Grade+3

-OCC logins given out -Quick overview of how to input information to Managebac
 * Sept 18th 2013**
 * Present:** Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Trish, (Christine SEN Parent meeting)
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Responsibility for Managebac updates: Gideon-WAPT, HWW, STP. Paul: WWA, HWEO, HWOO

Inquiry cycle to be developed and added to Managebac (Trish & Paul)
 * Action:**

Review Inquiry cycle -Summative and formative assessment tasks -Challenges with implementing Reading Street
 * Next meeting:**
 * Sept 11th 2013**
 * Present:** Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish
 * Discussion:**
 * -**How do science standards align with a Who we are (social studies) unit?

-Collaboratively plan activities to populate the inquiry cycle for the current unit
 * Action:**

-Review progress
 * Next meeting:**

- Overview of developed assessmment tasks asd inquiry cycle strategies for HWEO - Unit to go unitl the originally scheduled date - Alex Brychta visit - Mandala to resume responsibility of planner maintenance, Paul to take over webpage - Brief overview of HWEO resources
 * November 7, 2012**
 * Present:** Paul, Tracy, Chris, Mandala, Helen, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**
 * -** Planner for WWA - where it's at

- Finish WWA (Mandala, Glenn) - Delegate and develop resources/assessment tools for HWEO
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

- This morning's LP assembly - The piloting of UOI skills and concepts-specific comments being entered into the Homeroom section of Powerschool Gradebook: one member from each of G1-4 will be doing this so as to bring more of a focus to units when it comes to the report card; G3 team can all do it if they wish; generic descriptor focused on unit information and progress with regards to skill development - Development of assessment tasks for the first couple of outcomes: diamond ranking task linked to ELA outcome: yeah! - (Glenn) became frightened by mysterious sound coming from computer (which was a vid on the KidPix page..) - Planner/planning process difficult to follow, difficult to know where we are and where we were when it's on the whiteboard: can we 'blow up' a hard copy?
 * October 17, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Paul, Lindsay, Chris, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop assessment tasks for proposed outcomes (G3 team) - Continue to populate inquiry cycle (G3 team) - Upload and share this morning's video with G3 team (Glenn) - Chain Tracy G to desk until planner is complete
 * Action:**

- Reviewww
 * Next Meeting:**

- Subject integration from other areas: discussed challenges with integrating Math - demands of EDM and the spiral making it very difficult to do anything ouotside of that. Team feels that Math is working well as is and will look for alignment possibilities within the next units to be taught. - Reviewed pre-planning document (from June)
 * October 10, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Paul, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**
 * -** Pre-planning for HWEO: chose of ELA outcomes and plooted them into section 3 of the planner

- Complete planner reflection for WWA (G3 team) - Look at Math standards/next EDM units with a view to finding an outcomes that might align with HWEO unit (G3 team) - Develop assessment tasks for proposed outcomes, put onto planner (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with aligned assessment tasks and inquiry cycle for HWEO
 * Next Meeting:**

- Unit #2
 * October 3, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Start to develop planner for unit #2 (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Pre-planning
 * Next Meeting:**

- Next steps: current unit assessment tasks, planner completion and pre-planning for next unit - Integration carousel: success! Many single subject teachers on board for next unit.. - New directory (Q drive)
 * September 26, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Finalize and develop assessment tasks for current unit (including ELA), communicate to Glenn (G3 team) - Prepare HWEO unit planner and send to Tracy (Glenn) - Choose ELA outcomes for WWA, document on planner (Tracy, Paul, Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with unit assessments - Plan for how to complete WWA planner - Start to look at/develop new planner
 * Next Meeting:**

- Alignment of assessment tasks with evidence outcomes for science, social science and ELA - documenting this on the planner - Inquiry cycle: modifying planner as it is to organize section 3 tasks into the stages of the inquiry cycle
 * September 19, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop planner (G3 team) - Begin pre-planning for unit 3 (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Break into 2 groups? One work on current planner and the other to start developing planner/planning for unit #2
 * Next Meeting:**

- Continued to refine POI: especially with regards to G2/G3 overlap (in WWA)
 * June 18, 2012**
 * Present:** Kate, Mandala, Glenn
 * Discussion:**


 * Action:** - Share development with teams and get back to me (Kate and Mandala)

- Reviewed CIs for each unit: happy! - Discussed the idea of developing Summative and LOI assessments next - Then: LP and Attitudes and related concepts - Then: proposed single-subject integration - Which planners need to be completed
 * June 4, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue with developing assessments for each unit (G3 team) - Look at completing the LP and Attitude fields (G3 team) - Complete the related concepts fields (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

- Continued to develop G3 POI: dicussed mainly focus for WWAPT unit - referencing G2 focus, the organizing theme descriptors and the proposed standards - Tentatively changed 'Historical Events' to 'People' and decided that prominant historical figures would be the focus
 * May 28, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Chris, Tracy G, Mandala, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to look at development ideas: tweak central ideas for HTWW andd STP - add a LOI for HWEO
 * Action:**

- Continue development
 * Next Meeting:**

- Next generation science standards: reasons why we should not attempt to implement them at this stage - Identifying key aspects of standards as mapped out within organizing themes to identify topics - WWAPT took a loooong time! - HWEO: advertising/design focus unit goes well with HWOO
 * May 21, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Chris, Tracy G, Mandala, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop/refine central ideas (G3 team and Glenn) - Continue to identify focus areas (topics) for undeveloped units (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

- G3 POI reconstruction: science (life cycles) standards; tweaking of inventions central idea; STP focus in relation to the organizing theme descriptor and proposed SS standadrs - Central ideas tweaked to remove pronouns: HWEO - Focus for STP - Whether earth science standadrs should really go into HTWW - Can we get away with having science standards spread over two units only?
 * May 7, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Chris, Tracy G, Mandala, Lindsay
 * Discussion:**

- Input info developed thus far to standards alignment document (Glenn) - Review above (G3 team and Glenn) - Look closely at how we can modify the STP unit to accomodate organizing hteme descriptor and standards (G3 team and Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with POI reconstruction
 * Next Meeting:**

- To do list - Concert - Various - 'To do' list - Reflection section for Inventions unit - Team broke into 2 groups and worked on reflections and assessments
 * March 14, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy G, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**
 * March 5, 2012**
 * Present:** Helen, Tracy G, Mandala, Chris, Lindsay, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to work on reflection sections and assessments (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

- Unit planning checklist - Only units that have been completed need to be done (so far) - Grade level planning documentation: various
 * February 27, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala, Helen, Lindsay, Tracy, Chris, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop planners (Mandala and Tracy) - Work on developing planning documents as requested (G3 team) - Reflection sections of The Wheel and Home Sweet Home (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with regards to completion of planners
 * Next Meeting:**

- Mandal's planner modifications - Weeks 4, 5 and 6 focus - Science standards: how to incorporate - rock cycle and making bricks - Specialist integration: Brenda making houses. Ensure this is documented on the planner - Mural for G3 gallery walk - Summative assessment ideas: 2D or 3D (or the option of both) - UAE from above video
 * February 20, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala, Lindsay, Chris, Tracy G, Glenn, Helen
 * Discussion:**

- Put [|UAE from above video]onto Netvibes page (Glenn) - Transfer planning onto planner (Mandala) - Develop a checklist example (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress - Look at resources that need to be gathered/developed in preparation for the final weeks - Review next unit central idea?
 * Next Meeting:**

- Communication: importance of communicating effectively - Glenn's needs (!): someone to take on the role of being the 'planner person' - kindly taken on by Mandala - Review of planning process v planner requirements: adding an extra page to the planner that provides a weekly overview of what should be covered - Inquiry: Feedback from Mandala about the T+L workshop - need to adopt an inquiry cycle; ideas for PD; basic philosophy - Requirements for integration - differing ideas/approaches and what we need to do to work out what's best within our context
 * February 13, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala, Lindsay, Chris, Tracy G, Glenn, Helen
 * Discussion:**

- Work on getting planning onto planners (Mandala and Glenn) - Continue to develop unit ideas (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review and continue planning
 * Next Meeting:**

- Pre-assessment: can it be designed so that it gives more indication of what the kids actually know going in to the unit - Development of section 4 activities - International day organization and integration - Review of resources from (Glenn's) [|structures unit] - Neighborhood walk idea - Develop and share rubric with students - make learning expectations clear and explicit right from the outset
 * February 6, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala,, Lindsay, Chris, Tracy G, Steven, Glenn (Helen: absent)
 * Discussion:**

- Home Sweet Home planner to be updated with ideas generated thus far (Glenn) - [|Pre-assessment organizer]: different types of homes (Glenn) - Continue to discuss/generate activity ideas that relate to the lines of inquiry and central Idea (G3 team) - Develop rubric (or at least criteria) (G3 team) - Contact Abdul Ala about having Google Earth pushed onto school computers (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review unit progress - Continue to develop section 4 and discuss ways to get reflection sections
 * Next Meeting:**

- Current unit progress - finishing up activities and summative assessment role plays - What needs to be done: activities (section 4) and reflection section of The Wheel unit - Summative assessment and foci for Home Sweet Home unit: booklet that breaks down Central Idea criteria into manageable components and is filled in throughout the unit - will we have paper resources to sustain such an idea? - Review of ideas from Wednesday's (collab. planning) meeting - Let's not bite off more than we can chew
 * January 30, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala, Helen, Lindsay, Chris, Tracy G, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Home Sweet Home planner to be constructed: including ideas generated thus far (glenn) - Reflection comments from Wednesday (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review Home Sweet home planner progress - Discuss ways to get section 4 and reflection sections completed
 * Next Meeting:**

- Refinements to summative assessment task: each group to take on one type of technology and represent it throughout the 4 time periods. - Assessments developed for 2 lines of inquiry - Timeline for unit to be re-arced for next year so as to ensure the incorporation of the 3rd timeline effectively
 * January 23, 2012**
 * Present:** Mandala, Lindsay, Chris, Tracy G, Glenn (Helen: no cover)
 * Discussion:**

- Activities section (4) of planner to be completed (G3 team) - Assessment tools to be generated and sent to Glenn/placed into the unit resources folder (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress - Review assessment tools - Complete section 4
 * Next Meeting:**

- Finalizing reflection section of OTWWG planner - Support staff appreciation day - does it/can it happen? - Developing summative assessment task: include a reflection component that students complete as the role plays are being done, as well as an expository writing piece - Development of Pictorial reflection organizer - Writing pieces that will be/can be incorporated into this unit: letter writing //and// expository piece?
 * January 16, 2012**
 * Present:** Chris, Mandala, Lindsay, Helen, Tracy G, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue discussion about writing challenges (G3 team) - Next week's tasks where possible (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Perhaps break into 2 groups: one to work on transferring unit activities (section 4) from group planning to planner; the other to work on a rubric and other assessment tasks (relating to the lines of inquiry)
 * Next Meeting:**

- Review of unit timeline - Web resources on Netvibes page - Break up into 2 groups - one to work on getting the planning info onto the planner and the other to work on the reflection section of 'Off to work we go!' - Review of summative assessment task - Discussion about the end for a balance of activities that develop understanding of lines of inquiry
 * January 9, 2012**
 * Discussion:**

- Send teacher questions to Glenn (Mandala) - Transfer activity ideas (from flipchart planning) onto unit planner (Tracy, Mandala, Chris) - Complete reflection section of OTWWG unit (Helen, Lindsay)
 * Action:**

- Review progress, plan for anything that needs to be prepared - Start reflection section?
 * Next Meeting:**

- Weekly unit breakdown: modified central idea and extra line of inquiry (whether all inventions are beneficial) - Chindogu: Japanese art of useless inventions - [|ENS Netvibes] page - Focus: reflection section or filling out the planner - Discussed time periods and how related to UAE it should be
 * December 12, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Reflection section of Off to work we go (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Continue to fill out planner/work on assessments - Review of previous week's collaborative planning session
 * Next Meeting:**
 * December 5, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Open up unit as per weekly overview plan
 * Action:**

- review progress
 * Next Week:**

MINUTES OF GRADE 3 COLLABORATIVE PLANNING MEETING WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2011 __

Present: Helen, Lindsay, Mandala, Rana, Nabeilah, Ghenwah (Arabic and UAE teachers) Aaron (Music) Brenda (Art) Anca (PE)

Apologies: Tracy Alaa (AAL Teacher) Nathaniel (IT) Phillippa (Drama)


 * 1) Aaron felt that his subject does not lend itself to this topic (Inventions). As he has been heavily involved in the present unit (Off to work we go, looking at how we organize ourselves), it was agreed that he would not be as involved in this unit.


 * 1) Brenda was not sure how she could get on board so we suggested that she look at how painting has developed over time (e.g. rock paintings to modern techniques). She became excited about this and said she had a great lesson in mind, but that she would need assistance in the classroom. The Gr 3 team that they could help her during these lessons.


 * 1) Anca was not sure either. We suggested that the PE department look at how sport has developed over time (especially how the Olympic Games has developed over the years). The gr 3 teachers felt that we could teach the intro lessons and that the PE teachers could then demonstrate how sport has changed and get the students involved in this way. (Videos of �extreme sports� to be shown????)


 * 1) The Arabic staff offered their support in any way possible. It was agreed that Ms Rana (the Arabic teacher who has a classroom in the Gr 3 pod) would be given the same display material as the Gr 3 class teachers so that she can reinforce in Arabic lessons what is being done in the home rooms.


 * 1) We recognized the need for follow-up meetings throughout the Unit, but it was decided that time constraints do not allow for a formal meeting once a week. We then decided that members of the Gr 3 team would meet individually with the Specialist teachers at regular intervals during the unit and would then report back to the Gr 3 team.

- Unit progress and what needs to be done - Specialist integration - how successful has it been this unit - Consultation visit: what it will involve for the G3 teachers - Display plans for Thirdgradeville - Planning for next unit: how to prepare
 * November 14, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Speak with Aaron about how well he was able to integrate for this unit (Helen) - Send Glenn the weekly breakdown for the unit (Tracy G) - Review planner for 'Bubbling with Inspiration' and think about what needs to be prepared - it's a new unit so it will likely be a lot.. (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review specialist integration success - Discuss ideas for next unit (review) - Consultation visit questions (and answers) - Unit progress
 * Next Meeting:**

//As documentation for our upcoming IB visit is due this Wednesday it was decided that we would focus on completing the reflection section of Unit 1 during this week's meeting// - Breifly covered where we are at with regards to current unit - Reflection section for 'You've got a friend': group walk through of the different reflection sections of the planner, all teachers contributed their thoughts and ideas which were noted in the relevant sections - How to complete the planner from here. (see below)
 * October 31, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Send assessment tools used to Glenn (Helen) - Look at the remaining sections on the planner and add (G3 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress of 'Off to work we go' - Decide on assessment tasks - delegate...
 * Next Meeting:**

Discussion: - Assessment tasks for Off to Work - Development of summative assessment rubric (draft) - Look at suggested activities (section 4) and possible assessments in the context of the lines of inquiry (section 3 - bottom). Decide on how these activities can fit in with standards, and hence assesments for Q2 reports (All teachers)
 * October 24, 2011**
 * Action:**

- Review unit progress, modify planner to reflect 'Grade Threeville' activities, and finalize assessment tasks
 * Next Week:**