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8/14/2019 Lit Coach Notes Feb. 2010
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As you know, Carrie
Ekey is coming thismonth.
She will be working with all grade-
level teachers from KG1- Grade 5.
Lone will send out a schedule of these
meetings. I realize taking time away
from your kids is stressful, however
having a consultant like Carrie here for
an entire week allows us to really dig in
and work through some important
topics.
KG1 is moving to a full day
and will be using a new program
called Creative Curriculum. This
program will allow KG1s work in
literacy to flow directly into the types of
skills and philosophies we use with our
Reading and Writing Workshops and
Continuums. Exposing our new full-
dayers to an environment rich in
print, authentic literature, and plenty of
reading and writing experiences is the
goal.
KG2-Grade 5 teachers will
meet with Carrie to think about
how to use our instructional
a id e s t o in c r e a s e s t u d e n t
learning. As a school we are very
lucky to have TAs in every grade level.
However, knowing exactly how to
utilize these highly-skilled ladies in our
classrooms, on a daily basis, can be
difficult to pin down. Carrie will be
giving us ideas for using TA support in
Reading and Writing Workshop.
The Reading and Writing Teams
will work with Carrie on using
the Developmental Continuums.
Although all the teachers will be part of
the discussions about using the
developmental continuums, assessment
notebooks and student notebooks in
our full-staff meetings (Monday and
Wednesday, Feb. 22 and 24), Carrie will
conduct more intensive training for the
Reading and Writing Vertical Teams.
Representatives from these teams will
share with the grade levels what is
accomplished and learned.
W h a t E l e p h a n t ? W o r d
Study!!! We are ready to begin
thinking about Word Study and where
we can go with best practice
approaches in the future. Carrie will
offer some general hints, tips and
guidelines for teams and especially for
the WS Team who will have their first
meetings with me in April.
Here comes Carrie!
Lit Coach NotesJEN MUNNERLYN FEBRUARY 2010 ACS, ABU DHABI
Check my blog for reflections on WritingWorkshop, Parent Communication,
Interesting blogs and more!
ES TEAM: Heather, Laura,
Farah, Nandita, and Alison
How Exciting!These five ES teachers, myself, and three MS
teachers will be attending for ACS!
EverybodyknowsCarrie!IworkedwithherinShanghaiandLauradidsoinDenver.Althoughshehasaninternationalpresence,she wasmostrecentlyconsulting inNew
York.
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EARLY RELEASE DAYS
We have had our first set of
collaborative goal meetings. This
work, aimed at helping us practice
using protocols to examine studentdata, is important to the identified
next steps of the school. So far,
both groups have found the
protocols useful in pushing their
thinking further.
Of course, as with any new
undertaking, this process will be
reviewed, refined and tweaked to
ensure we get the most out of every
meeting.
At this point though, I
celebrate two things:
1.We are continuing the
collaborative work which has
been one of the most influential
sources for learning this year.
(According to many of the ERD
Surveys.)
2.We are digging into data.
Although it might not seem like
much, it is a solid start.
Early Release Days are important
p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t
opportunities for teachers. Here is a link
to a post at the National Staff Development
Counsels blog: http://www.nsdc.org/
learningBlog/post.cfm/fixing-pd-s-respect-
problem If you read it, let me know what youthink.
After our last Regie Routman
session KG2-5 teachers were asked to
c o m p l e t e a s u r v e y a b o u t t h e
effectiveness of ERDs. The results of the
survey will be discussed at the next RR
session, February 14.
Thank you for taking the survey! :-)
AT A GLANCE-A few of the FEBRUARY MEETINGS WITH JEN
DATE MEETING TIME
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY10TH
KG2 DRAANALYSIS
DURINGCOMMON
PLANNING
TIME
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
10TH
3-5 WRITING
CELEBRATION
(AND PROTOCOL)
FOR UNIT 3
3:30-4:30
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 -
PD DAY
RR SESSION 9 FIRST
SESSION OF
PD DAY
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 -
PD DAY
K-2 GOAL: PM
ANALYSIS
LAST
SESSION OF
PD DAY
FEBRUARY 21-25: CARRIE
EKEY HERE
KG1-5 SEE
SCHEDULE
Collaborative Goals
K-2 and 3-5
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Be sure to see the ES Meetings Q3
Document Lone will send out.
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