School ______MTV______Team ______Primary Literacy Vertical Team______
Shelton School District Professional Learning Communities
Work should be driven by the 5 guiding questions:
1. What is it we expect students to learn?
2. How will we teach it?
3. How will we know when they have learned it?
4. How will we respond when they don’t learn?
5. How will we respond when they already know it?
Our Team Norms:
a. Everyone gets to voice their thoughts
b. Respect others’ opinions
c. Share in the workload
d. Be on time
e. Be professional and confidential
Team Members:
Lori Goodale, Cindy Hall, Jeri DeMiero, Courtney Weeden, Tara Smith, Joyce W-Smith, Laurie mackintosh, Stephanie Gernlein, Tracy McMullin
SMART GOALS:
1. Use data to inform our decisions regarding curriculum/assessments for all students in order to provide differentiated instruction when needed.
2.Team vertically (k/2) to ensure a developmentally appropriate continuum in curriculum/instruction that aligns to the common core.
3. Share information from our own classrooms, online resources and staff development opportunities to help the team enhance our instruction and assessments.
Date / Guiding Question / PLC Task (Plan) / What did you do? (Results) / What are your next steps?10/18/2013 / ☐ 1
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☐ 5 / -Share writing rubrics for 1st and 2nd grade, (narrative )
-Explore and train to use Narrative WFBB rubrics / -Shared writing samples, rubrics, goals and expectations for low/med/high writers at all levels
-Shared ideas for how to incorporate the WFBB, David Matteson, Thinking maps and 6 traits to make a comprehensive writing program / - We will do similar activities using expository writing samples and rubrics.
In attendance: Lori Goodale, Joyce W-Smith, Cindy Hall, Laurie Mackintosh, Tara Smith, Tracy McMullin, Courtney Weeden
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1/10/2014 / ☐ 1
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2/21/2014 / ☐ 1
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5/2/2014 / ☐ 1
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Steps for 2014-2015 school year:
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