End of the Year Planning- May 5 Late Start

May 3- PLC- Choice

May 5- Late Start  8-10:45
1. Professional Goal Setting Review- SLO Final Results if you have Data & Reflect on PPG.  If finished,  SLO End of Year Meetings 

2. Work on GMail & Google Calendar

3. End of the Year Packets
All links are embedded in the presentation.
Hard copies will be in your mailbox.  
Class List input

 May 5- 4:01- Teacher Appreciation Happy Hour at Willow River Inn- Please RSVP

May 7- Fun Run

May 10- PLC- Choice

May 17- PLC- SLO Prep

May 20- Fountas and Pinell Data is due in Google Drive

May 23- PLC- SLO is due- Please submit

Submit end of the year SLO and reflection of PPG

EP Teacher/ Specialist  Professional Goal Setting Review with final data updated

May 24- SLO Meetings for all teachers on cycle.  It is optional for the rest.  SLO End of Year Meetings 

May 19-June 4-30 minute Summative Conferences will be scheduled  with Susie for all teachers on cycle.

May 31 -Class Placement  

We will fill out forms and try it this way.

Please fill out a form 1 per person once you have their updated F & P Level.

June 1- 9:00am Yearbook Signing

June 2- 2:45- Kickball

June 3-  9:15- 11-Outdoor Activities

             11:15-1:30- Regular Picnic Lunch

      2:30-3:00- All School Meeting

      3-3:30- Closure in classrooms

      3:40- All School Wave

End of the Year Party at Susie’s

4261 Bailey Lake Drive

Woodbury, MN 55129   

East of East ridge HS

June 4- Check Out

Making Guided Reading Appropriately Challenging for your Students

 Making Guided Reading Appropriately Challenging for your Students 

Tues. PLC
 Chloe will come to your team to plan together for a GR lesson on a high level skills.

1.  Bring a GR book set for your high readers.

2. Bring post it notes and any planning forms you use.  I will have Jan Richardson on the counter.

3.  Together your team will create a lesson together that you can use.

Thursday Staff Meeting
Planning on your own or with your team

Next Steps

May 20- Update all F& P levels on Google Spreadsheet

May 23- May 27- Confer with students below grade level expectations during Target Time.

What do students need to learn?
Determine instructional reading level
Find books/articles at instructional level and interest level
Use Fountas and Pinnell Continuum  to determine skills

How can I organize a plan?

Jan Richardson Lesson Plans

What teaching strategies can I use?
Questioning
Guided Reading Questions A-Z

Question stems for thinking within, beyond, and about the text
Question stems for levels A-Z within, about, beyond

DOK Wheel   DOK Question Stems

Blooms

Reciprocal Teaching
Reciprocal Teaching Questions

K-6 Vertical Guided Reading Learning April 19

 K-5 Vertical Guided Reading Learning

April 19, 2016  Day 1

Learning Targets:  

We know what is expected in the next grade level in the area of reading.

We can refine our guided reading lessons to appropriately challenge our students with higher levels of  thinking and rigor.
                          

45 minutes observation of next grade level GR (10-15 min/ class)

30 minutes reflection with Instructional Coach and team

***Grade levels will need to adjust guided reading schedules***

8-9:15- 5th observes 6th Grade

9:15- 10:30- 1st observes 2nd Grade

10:30-11:45- 2nd observes 3rd Grade

11:45-12:15- Lunch

12:15-1:30- K observes 1st Grade

1:30-2:45- 4th observes 5th grade

2:45- 4:00- 3rd observes 4th grade

Subs

	Kim Harrigan	Maeta Gherty	Pat Mara	Susie Prather
8:45-9:05	Brown	Stanchik	DeLong	Stubbendick
9:15-10:30	Aschenbrenner	Klanderman	Ohman
10:30-11:45	Zamzow	Brastad	Schroeder
12:15-1:30	Jenson	Johnson	Brettingen
1:30- 2:45	Swavely	Dierks	Schaeffer	Head
2:45-3:40	Gernes	Larson	Johnson

Please do not do anything different than you do daily.  

Teachers will spend 10-15 minutes in each class and reflect on their learning after.  Please make sure your schedules are adjusted so you are doing guided reading at that time.

Thank you for being open to share the great gifts we have at HP. 

Your forms will be in your mailboxes.

Chloe will be with you leading the team in discussions. 

I know some teams want to plan which class you see first.  

Please let Chloe know the order.

Before Reading

Activates prior knowledge (picture walk)

Raises questions

Introduces vocabulary

Setting a purpose for reading

*Models an instructional point to set a purpose for reading. (Gradual Release)

During Reading

Teachers listens to students read individually and coaches them. (No choral or round robin)

Anecdotal records taken- Running Record or Comprehension Inventory, or informal notes

*Provides them with feedback including  a praise or a prompt on specific reading goals.

After Reading

*Reflects on teaching point and student goals and reteaches if necessary.

Responds to reading with a comprehension focus through higher order questioning. (Verbally or Written)

Lab Classroom Observation

Review Norms:

I will be open- minded.

I will learn from my colleagues.

I will be non-evaluative.

Review Jobs

Host Teacher’s Job	Guest Teacher’s Job	Student’s Job
Be actively engaged in teaching your students. Don’t do anything different. Share any planning resources you utilize.	Be quiet, listen and take notes on your thinking	Be engaged in your classroom and ignore the guests

Focus for Observation:  

We know what is expected in the next grade level in the area of reading.

We can refine our guided reading lessons to appropriately challenge our students with higher levels of  thinking and rigor.

Observation

	I noticed….	I wonder…
Students
Teachers
Other

Post Observation

I learned…

I will let go…
I will sustain…
I will start…

Gmail/ Google Calendar- April 14

Gmail and Google Calendar PD Plan for HP
April 14th Late Start 

8-8:30 Breakfast at HS

8:50-9- Watch Introduction Video- 10 min. From Nancy Dressel  
               (You can skip this if you watched it on your own.)

9- 10:30- Breakout session

Immerse
Before (Please complete prior to April 14)

• Watch Introduction Video- 10 min. From Nancy Dressel  (Optional if you want to watch on your own and start at 9:00)
• Clean up email- delete old emails
• Forward Gmail prior to the meeting
• Bring a digital photo on laptop
• All teachers and support staff are invited to learn with us.
• Choose level of training you wish HP Sign Up
• Explore Technology Google Site- link on blog on right side

Investigate/ Coalesce
During

Novice Intro & Novice Jodi Magee/Jessica Swavely Computer Lab

Practitioner Intro &  Practitioner Maija Stubbendick Media Center

Master Intro & Master  Master Presentation Susie Prather Art Room

Guided Practice Introduction Master Presentation Exploration Conference Room

Go Public
After

• PLC follow exploration- choose your own time
• Staff Meeting Work time April 21
• Migration will happen 4/22-4/24
• Help will be onsite 4/25.
• May 9 we will be all GMail