Eastern Elementary

CFIP Agenda

Building a community that inspires curiosity, creativity and achievement.

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Lead Teacher Room

Oct 13, 2015

9:15

3:30

Agenda / Minutes
Grade 5 Gold(9:20-10:00)
Grade 4 Green (11:00-11:40)
Grade 3 Green (1:10-1:50)

Grade 4 Gold(10:10-10:50)
Grade 5 Green (12:20-1:00)
Grade 3 Gold (2:00-2:40)

Discussion Items

Aspirational Goal

Grade 3
Follow-up to
Brotherly Love
Assessment...How did you
return to the students
weaknesses in order to
teach for transfer?
Time with
Tara Ellis to determine
support for Next Generation
instruction.

2. Meet grade-level and

curriculum standards and
complete an established career
pathway.

Encore (2:50-3:30)

Notes/Outcome
~have retaught character actions with
Stone Fox
~used edpuzzle.com to teach taking
notes on video content
~ character traits with Stone Fox and
how actions change events...pulling
out specific text evidence
~ chunking videos and teaching how
to take notes, pulling out the major
details
Shared Stone Fox performance task,
will need to have grade level team
create success criteria for questions
Shared writing mentor text for
imaginative narratives...Plantpet by
Elise Primavera. This book can be
found in Tinas office.

Grade 4

o Protocol for
looking at student work:
bring your performance
task about constellations
and poetry/drama
elements.
o Work on
learning progressions for
upcoming priority standards.
Grade 5
Protocol for
looking at student work:
bring your performance
task about natural
disasters.
Work on
learning progressions for
upcoming priority standards.
Encore: Come up with an
action plan for students
demonstrating repeated behaviors in
encore classes.

LASW Protocol
2. Meet grade-level and
curriculum standards and
complete an established career
pathway.

LASW Protocol (same link as above)

2. Meet grade-level and
curriculum standards and
complete an established career
pathway.

4. All students will be healthy,

informed and productive
citizens.

Follow-Up
Person
Responsible/Due
Date
Lead Teachersduring meeting

Grade 3 Teachers

Action Steps
Distribute Cornerstone Assessments

Be sure to check out the science resources on the Science Portal

Grade 3 Science Notes with Tara:

Celebrations topics are interesting and kid friendly...can see and experience; students are excited (); sharing of
ideas within the team
kids enjoy science more, the topics are more interesting, good resources on the portal, students are doing research
to learn and teach each other; mini-webquest through pebblego; students understand what a meteorologist does
Questions Where can we get assessments? Performance expectation defines the assessment in NGSS document on the
portal. Formative assessment samples can be found on the portal.

Do the formative assessments on the portal define the level that we are supposed to go
with the content?
Content seems easier but the practices make it more student driven and working more like
a scientist. Look to the standards page and performance expectations...disciplinary core
ideas is what students need to understand. Use the evidence statements on the portal
(linked from the standard), you can see what mastery is for that particular performance
expectation.
It is not about memorizing the life cycle of a butterfly. It is the pattern of life cycles that
students need to be able describe and apply.
How do we teach...if students only need to be able to chart and graph...do we need to teach
them what precipitation is...how much background and theory do they need...it is about
engaging them in the collection of data (observation) and do they know how to represent
the data.
How do you piece it all together? It is taking a lot of time. You need to create the instruction
for YOUR students. Think about the goals they need.
Be sure to keep checking the Science Announcements page on the Science portal.
Where do we get supplies?
What is the natural progression. Where do you start and where do you end? Look at
Performance Expectations

Start with what they can directly observe at their school. You can extend weather and
climate across the year.
Needs trying to find ways to fit it in
supplies...contact Tara, use materials request form on portal to get live materials
Next Steps ~keep checking Special Announcements on the Science Portal
~continue to explore resources on portal
~contact Tara if you need anything or have questions