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February 9, 2016

Facilitator: Ms. Martinez
Type of Meeting: Kindergarten PLC
Team Leader: Mrs. Atlas
/ Teachers Present:Montserrat Martinez,Michele Atlas, Laina Sweeney, Lillian Lopez, Arlene Rodriguez, Brenda Rosen, Kimberly Gonzalez, Ana Morales, Marie Walker, Rene Gillette, Mayra Coronado and Ms. Auguste.
February PLC- 2016 / Presenter Name: / Ms.Martinez
Discussion:PLC – Vowel Sounds
Action Items:
  1. Administer Pre-Test Short Vowel Sounds and Teach Short Vowel Sounds.
  2. Intervene with struggling students and administer Post-Test Short Vowel Sounds.

Common Assessment:Vowel Sounds, Teacher Assessment. / Learning Goal:I can associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
  • Total Number of students tested
  • Number of students proficient (75% or higher)
  • Percentage of students proficient (75% or higher)
  • Number of students near proficiency (60-74%)
  • Number of students below proficiency (below 60%)
/ 4: I can differentiate between long and short vowel sounds and create a variety of words using them.
3: I can associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
2: I can orally differentiate between the five major short vowels. Vocab: long vowels, short vowels.
1: With help, I can do levels 2 and 3 on the scale.
Pre-Test and Post-Test:Short Vowel Sounds Pre and Post-Test (Teacher Assessment)
Standard: LAFS.K.RF.3.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Intervention:Review all the alphabet sounds. Use pan with sand to trace letters and say sounds. / Center Activities:Vowels Worksheets, Picture Cards, Word Sliders and Vocabulary Cards, Vowels Board Game. / Deadline:March 1, 2016.
On Level: Learn the five short vowel sounds and combine with consonants (CVC review).
Enrichment:Create words using long vowel sounds and grapheme variations (ex. oa in float). / Teaching Tools:
Short Vowel Sounds Worksheets
Short Vowel Sounds Picture Cards
Long Vowel Sounds Card Game
Word Sliders and Vocabulary Cards
Blends and Digraphs Cards
Stretchy Snake Vowels Game, Markers
Colored Paper
Board Game, Dice and Game Pieces
Pan with Sand / ESOL Strategies:
B3 Enunciation
B8 Show Examples and Non-examples
C8 Oral Assessment
C13 Visual Representations
C15 Samples
D3 Context Clues
D6 Vocabulary Games
D8 Phonology
D9 Vocabulary Banks
E1 Heterogeneous Grouping
E2 Homogeneous Grouping
E4 Peer Pair
E7 Academic Games
F4 Self Correction
Resource Presenters:
Ms. Martinez: Shared Short Vowel Sounds Worksheets and Picture Cards, Long Vowel Sounds Card Game.
Mrs. Lopez: Shared Short Vowel Board game.
Mrs. Gillette: Shared Word Detective Sliders, Blends and Digraphs Cards, and Pan with Sand.
Mrs. Gonzalez: Shared Sliding Words and Stretchy Snake with Vowels.