11-20-13

__Nikki__ Niki and Steve met with us on Wednesday to demonstrate how the program works. I have already sat with Ethan and 2 high school students when the final programing was completed for Ethan. He wears a mike and the words are printing as he speaks

__Steve:__ came and talked to us about STEM and scheduling 2 - 30 minute time periods to work on Apps __Lower School Grade Coordinator Meeting__
 * Daisy the Dinosaur
 * Kodable
 * Keep track of the students that like the programs and the students that don't like the programs
 * Students will work in groups of 2
 * Schedule with Steve Dec. 9- Dec. 13
 * 1) Reporting committee will talk about the conference questions
 * 2) Decide on math report descriptors for report card
 * 3) Discuss whether the Jan report card will report from the first conferences or from the first of the year
 * 4) Dec. 6th will be an early release day. Students will leave at 11:30. Grade levels will meet together to determine the skills that need to be listed for report card 1 especially Math and Science. All the skill covered through January 17th. We will complete a full report card that will go to the parents.
 * Report Card reading will be Jan. 21st
 * Report Cards will go out Jan. 28th
 * 1) Dec. 9th will be a late start (Teachers are in meeting from 7:30-9:00) we will meet in our focus groups and discuss what we were given for homework
 * 2) Atlas Rubicon needs to be updated throughout the year so don't forget

__Native American Unit__
 * 1) discussed books to use for Woodland Native Americans
 * 2) What should we be doing next with the Unit
 * 3) What worksheets should we use for the next week

__Pen Pal Letter__
 * 1) Go over and fix the letter that needs to be sent to parents
 * 2) Talk about the pen pal unit so that the team is on the same page

__Grandparents and Special Friends Day__
 * 1) Talk about what we will be doing on this day
 * 2) Share different worksheets that we have
 * 3) Work on a computer schedule for the day...so all 3 classes have a chance to use them if they would like

__How did the Brine Shrimp Unit Go__
 * 1) Talked about living/nonliving
 * 2) used microscopes
 * 3) connected microscopes to the overhead for the students to see enlarged specimens
 * 4) Talked about journal entries logged into the science journal

__January Report Card__

1. December 6 (early release) will be used as an afternoon to complete our "strands" and checklists for the January report card. These final lists will need to be to Sherry in the NEAR future. Some direction and/or tips will be shared prior to that work time so that each grade level is consistent in their understanding.

2. We also discussed math A LOT! All grade levels are sending different information home. **Fourth grade** sends home secure skill checklists at the start of the year and before each test they send home a checklist of what each student is NOT secure at yet. They also completed a quarter test.


 * Third grade** attaches a letter to each test about what the secure skills are.


 * Second grade** same as third.


 * First grade** shared quarter goals with parents according to what the January report will look like and they gave a quarter test as well. First grade uses the Part A sections of the review packet on our EMWISCONSIN site.