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West Lake Elementary PLT 2011 Notes Team Name: Five Skirts and a Mustache Date: Sept. 19


 * Team Member name in attendance[h11] || Steps achieved this last week[h22] || impact on children in classroom[h33] || Artifacts collected this week for December presentation[h44] || What to work on for next week[h55] ||
 * Liu ||  || shares reading rotation system -- shared "word work" (Daily 5) || our Daily 5 schedule || bringstorm ways to include CMapp into rotations ||
 * Robertson ||  || shared reading rotation system -- shared "read to someone" (Daily 5) || our Daily 5 schedule || share how to tie C-Mapp into Daily 5 ||
 * Garrison ||  || shared reading rotation system -- shared "read to self" (Daily 5) || our Daily 5 schedule || observe either Kim or Johnna - how they run Daily 5 ||
 * Moore ||  || shared reading rotation system - shared "listen to reading" (Daily 5) || our Daily 5 schedule || observe either Kim or Johnna -- how they run Daily 5 ||
 * Brandt ||  || share reading rotation system -- shared "work on writing" || our Daily 5 schedule || brainstorm ways to include CMapp into rotations ||
 * All ||  ||   ||   || discussed possible trade day -- trade places with each other for 1 day during our reading block ||

[h1]1 Enter here who is at this meeting (Those that are tracked in) [h2]2 Be specific in what you completed this week. Examples are: observing a classroom, implementing student leaders daily, etc. [h3]3 Who specifically has benefitted from your new and improved ways? How deeper has this made your instruction? [h4]4 Insert items that you have collected over the week such as pictures, student work samples, lesson plans, etc. [h5]5 Set a specific goal to accomplish to help focus your week. Ask someone to be your accountability partner!

West Lake Elementary PLT 2011 Notes

Team Name: Date: 9/26/11 Team Smart Goal:


 * Team Member name in attendance || Steps achieved this last week || impact on children in classroom || Artifacts collected this week for December presentation || What to work on for next week ||
 * Liu || shared tic-tac-toe Daily 5 rotation || differencation || share tic-tac-toe activity to staff || send tic tac toe activity to team ||
 * Robertson || shared with the team how she uses CMapp as part of her Daily 5 rotaitons; shared word sort activity using a tic-tac-toe selection || diferenciation || share word work activity to staff ||  ||
 * Garrison || working with Sessoms on scheduling observations; discussed differenciated centers duirng guided reading || differenciaiton || share rotation chart ||  ||
 * Moore || talked to Sessoms about Daily 5 -- scheduled a time to observe ; shared differenciated reading rotations || differenciation || share rotation chart ||  ||
 * Brandt || use of focus lessons to guide Cmapp || differenciaiton ||  || take Liu's chart -- apply to her class; share results ||

10/3
 * Team Member name in attendance || Steps achieved this last week || impact on children in classroom || Artifacts collected this week for December presentation || What to work on for next week ||
 * Liu || tic-tac-toe menu working really well -- students are moving around completing station assignments ||  ||   || We wil all reread chapter 2 in Daily 5 and discuss next week ||
 * Robertson || tried something new -- writing part of Daily 5 -- using steno notebook to write ||  ||   || Continue to iron out our "trade day" schedule, logistics, etc before presenting it to admin ||
 * Garrison || tried team teaching with Moore.... did not work; students too young --- shared new center rotation -- working really well ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Moore || tried team teaching with Garrison - did not work; students too young -- shared new center rotaiton -- working really well ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Brandt || shared a CMapp mini lesson and how she added into her centers ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Cunningham || provided support -- shared insight on students' performance in specials ||  ||   ||   ||

Our PLT team decided that David will touch base with our students at the start of each music class. We will email him one or two names of students for him to touch base. Oct 17
 * Team Member name in attendance[h11] || Steps achieved this last week[h22] || impact on children in classroom[h33] || Artifacts collected this week for December presentation[h44] || What to work on for next week[h55] ||
 * Liu ||  ||   ||   || Talk about use of A-Z ||
 * Robertson ||  ||   ||   || Track out ||
 * Garrison ||  ||   ||   || Talk about use of A-Z ||
 * Moore ||  ||   ||   || Track out ||
 * Brandt ||  ||   ||   || Track out ||
 * Cunningham || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Check in with students – during each music class – check and see how they are doing ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Track out ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">All || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Still working on trade-day – schedule is a problem due to track in and track out schedule – will revisit in January || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Talked about Reading A-Z strategies; Talked about use of Raz-Kids ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Hooper ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Track out ||