PLC 10.30.12

Mountain Park Elementary – Professional Learning Community (PLC) Agenda

What to bring: science unit materials, curriculum binder, calendar
Attending:  Scales, Corson, Welch, Resudek, White, Hurley, Laney, L'Homm
Not Attending:  Brock (TAG meeting)

Review Norms:

Be Respectful
Be punctual and prepared
Assume goodwill and be positive
Be fully present
Don’t be “pollution” be a solutionJ

AGENDA:

Unit/Lesson Planning –

Pacing- review curriculum map/update
Share ideas/activities with warm & cool feedback
Writing Assessments – CFAs- rocks and minerals

 

SEM- Regions of GA
Region Assignments:
Hurley-Swamp
Welch/White-ocean
Brock-Mountains
L'Homm-Lower Coastal Plain
Corson-Upper Coastal
Resudek-Marshes
Scales-Piedmont

Rotations:
Nov. 14 - teach your own class
Nov. 28:   2 class rotations
Dec. 5:  2 class rotations
Dec. 12:  Culminating project
Teachers will be the tour guides and will take their classes around to each habitat.
10:30-11:15pm
2nd grade/other visitors can come from 1:00-2:00pm

 

Math planning- depth of knowledge/rigor, resources

Sites to Look at:
Math Live - http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html
Thinking Blocks:  http://www.thinkingblocks.com
Harcourt e-lab:  http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/index_2004.html
Cursive with animations:  http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/cursive-animations.htm
Rocks/Minerals:  http://mineralogy4kids.com
Rocks/Minerals:  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/rockssoils.html
Rocks/Minerals:  http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/v1Z7aJLuVYOD/3rd-Grade-Rocks-and-Minerals#2

Reminders:
Mock Election:
We are really excited about the mock election on Friday!  You should have recieved a plastic bag which has voter registration cards for each of your students.  Please hand these out before you come to vote becaue we will only "allow" students with valid cards to vote.

Just in case you forgot, here is the voting schedule:

9:20-9:40 Brock

9:45-10:05 Hurley

10:10-10:30 Corson

10:35-10:55 L’Hommedieu

12:55-1:15 Scales

1:20-1:40 Welch

1:45-2:05 Resudek

**ACTION ITEMS – NEXT MEETING