 23:52:30 UTC

Having an hour to make a steam kit list before even truly planning a unit that needs to be somewhat reinvenents. I always feel extremely rushed during unit planning

Getting Creative With G

kyleehawthorne1 — 2020-12-02 23:52:39 UTC

Brainstorming final projects with Georgina was exciting. We kept bringing it back to what the students should walk away with and what is the important learning taking place. I felt like we kept students' needs centered and how to meet them where they are and that made me proud.

writing prompts

iancooper — 2020-12-02 23:53:01 UTC

Backwards Mapping

karminabeltran — 2020-12-02 23:53:07 UTC

DANA.

denisechirgwin — 2020-12-02 23:53:17 UTC

I just kept pushing through even though it didn't feel like we got much done

Reflecting on past units

reyesBVA — 2020-12-02 23:53:18 UTC

Reflecting on the past units really helps me to think about the direction this next unit should go. I really want students to learn, but to also find a meaningful connection and reflect on their position in the world (i.e. human impact).

karminabeltran — 2020-12-02 23:53:21 UTC

Deciding when stuff is going to get done.

Re-envisioning the final project for distance learning.

christenmcguire — 2020-12-02 23:53:35 UTC

denisechirgwin — 2020-12-02 23:53:45 UTC

Start digging into planning what our next steps will be for the summative project

sift through unit and see if their is room to add some of the lessons that are more challenging withDL

iancooper — 2020-12-02 23:53:46 UTC

2020-12-02 23:53:54 UTC

planning to do list and steam kit lists

karminabeltran — 2020-12-02 23:53:54 UTC

It's very exciting to see Hannah and Savanna planning for their first units. I'm constantly impressed by how well they're handling not just being first year teachers, but being first year teachers teaching online.

Talking about things that aren't working but also things that are.

vanessa_weske — 2020-12-02 23:53:56 UTC

Motivation

rosie_harris — 2020-12-02 23:53:57 UTC

My biggest challenge was staying motivated and focused for a 3 hour meeting. We haven't done that in a long time!

2020-12-02 23:54:33 UTC

Backwards mapping the unit projects. This was super help and aloud us to a build in time for reflection and revision.

vanessa_weske — 2020-12-02 23:54:43 UTC

Figuring out solutions to some issues. Being comfortable with not having solutions.

Choiceboards

rosie_harris — 2020-12-02 23:54:46 UTC

We need choiceboards to help our students be more engaged with their learning, especially NewsELA articles

Feedback

iancooper — 2020-12-02 23:54:48 UTC

denisechirgwin — 2020-12-02 23:54:49 UTC

Breslin communicating with you for TpT needs

Feeling super accomplished today

mariewrenn — 2020-12-02 23:54:49 UTC

Unit 3: Completing the project choice board, flushing engagements, filling out steam kit page

2020-12-02 23:54:52 UTC

being more helpful to my grade level partner as the content is new to me

Thank you for providing these opportunities

iancooper — 2020-12-02 23:54:54 UTC

reyesBVA — 2020-12-02 23:54:59 UTC

Figuring out which investigations will be valuable so that I can add materials to the STEAM kit

kimberleemargosian — 2020-12-02 23:55:02 UTC

Having the time and space to talk with Vanessa and see what the other is doing.

denisechirgwin — 2020-12-02 23:55:06 UTC

This is going to be a tough unit for Grade 3 with all of our personal things going on. We need Breslin/Kim to really help lead us through unit 3, which I know they will.

2020-12-02 23:55:19 UTC

work on my to do list

We got reacquainted with the next unit. Breslin found a digitized version of on of our resources which will help a lot.

christenmcguire — 2020-12-02 23:55:21 UTC

2020-12-02 23:55:34 UTC

Steam bags. Making necessary cuts that work better for distance learning.

Finding out what works for me.

karminabeltran — 2020-12-02 23:55:34 UTC

reyesBVA — 2020-12-02 23:55:45 UTC

STEAM kit items and a full look at the unit

2020-12-02 23:55:45 UTC

Completing the journal!

Peer Ideas

rosie_harris — 2020-12-02 23:55:48 UTC

I loved getting suggestions from our peers about the unit.

vanessa_weske — 2020-12-02 23:55:56 UTC

Trying something new.

reyesBVA — 2020-12-02 23:56:02 UTC

Opportunities to hear about what others are doing. Also, time with Dana.

Peer Ideas

rosie_harris — 2020-12-02 23:56:05 UTC

It was awesome to hear what our colleagues had to suggest for our unit. But then we had to jump into to planning our unit the way it was and there was no time to try and incorporate their great ideas.

kimberleemargosian — 2020-12-02 23:56:10 UTC

Getting on the same page in terms of priorities regarding standards and pacing.

vanessa_weske — 2020-12-02 23:56:12 UTC

Getting a designated time to talk about these things with guidance questions.

breslinbenjamin1 — 2020-12-02 23:56:24 UTC

Contributing to the brainstorming session with other grade levels, I'm glad that we were able to chat out some things that we were worried about digitizing.

Suggestions from other teachers about how we might re-envision our final project.

christenmcguire — 2020-12-02 23:56:35 UTC

moving forward

vanessa_weske — 2020-12-02 23:56:56 UTC

Am interested in hearing more about resources and ideas that have been working for people in their classes. Hearing how others structure a typical lesson. Time to research new strategies, any good PDs?

mariewrenn — 2020-12-02 23:57:05 UTC

Trying to make this unit distance learning friendly

kimberleemargosian — 2020-12-02 23:57:06 UTC

Brainstorming engagement and communication issues. How to structure our time to promote student voice and equity.

mariewrenn — 2020-12-02 23:57:20 UTC

Completing the journal

Documentation

kyleehawthorne1 — 2020-12-02 23:57:29 UTC

Love collaborating and discussing, but always seem to leave without resolution or concrete items documented. It takes a lot of context and processing for me to feel I "got it" and it is hard to document before then. I needed more time to dive into my project... but then again that sounds like more discussing and less documenting SO WHO KNOWS.

breslinbenjamin1 — 2020-12-02 23:57:38 UTC

Trying to figure out how to be as helpful as possible, and what I can do to take on some of the to do list for each team.

Break it down. Looking at the unit and prioritizing engagements. Identifying which engagements will be best suited for building relationships between students.

christenmcguire — 2020-12-02 23:57:40 UTC

Resources

kimberleemargosian — 2020-12-02 23:57:44 UTC

We want time to share and discuss math relevant resources and ideas we haven't thought of ourselves yet. We need time dedicated to researching new tools and ideas.

mariewrenn — 2020-12-02 23:57:48 UTC

Des support <3

mollykennedy3 — 2020-12-02 23:58:24 UTC

Getting a better idea of how long our unit is going to be an deciding what "bands" of anchor engagement we are going to focus on

mariewrenn — 2020-12-02 23:58:28 UTC

SO thankful for Des.
I feel like since it has been 5 months, I feel stagnate with my teaching strategies and I need to do new things and need ideas that are accomplishable.

mollykennedy3 — 2020-12-02 23:59:01 UTC

Now my To-Do list is WAY TOO LONG

kimberleemargosian — 2020-12-02 23:59:07 UTC

Vanessa and I are sharing a desire for PD on new strategies.

breslinbenjamin1 — 2020-12-02 23:59:10 UTC

Embed digitized TPT resources into the third grade unit.

Unit Mapping

mollykennedy3 — 2020-12-02 23:59:15 UTC

Looking more deeply at what promise standards we are going to focus on and how to best use our resources fill the weeks

maliarivard — 2020-12-02 23:59:52 UTC

Working on the project choice board

As I have mentioned before these "rushed" high intensity planning sessions are not my cup of tea. I always leave feeling stressed and like I didn't accomplish very much.

christenmcguire — 2020-12-02 23:59:52 UTC

Karina

mollykennedy3 — 2020-12-03 00:00:02 UTC

Time spent with Karina to help us get a better picture on where we are going, plus what items are most important for our students

Next Steps

kyleehawthorne1 — 2020-12-03 00:00:18 UTC

Flushing out and adjusting the project to distance learning, creating clear moments for revision and reflection throughout. Pacing out the project.

Time constraints in reflecting, brainstorming with colleagues and grade level partner. It was hard to feel accomplished.

2020-12-03 00:01:17 UTC

maliarivard — 2020-12-03 00:02:27 UTC

Synthesizing all the parts of the next unit in my head with so many unknowns

maliarivard — 2020-12-03 00:02:53 UTC

Continue backwards planning

Structure

kyleehawthorne1 — 2020-12-03 00:03:00 UTC

It is helpful to have structure with project planning to keep me on pace and accountable. Working with Dana is also great, she does a good job of keeping the pace moving as well. This was a great way to jump in swimming and start me thinking about unit 3.

maliarivard — 2020-12-03 00:03:21 UTC

Planning time with my partner and guidance from Des

maliarivard — 2020-12-03 00:04:20 UTC

There is so much that needs to be done that it's a constant struggle between planning WITH my partner and splitting tasks between us.

2020-12-03 00:04:29 UTC

We finished our Amazon WL, our STEAM Kit page, and made a template so we wouldn't have to purchase physical math manipulatives.

2020-12-03 00:05:20 UTC

Not knowing exactly what we were going to do with/for each engagement made it tough to create a list of supplies.

Staff Modeling

kyleehawthorne1 — 2020-12-03 00:05:35 UTC

I have gotten SO MANY amazing ideas for student engagement, community building, and shared resources from other staff this week through their facilitating of staff meetings. 1) Sam for the mood based on weather check in 2) Kelsey for the gatheringtown resource 3) Karina for using a Padlet as an ongoing discussion board (Bright Spots), 4) Jude for "What did not happen...?" question stem.

2020-12-03 00:06:08 UTC

Details of anchor engagements and developing our project more fully/ mapping it out.

2020-12-03 00:06:50 UTC

Dedicated work time from my partner and checking in with our curriculum coach

alyssa_towers — 2020-12-03 00:22:48 UTC

Getting most of the thoughts for To-Do's I had whirling around in my brain onto a document. Drafting out the Weekly "Focus".

alyssa_towers — 2020-12-03 00:24:05 UTC

Pushing through a very unexpected mountain of anxiety right when we started.

Feedback on the weekly focus and linear plan of the project.

alyssa_towers — 2020-12-03 00:24:33 UTC

alyssa_towers — 2020-12-03 00:25:44 UTC

The action of talking through the unit to others, writing all the thoughts in my head down so I don't have to carry them or worry about forgetting them.

alyssa_towers — 2020-12-03 00:28:25 UTC

I still worry I am doing too much. I need feedback from multiple perspectives please