8.8.08+Notes

** Design Team Notes ** August 18th : Morning: Convocation (bus leaves BES at 8:30...Be at BES at 8:00) Afternoon: 1.  Activity 2.  Vision Statement 3.  Goal/Beliefs 4.  District Goals/Belief 5.  Campus Social Contracts 6.  Team Social Contract August 19th : Campus Day (PTA luncheon) Theme: Compass/Orienteering/Journey/”Finding our True North” Whole Group: Mythbusters/activity **Stations: (1 hour each)** 1. CKH Tenets and EXCEL model/ Behavior Management Plan for Students and Staff (Deanna J/Barbara D/Dixie) 2. Homework/Grading Guidelines/Classrooms Standards (Tracy/Liz/Angie C/JJ/Judy) 3. Kim Sutton/Debby Murphy (Laura/Whitney/Heather) 4. Counselor update/Gradebook update/Handbook/Design notebook (put together that day) (Robin/Debbie/Brandi) Whole Group: Mythbusters/activity **August 20th** 1. District Day 8:30 – 3:30 with a one hour lunch. Grade levels will meet with feeder pattern. We’ll meet at Dodd in horizontal meetings. All other staff will find out soon where you are going to  meet.)  **August 21st**   1. Dr. McLean (OHI) at BES.  **August 22nd**  1. Work Day (Aesop: will set up a schedule for new Substitute System and will meet with Cindy in the computer lab)    2. Meet the teacher 4-6 **Intervention Labs:**    i.   ** 4th grade ** (students that didn’t pass 3rd grade Math TAKS)    ii.   ** 3rd grade MClass **   iii.   ** 2nd grade **   i.   ** 4th grade ** (look at TAKS data), 3rd graders that were retained    i.   ** 4th grade ** failed TAKS reading or was borderline of failing TAKS reading (scores: 2000-2200)    ii.   ** 3rd grade ** teachers will need to look at pink/blue cards to get DRA data    i.   ** 1st and 2nd grades ** TPRI scores  **Flash drives:**
 * 8.8.08 **
 * 1) updated classroom standards (see attachment)
 * 2) September 18th is a professional development class on setting up Science notebooks and utilizing them daily in science instruction. Laura highly recommends all staff members to attend if at all possible.
 * 3) See grading policy document
 * 4) Discussed Behavior Management Plan for Students and Staff
 * 5) Professional Learning Week (Hours for this week are 8-4.)
 * 1) What do we want labs to look like? How long will we meet with students? How many students at each time? How long will students work in lab?
 * 2) Do we want to use MCLASS and textbook preassessment to determine who attends Math Lab? (Ask team)
 * 3) ** Math Fluency: (2nd – 4th) **
 * 1) ** Reading Fluency: **
 * 1) ** Comprehension Lab: ** (3rd and 4th grade only for right now) Debby Murphy strategies and leveled readers or //Time for Kids//
 * 1) ** Phonemic Awareness: ** Fountas and Pinnell materials
 * 1) Discipline referrals
 * 2) Forms (personal day, early leave, PO, etc)
 * 3) Math problem solving strategies
 * 4) Number line
 * 5) Sound/symbol cards
 * 6) Flipbook
 * 7) List of books from ELL room
 * 8) Classroom standards
 * 9) Debby Murphy strategies
 * 10) Thick/thin questions
 * 11) TAKS question stem cards
 * 12) timers