Literacy
Willard South Elementary
LITERACY CADRE AGENDA/MINUTES
December 7, 2009
1. Team Builder
- Julie Vaughan and Dianna Thompson
2. Members Present – Stephanie Walters, Jami Roweton, Dana Beck, Becky Mooney, Julie Vaughn, Debbie Hardin. Diana Thompson, Leslie Arnold, Mary Swann, and Lindsay Wallace
3. Calculate % of kids in each category (Below Basic – Advanced)- complete this activity with each teacher in your grade level and turn them in to my mailbox by Jan. 4th.
- Any kindergartener who is reading in a reading group at this time is considered advanced for this quarter.
- If a child has an IEP for reading, do not count them in your class total & percentage.
4. How do you track student’s needs?
5. Share Strategies Charts
6. Write 2 needs/focus strategies for each student
- think about what is holding that student back
7. Adopt a Family
Julie and Dana -Boy 7- (has C.P.)likes country music, Dora DVD, elastic waist pants 8-10 and shirts 8-10
Lindsay – Boy 4- likes dinosaurs, tinker toys, pants 5, shirts 5/6
Stephanie & Mary – Girl 3- dress up stuff, Tinkerbelle and princess items, baby doll, pants 4 slim, shirts 4, socks small
*** The above people will go shopping and will total up the amount spent. Then we will divide the cost out to the group.
Willard South Elementary
LITERACY CADRE AGENDA/MINUTES
November 9, 2009
1. Team Builder
- Julie Vaughan
2. Members Present
- Teel, Harden, Walters, Beck, Roweton, Swann, Mooney, Thompson, Brown, Vaughan, Arnold, and student teachers
3. Norms
- Agenda (S:Drive)
- Start/End on time 3:30-4:30 on early out Mondays
- Stay focused
- Everyone contribute (voice, attendance)
- Agree to disagree
- Minutes (S:Drive)
4. Roles
- Facilitator-Stephanie Walters (agenda)
- Secretary-Lindsay Wallace (minutes)
- Timekeeper-Jaime Roweton
- Host-K/Roweton room, Julie Vaughan & Diana Thompson (snack/teambuilder)
- LEADERSHIP TEAM-Stephanie Walters, Becky Mooney, Lindsay Wallace
5. Writing
- Explain the process the District Literacy Team has been going through with writing samples.
- Look at new rubrics
- How to use online anchor papers as “mentor” papers for students
- Grade cards- oh boy
6. Assessment Wall
- At the end of 2nd quarter, your grade level will meet to move your cards on the assessment wall.
Willard South Elementary
LITERACY CADRE AGENDA/MINUTES
October 5, 2009
1. Team Builder
- Diana Thompson and Julie Vaughan
2. Members Present
- Teel, Harden, Walters, Beck, Roweton, Swann, Mooney, Thompson, Brown, Vaughan, Arnold, and student teachers
3. Review Norms
- Agenda (S:Drive)
- Start/End on time 3:30-4:30 on early out Mondays
- Stay focused
- Everyone contribute (voice, attendance)
- Agree to disagree
- Minutes (S:Drive)
4. Review Roles
- Facilitator-Stephanie Walters (agenda)
- Secretary-Lindsay Wallace (minutes)
- Timekeeper-Jaime Roweton
- Host-K/Roweton room, Julie Vaughan & Diana Thompson (snack/teambuider)
- LEADERSHIP TEAM-Stephanie Walters, Becky Mooney, Lindsay Wallace
5. Assessment Wall
- Look at how to code
- Code each student
- Explain how they will move on the board
- We will move the cards each quarter based on DRA scores for 1st & 4th and Running Records for 2nd & 3rd.
6. What to take to grade levels
- Help each teacher code their students by Tues. Oct. 13 – make a list of new student in your grade level that do not have cards and email Carrie.
- Carrie will make new cards for students when she enrolls them. She will place the cards in the teacher mailboxes.
Willard South Elementary
LITERACY CADRE AGENDA/MINUTES
September 14, 2009
materials: sticky notes,
1. Team Builder
- Diana Thompson and Julie Vaughan
2. Members Present
3. Review Norms
- Agenda (S:Drive)
- Start/End on time 3:30-4:30 on early out Mondays
- Stay focused
- Everyone contribute (voice, attendance)
- Agree to disagree
- Minutes (S:Drive)
4. Review Roles
- Facilitator-Stephanie Walters (agenda)
- Secretary-Lindsay Wallace (minutes)
- Timekeeper-Jaime Roweton
- Host-K/Roweton room, Julie Vaughan & Diana Thompson (snack/teambuider)
- LEADERSHIP TEAM-Stephanie Walters, Becky Mooney, Lindsay Wallace
5. Revisit Current Vision- discuss 3-5 words that should remain or be added to the vision
Willard South Elementary, an Accelerated School, exists to provide a partnership between students, families, staff, administration and community in which:
- Each student is provided with an educationally and socially healthy environment in which he/she is treated with worth, value, and dignity.
- Each student is given opportunities to fully achieve his/her own potential in a child-centered environment where students can be given individualized attention.
- Each student is ensured both challenging and exciting learning experiences by a dedicated, nurturing, professional staff.
- Each student is encouraged to develop a curiosity, readiness, and love of learning.
- Each student is given access to up-to-date resources and equipment to expand his/her learning experiences.
- Each student is encouraged to develop problem solving, critical thinking, and communicating skills to become a life-long learner.
- Each student and family is assisted in establishing ongoing, in-home learning experiences.
These goals will result in preparing each student for full participation in a diverse and integrated society.
6. Scoring Writing Assignments
- Anchor or Benchmark papers are based on National Standards
- Look at 1st grade- what can the student do? On Anchor’s 1-4
- Compare with Analysis page
- Look at 1 paper in pairs- focus on what the student can do and one teaching point (put score on the back)
- Rotate papers
7. What to take to grade levels
- Make a list of what a student can do on each Anchor paper
- Score at least 2 from each persons class by rotating- make sure to include what the student can do, teaching points, and a score
- Be a resource person to your grade level
- From each teacher in your grade level collect a 1-4 paper. Copy, write grade and WS at the top, and put them in my mailbox.
8. If anyone needs DRA help in your grade level let me know. Linda has offered to help and I am willing to help as well.
Communication Arts Cadre
Members: Dana Meads, Miranda Bryant, Cindy Brown, Debbie
Harden, Leslie Arnold and Mary Swann
Old Business: The Tropical Literacy Bags were passed out at
the school-wide
Parent Appreciation Night that was held on March 19.
New Business: The Title 1A Parent Literacy Event will be
held on April 8, tomorrow. Several Communication Arts Cadre
members will be helping with this event. Title 1A literacy
students and their parents will learn about the benefits of
summer reading. The event will feature books and snacks for
the Title 1A students.
The current SRI will be active through December of 2009.
The upgrade will be web-based.
MRI for next year will focus on reading and writing.
Writing professional resource books will be ordered for the
2009-2010 academic year through the textbook committee.
Communication Arts Cadre
Communication Arts Cadre
Members:Dana Meads, Miranda Bryant, Cindy Brown, Debbie
Harden, Leslie Arnold and Mary Swann
Facilitator-Leslie Arnold
Time Keeper-Miranda Bryant
Recorder-Mary Swann
Old Business: A-Z Reading will be renewed.
We would like to build a collection of Education Benchmark
Company blackline masters for printing individual take-home
books. The blackline masters are on the S drive. As you
print books for your students please place an extra copy of
the blackline master in the bookbag that is stored in the
Lending Library. Our goal is to get one blackline set in
each bookbag. Some of the books will not print correctly
because the page layout is not correct. Ask if you have
questions.
New Business: Nametags for the Lending Library have been
added to and updated.
DRA subs have been approved for fall DRAs.
Supplies are need by classroom teachers to use when
implementing the Arkansas Literacy Spelling Model.
Our Cadre is working toward developing printed guidelines
for the use of DRA scores and gradecard reading level
reporting.
DRA fluency charts were discussed.
Mary Swann
Communication Arts Cadre
January 14, 2008
Members: Diana Thompson, Lindsay Wallace, Betty Teel, Debbie Harden, Nancy Jones, Miranda Bryant, Mary Swann and Kara Crighton-Smith
Old Business:
1. Mosaic of Thought Book Club is scheduled to meet:
- Friday, March 14, 3:50-4:20 p.m. Finish chapters 4 and 5
- Friday, April 11, 3:50-4:20 p.m. Chapters 6 and 7
- Thursday, May 8 , 3:50-4:20 p.m. Finish book, chapters 8 and 9
New Business:
1. MRI supplies were sorted and passed out, back ordered items should be shipped soon.
2. Benchmark Education Company books are in the Reading Lab, our Cadre will process the books and have them ready for check out soon.
3. Read Across America will be celebrated in March.
December 3, 2007
Members: Diana Thompson, Lindsay Wallace, Betty Teel, Debbie Harden, Nancy Jones, Miranda Bryant and Mary Swann
Old Business:Strategies to improve Comm Arts portions of the MAP test were discussed.Teacher Resources:
Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller pages 105-109 Inferring with anchor charts
Teaching for Deep Comprehension pages 18-19 Inferring
Read A-Loud by Hoyt p. 29 Grades 2/3
Mrs. Crighton-Smith will be ordering leveled guided reading books for the Lending Library and benchmark assessment materials.
New Business: An Ad Hoc is being formed to process the new guided reading books. Members are Miranda Bryant, Diana Thompson, Mary Swann, Nancy Jones, Debbie Harden and Kathy Latimer. If you would like to join this Ad Hoc please e-mail.
Specific portions of the Comm Arts MAP were targeted for improvement.
Grade Level MRI consumable materials will be ordered from the Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative.
October 8, 2007
Members: Diana Thompson, Lindsay Wallace, Betty Teel, Debbie Harden, Nancy Jones, Miranda Bryant and Mary Swann
Old Business: Mosaic of Thought Book Talk will be on, Friday, October 12, from 3:50 to 4:20.The online course for Mosaic of Thought is not being offered for graduate credit. We will have Salary Advancement Workshop Forms at the book talk, and it can be used for Career Ladder.
New Buisness: Interactive Read-Alouds by Linda Hoyt is a read-aloud program that links standards, fluency and comprehension. Our building will be looking at this program for possible adoption.
September 10, 2007
Members: Diana Thompson, Lindsay Wallace, Betty Teel, Debbie Harden. Nancy Jones, Miranda Bryant and Mary Swann
Old Business:
Due to a scheduling conflict the Mosaic of Thought professional book club has been moved to, Friday, October 12, in the Reading Lab from 3:50 to 4:20.
The teacher name tags for the guided reading lending library are ready for use. Please let a Cadre member know if you have any questions about the lending library. New Business: If you would like to take the Mosaic of Thought online class for graduate credit please visit the Heinemann website. Please see Mary Swann for the username
and password.
Reading with Meaning sample curriculum sets are being previewed by staff members in the building for possible adoption.
August 14, 2007
Members: Diana Thompson, Lindsay Wallace, Betty Teel, Debbie Harden, Nancy Jones, Miranda Bryant and Mary SwannFacilitator- Miranda Bryant
Gate Keeper/Time Keeper- Diana Thompson
Recorder- Mary Swann Old Business: We are planning on starting the Mosaic of Thought, 2nd Edition professional book club on Thursday, October 11 in the Reading Lab from 3:50 to 4:20 p.m..MRI is in place for the 2007-2008 Academic Year. Reading instruction will be the focus.
New Business:
Name tags for the guided reading lending library will be updated and added to.
The new biographies are ready to be checked out.
Mrs. Crighton-Smith discussed the need for the textbook selection committee to look at reading instruction materials due to the fact that MRI year one has a reading focus.
