KG2

Trish covering Ms Gill's class in G2, Tracey & Misi attended PTC, The rest of the team worked on reflections for the STP unit.
 * Feb 15th, 2015**


 * Feb 8th, 2015**
 * Parent teacher Conferences**


 * Feb 1st, 2015**
 * Present:** Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Amy, Anju, Laura, Amy,Mona, Trish **Absent:** Anju ? Tracey (Meeting with Saher?)
 * Location:** Tracey's room

HTWW formative ideas; Line 1: attributes of materials: students match the material to the finished product Line 2: how materials are used: students create a boat choosing the correct materials to enable it to stay afloat Line 3: how materials change: food colouring and ice/melting crayons picture with anecdotal notes of how the material changed Summative assessment task: to create a structure from materials to house the students' teddy bear. In connection with the WWA unit, students will be asked which country the bear will live in and choose the materials based on the weather in that country. Depending on the location the structure may have to withstand rain, wind, intense heat, snow etc. Summative assesssment rubric: previous rubric still applicable to this task as the concepts are the same. KG2 concert first week in May
 * Discussion:**

Complete reflections on STP (all) Research learning activities for HTWW (all)
 * Action:**

Finalize details of central idea and lines of inquiry for HWEO Location: Laura's room?
 * Next meeting:**


 * Jan 25th, 2015**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Laura, Amy,Mona, Trish
 * Location:** Misaal's room

__Meeting time used to complete the following tasks;__ Formative assessments to be added to WWA Research summative assessment ideas for HTWW Create report comments for STP based on standards
 * Discussion:**

Location: Sue Ann's room
 * Next meeting:**


 * Jan 18th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Laura, Amy,Mona, Trish
 * Location:** Kerry's room

Formative assessments need to be added to the task bar of the unit planner for WWA & STP Summative assessment rubric adjusted to include headings; developing, progressing, meeting, exceeding Whole group read through reflections for HTWW: possible re-working of summative assessment as the students creating a waterproof jacket for a teddy bear with a chosen material was quite difficult. Pre-assessment activity deemed quite good for obtaining an accurate picture of the students' prior knowledge. Students were quite confused with the amount of materials and properties so this year, the number will be limited to 6. Selecting standards for reports-Ms Tracey has already completed this.
 * Discussion:**

Update formative assessments in task bar (Kerry/Sue Ann/Tracey/Anju) Research inquiry based activities for HTWW (all) Upload summative rubric (Trish)
 * Action:**


 * Next meeting:** Location: Misaal's room


 * Jan 11th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Laura, Amy,Mona **Absent:** Trish
 * Location:** Barbara's room

Weather inspires us to express ourselves in different ways Art can be used to communicate ideas and experiences creatively Through art people use different forms of expression to communicate ideas How weather affects people-the purpose of weather forecasting, problems caused by weather, the effect of sunlight on the earth's surface
 * Discussion:**


 * Dec 18th-Jan 11th Winter Holiday**


 * Dec 7th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Trish, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Laura, Amy,Mona **Absent:**
 * Location:** Barbara's room

-Meeting time spent researching and discussing two new units-central ideas and lines of inquiry for Sharing the Planet (for next year) and How we express ourselves -HWEO: Option 1-keep the same central idea: **Imagination helps us to express ourselves in many different ways. Lines of inquiry; Different forms of art and how we can connect to them emotionally, How weather influences our artistic expression, The process of using our imagination to create. **
 * Discussion:**
 * -HWEO: Option 2: Weather inspires people to express themselves in different ways. Lines of inquiry; **


 * Nov 30th, 2014**
 * Meeting cancelled**


 * Nov 23rd, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Sue Ann, Barbara, Trish, Amy,Misaal **Absent:** Kerry, Tracey, Laura (2 hours) **Late duty:** Mona, Blanka
 * Location:** Amy's room

Next unit: Sharing the Planet-reading of reflections Unit standards include animals and human beings as well as plants (i.e all living things)-to align standards correctly-we need to change the unit slightly
 * Discussion:**

Summative assessment and formative assessments: need to assess standards accurately Plants are living things that need certain conditions to grow. || - The characteristics of plants **(form)** - Conditions needed to keep plants healthy **(causation)** - Ways that the cycles of the earth are connected to plant growth **(connection)** ||
 * **Central Idea: **
 * **Lines of Inquiry: **

**Collect, analyze, and use data** to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. || -Check that all standards need to be fully taught and assessed (plants and animals) (Trish) -Research possible central idea/lines of inquiry suggestions (all) -Research ideas for formatives/summative assessments (all) -Complete reflections for WWA unit (all)
 * **Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment **
 * Obtain information to describe the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and **where they live on the land or in the water.** ||
 * Construct an explanation for how plants and animals (including humans) can **change their environment** while meeting their basic needs. ||
 * Communicate and discuss **solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air,** and/or other living things in the local environment using models and/or drawings. ||
 * Ask questions and communicate information about the **purpose of weather forecasting** to prepare for, and respond to, problems caused by weather and how life would be different without forecasts. ||
 * Carry out investigations using observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. ||
 * Action:**

Location: Tracey's room -Sharing of ideas for new STP unit
 * Next meeting:**


 * Nov 15th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Trish, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Laura, Amy **Absent:** Mona
 * Location:** Misaal's room

-Summative assessment task to WWAPT unit. Central idea: People learn from the past to improve our lives today -Long discussion ensued in which numerous ideas were put forward such as using a timeline/storyboard/writing a story to show life in the past and life today and how it was improved. Topics to focus on in stories could be technology, transport, school, home, toys etc. Decision not reached quite yet-team to research ideas and share at next week's meeting.
 * Discussion:**

Research ideas for summative and formative tasks(all)
 * Action:**

Sharing of ideas for assessment tasks
 * Next meeting; Location: Tracey's room**


 * Nov 9th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Barbara, Trish, Amy,Tracey, Anju, Mona **Absent:** Laura (meeting), Misaal (sick)
 * Location:** Kerry's room

-WWA Learning experiences-need to add the extra from weekly planning onto Managebac -Summative assessment rubric also needs to be added on MB -WWAPT Central idea: People learn from the past to improve our lives today -Lines of inquiry: Ways to find out about the past, Stories about the past, How the past impacts the present and the future
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Next unit of inquiry is Sharing the Planet

-Update WWA unit plan and upload SA ruubric on MB (Tracey & Anju) -Research ideas for WWAPT unit (all)
 * Action:**

-Fleshing out new WWAPT unit
 * Next meeting:**Location: Misaal's room

-Student Led Conference: teachers will begin training the students and parents into this new process of reporting learning by adding one activity to each Portfolio Sharing day over the remaining units. -In preparation for the SLC teachers will attend a mini PD beforehand and parents will be well informed of the procedure through the KG Weebly and emails explaining the structure of the conference -Dec 16th is the next reporting to parents-plus one activity, Mar 24th plus two activities, SLC April 28th(?) 3+ activities -All __Reading Street__ and __Everyday Math__ titles may be removed from displays on classroom walls. The literacy/language information may be retained as this is being referred to on a daily basis. -KG2 are going to begin pod assemblies again to promote elements of the PYP-Learner Profile attributes, Attitudes, skills and action. Day(s) and frequency to be decided. -Field trip will be to The Heritage Village. Students will compare and contrast life in the UAE with life in other countries which they have found out about through International day.
 * Nov 2nd, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Laura, Barbara, Trish, Amy, Misaal, Tracey, Anju, Mona
 * Location:** Sue Ann's room

WWAPT unit structure
 * Next meeting:**
 * Location: Kerry's room**


 * Oct 30th, 2014**
 * Teachers taking two hours so meeting carried forward to Sunday 2nd Nov 2014**


 * Oct 23rd, 2014**

Location: Blanka's room -Pre-assessment for WWA shared -Beginning reflections on HWOO -New WWAPT unit-standards based on identifying information from narrative stories to learn about the past. Possible suggestions are: CI: Life in the past shapes the present day People learn from the past to improve our lives today. Learning about the past helps us to understand the present. Lines of inquiry: life in the past, stories about the past, connections between the past and present, using stories to inquire about the past, Field trips: Would the Heritage Village be more suited to WWAPT unit and somewhere like Six Continents be more applicable to WWA?
 * Oct Oct 16th, 2014**
 * Present:** Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Laura, Barbara, Trish, Amy **Absent:** Misaal (Hospital), Tracey (alternate meeting scheduled)

HWOO reflections (all) Visit the Six Continents to see if it is a suitable field trip (?)
 * Action:**

Location: Kerry's room
 * Next meeting:**

KG 2 too many teachers absent 5/10
 * Oct 9th, 2014**

EID holiday-teachers decided not to meet
 * Oct 2nd, 2014**

Location: Barbara's room
 * Sept 25th, 2014**
 * Present:** Tracey, Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Misi, Laura, Barbara, Nona, Trish, Amy

-Summative assessment: students will look at photographs of children from around the world/ create a model/shoebox theater/diorama and present their understanding of the central idea to the class or the teacher or they could write about it -Countries decided upon: kenya, India, China, Canada, Saudia Arabia -Rubric to include the stages: developing, progressing, meeting, exceeding -Rubrics will be added on to the weebly to inform parents-will need to be translated into arabic
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Finished off reading WWA reflections

Completion of rubric (all) Save it on the Weebly (Tracey)
 * Action:**

Location: Tracey's room
 * Sept 11th, 2014**
 * Present:** Tracey, Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Misi, Laura, Barbara, Nona, Trish, Amy

Unit recording on MB rota completed Meeting day may change due to executive meeting scheduling-every second week on Thursdays Read through reflections of HWOO from last year Notes from reflections; students to observe rules in action outside of school-signs in malls/at the beach etc. -Field trip: possibly go to the Police Station (G2 also going here)/hospital -Fire drill to be included in unit -Try to arrange a guest speaker from the community to visit our school Review of central idea and lines of inquiry for WWA unit
 * Discussion:**

Research alternative central ideas for WWA (all)
 * Action:**

Revisit WWA for final decisions Discuss WWAPT unit
 * Next meeting: Location:** Laura's room

Location: Laura's room
 * Sept 18th, 2014**
 * Present:** Tracey, Anju, Blanka, Sue Ann, Misi, Laura, Barbara, Nona, Trish, Amy

Revised Central idea for WWA unit: People live in different ways around the world Lines of inquiry: People's lives in different places, How basic needs change in different environments, ways to find where people live Read reflections from WWA unit: -Formative-completed quite late, need to reference the country names -Summative assessment: suggestion to use world map for students to identify where the people live -Provocation: bring in clothes, holiday photos, discuss holidays they have been on etc.
 * Discussion:**

Update HWOO unit planner (Tracey & Anju)
 * Action:**

Finish off reading WWA reflections and discuss summative assessment
 * Next meeting:** Location: Amy's room




 * May 18th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron,Sue Ann, Anju A**bsent:** Rowena, Trish (IB workshop)
 * Discussion:**
 * 1) Summative assessment
 * 2) ‘Making Conclusion’ of the inquiry circle
 * 3) Student ‘Action’ thus far

-Outstanding tasks to be completed on the unit planner; possible student-initiated action, pre-assessment results, formative assessment tasks -Created rubric for summative assessment task -Summative assessment task simplified to a play activity where teacher interviews student based on lines of inquiry
 * May 11th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Trish, Anju A**bsent:** Sue Ann(2 hours)
 * Discussion:**

Update unit planner (Caron, Tracy, Barbara)
 * Action:**

Trish absent, KG2 team met to discuss concert arrangements.
 * May 4th, 2014**

Meeting cancelled in preparation for parent Teacher Meetings
 * Apr 27th, 2014**

-Summative: will keep the same as last year's -Inquiry cycle-activities for tuning in, finding out etc. -Provocation: what is its purpose, some sample activities for inspiration
 * Apr 20th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Pre-assessment; children draw pictures of transport vehicles and put them in order of time

Research inquiry activities for the inquiry cycle (all)
 * Action**;

Inquiry cycle
 * Next meeting:**

Meeting time used to collaboratively select standards for report writing on MB for the HWEO unit.
 * Apr 13th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**

Research inquiry activities for WWAPT unit (all) Provocation videos (Trish)
 * Action;**

Summative assessment task-refinement of details Collaborative creation of summative assessment tool using the standards as criteria
 * Mar 23rd, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**

-Pre-assessment results; the students loved the creative stations, expressed their imagination freely with most activities, some didn't really get into character when wearing dress up clothes -Formative: teachers who had already went on the field trip said that it would be possible to use pencil and paper to record children's observations of shape and pattern in the environment-this is an option, reflection afterwards also works, math formative creating patterns using pre-cut shapes/use pattern block template to create shapes and patterns -KG2 team/ Asst PYPC decided that music standards will be aligned with unit but not assessed this year -Ms Rowena mentioned that Ms Saher suggested selling the exhibition art work to parents to raise money for charity
 * Mar 16th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**

-Create summative assessment tool (all)
 * Action:**

TBD
 * Next meeting:**

-Pre-assessment: different stations with art materials displayed, listening center for dance, dress up clothes for acting etc. for students to show how they express themselves in different ways -Formative assessment ideas: suggestions of using the mosque field trip to assess if students can identify shapes in the environment/ book making-using illustrations to match a story/ line drawings to express feelings -Organization of selected standards for MB reports -POI standards alignment for Music and Art
 * Mar 9th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Tying in of art and English standards to give the unit more structure, lines to express feelings, -LOI 1, focus on shape, colour, form, simple patterns in the environment-LOI 2, expressing ides about family and neighboruhood-LOI 3

-Source listening centers (Trish/Amy) -Update unit planner on MB (Adele) -Final decision on formative assessments (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

Summative assessment tool
 * Next meeting**

-Related art and English standards to give unit more structure this year -Possibility of taking students on an art walk on the upper floors, visit to the art room etc. -Pre-assessment: brainstorming -Summative assessment possible variation from last year
 * Mar 2nd, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, Anju
 * Discussion:**

Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching in Grade 2)
 * Feb 23rd, 2014**

All planners up to date, teachers preparing for Parent Teacher meetings
 * Feb 16th, 2014**

Formative assessment: sorting activity based on the attributes of materials, experiments based on how materials change (possibly use the art project) English writing focus on what materials they can see. All reflections completed for previous unit.
 * Feb 9th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish, **Not present:** Anju (in another meeting)
 * Discussion:**

Add formative assessment tasks to Managebac planner (Anju)
 * Action:**

Results of pre-assessment to be discussed and noted on planner
 * Next meeting:**

-Pre-assessment: children explore materials and tell the teacher what they know about them-record sheet will contain a photo and the child's understanding -Possible student-initiated action suggested
 * Feb 2nd, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Anju, Rowena, Sue Ann, Trish,
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Finding out activities decided upon.

Summative assessment tool to be changed to fit the standards (Anju/team)
 * Action:**

- Central Idea: Teachers had a look at the planner and discussed the new central idea, they decided to change it to another suggested one. -Provocation: We discussed provocations that could be used at the onset of the unit to get students thinking/ question and inquiring -Pre-assessment: Teachers have come up with a pre-assessment task for the unit -Formative assessment :Formative assessment was discussed and added on to Managebac Summative assessment task: We have revisited the summative assessment task and made amendments in order to assess all three lines of inquiry Tuning In: We have looked at ‘tuning in’ activities for the first week of the unit
 * Jan 26th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Anju, Rowena, Sue Ann **Absent:** Trish,
 * Discussion:**

**Action:**

Pre-assessment record sheet (Rowena)

**Next meeting:**

Focus on ‘finding out’ activities and section 1 (possible ways of assessing student understanding, student initiated action etc)





-Ask the expert was a success in two classes with parent guest speakers -There will not a be a field trip to the plant souk at the end of the unit -HTWW to change to materials, plan from last year reviewed
 * Jan 19th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish, Anju, Rowena **Absent:** Sue Ann
 * Discussion:**

Pre-assessment record sheet(Rowena) Rewording of central idea (all) -Inclusion of standards in summative assessment rubric (all)
 * Action:**

TBD
 * Next meeting:**


 * Jan 12th, 2014**
 * School Holiday-Prophet Mohammed's Birthday**

-Discussion of immersing the children in plant life to give a more authentic experience-suggestions to have mini gardens in the pods with tomato plants etc., to rejuvenate the KG garden outside if possible with the pool construction work going on, to plant seeds such as cress/beans in the classrooms. -Ask the expert-possibility that there may be some parents who are very skilled/interested in gardening, they could come in to work with the children? -Summative assessment rubric: q drive not working today so KG2 team will access it and tweak it if necessary to include that plants need "certain conditions" to grow.
 * Jan 5th, 2014**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish, Sue Ann, Anju, Rowena
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Updating planner: adding provocation of field trip-reflection of trip followed, it was suggested having another trip to the plant souk for a more indepth experience

-Find out if it is possible to go on a field trip to the plant souk (Rowena) -Exemplars of the last two summative assessments (Adele)
 * Action:**
 * -**Letter asking for parent guest speakers (Anju)

-Review summative assessment rubric -Preparation for sorting out stage
 * Next meeting**

-Provocation needs to be filled in on the unit planner- field trip to the zoo -Tuning in activities: need to immerse the children in plant life to promote questions related to the factors that influence plant growth. suggestion of using plant experiments to promote questioning such as the food coloring soaking up the stem, plants placed in different areas to affect their growth etc. exposure to different types of plant with different looking stems, flowers, roots etc. -Summative assessment: ensure that there is evidence of the students' understanding of the "certain conditions" necessary for plant growth. -Exemplars of summative assessment from the last unit-photographs of the puppet show and recordings of the childrens' answers.
 * Dec 8th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Missy, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish, Sue Ann **Absent**: Anju(PAC Meeting) Rowena(Preparing for ADEC meeting)
 * Discussion:**

-Update Managebac with any added activities or changes to summative assessment (Laura) -Upload exemplars of summative assessments for the last two units (all)
 * Action:**


 * Next meeting:**
 * -**Assessment tools

Meeting cancelled due to Trish being absent and National Day preparations -Where the reflections sections are and what each one contains -Using Classroom Connections as a resource to plan the inquiry cycle
 * Nov 24th, 2013**
 * Nov 17th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish, Sue Ann
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Finishing off WWA planner

-Complete all reflections (all-Missy)
 * Action:**

Teaching through the Key Concepts
 * Next meeting:**
 * -**Understandings of provocations

-Revision of the summative assessment -Continued planning of current unit -Ms. Tracey and Ms. Laura do not have access to make changes or edit on manageBac – please could you (Ms. Trish) look into this? -Teachers spoke about the planner on ManageBac and suggested that they would like to type in new information during the PYP meeting rather than after the meeting (To discuss with Ms. Trish). -We worked on and completed the inquiry cycle on ManageBac.
 * Nov 10th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish, Sue Ann
 * Discussion:**
 * Nov 3rd, 2013**
 * Holiday Hijra New Year**
 * Oct 27th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish Absent: Sue Ann (Parent Meeting)
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Ms. Masaal reported that she lost a lot of work on ManageBac whistling trying to save the information and would like to know if this is happening with other grades (it also happened when we tried to save the inquiry cycle today).

Ms. Anju's room: update planner and discuss HTWW and WWAPT
 * Next meeting;**

-Collaborative planning of WWA unit, summative assessment, provocation, formative & pre-assessment -Focus on asking questions using Kath Murdoch resource
 * Oct 20th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish Absent: Sue Ann (Parent Meeting)
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Finish off HWOO planner including pre-assessment feedback

-Complete all HWOO unit reflections (all) -Update pre-assessment feedback on HWOO planner (Missy) -Input new information into WWA planner (Trish & Sue Ann) -Source IT person to fix sound problems on teachers' computers (Trish) -New unit WWA, aligned standards, central idea change -Team to research central ideas and lines of inquiry based on the unit standards -To decide on new central idea and lines of inquiry -Create assessment and assessment tools for WWA -Populate the inquiry cycle with related learning tasks -All subject standards were aligned with the transdisciplinary themes -We now need to double check if our current units are addressing those standards
 * Action:**
 * Oct 6th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron, Trish
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Feedback from Sue Ann about the Play Based Learning course in Dubai
 * Action:**
 * Next meeting:**
 * Sept 29th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey, Amy, Caron
 * Discussion:**

Unit review with standard alignments
 * Action:**

See action -HWOO central idea revision as two concepts not addressed in the lines of inquiry -Social studies standards-some missing from the Grade POI -Summative assessment decided upon
 * Next meeting:**
 * Sept 22nd, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey,Amy, Caron
 * Discussion:**

-Include all social studies standards onto POI (Trish)
 * Action:**

-Responsibility for updating Managebac planners: WWA: Missy, WAPT: Sue Ann, HWEO: Laura, HWW: Anju, HWOO: Caron, STP: Adele -Summative assessment to be only one task
 * Next meeting:**
 * -**Review all unit alignments with science, social science and English standards
 * Sept 15th, 2013**
 * Present:** Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Rowena, Barbara, Laura, Tracey,Amy, Caron
 * Discussion:**
 * -**Review of HWOO planner

-Add pre-assessment findings to section 3
 * Action:**

-Inquiry cycle review
 * Next meeting:**

- Reviewed progress with planner (HTWW) - Revised approach to section 3 - Developed descriptors for science experiments
 * NEW ACADEMIC YEAR**
 * May 2, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Eman, Kerry, Rowena, Barbara K, Glenn (Apologies: Shannin)
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop inquiry cycle (KG2 team) - Review planners to ensure that they are complete (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review and continue..
 * Next Meeting:**


 * April 22, 2013**
 * //Meeting with IB Consultant: Peggy Bumanis//

- Key components for unit #6 - Deiscussed and decided to stay with pre-planned WTWW unit - Planner started - Team reflected on enduring understandings that they hope to acheive through this unit
 * April 18, 2013**
 * Present:**Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Eman, Kerry, Rowena, Barbara K, Glenn (Apologies: Shannin)
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop planner (Anju/KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review 'to dos' - Continue to develop HTWW planner
 * Next Meeting:**

- Review of checklist for HWEO: revised first criteria slightly and removed another - WWAPT planner development: reflected on what enduring understandings we want the students to get out of the unit in relation to each of the key concepts (recorded in section 9 of the planner)
 * March 7, 2013**
 * Present:**Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Eman, Kerry, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Review outcomes and brainstorm possible assessment tasks (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Assessment tasks for WWAPT
 * Next Meeting:**

- Reflection section of HWEO - Review of upcoming WWAPT unit
 * February 28, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kerry, Kenda, Eman, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Develop checklist for Art exhibition task (Anju)
 * Action:**

- Continue to develop WWAPT unit
 * Next Meeting:**

- Discussed where we are at with regards to POI revision - Continued to populate inquiry cycle
 * February 21, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Kerry, Eman, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Reflection section of HWEO
 * Next Meeting:**


 * February 14, 2013**
 * Meeting held off campus

- Standards alignment task: identified which units were able to stay/will need to be modified - Development of central ideas: who will be faciilitating this task? - Added activities to Inquiry Cycle
 * February 7, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kerry, Kenda, Eman, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Complete reflections sections (KG2 team with Saher) - Develop standards alignment document (Anju/KG2 team) - Checklist for summative task (Anju) - Ordering for 2013-2014 (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

//*Meeting held off campus//
 * February 14, 2013**

- Planner development: areas in need of attention - went through these and discussed way to get planners completed by the end of HWEO - Developed assessment tasks for proposed outcomes in section 3
 * February 7, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Kerry, Eman, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Reflection, LP and Attitude sections of first 3 planners; tidying up of inquiry cycles (KG2 team) - Placce resources and assessment tools into unit folders (KG2 team) - Create assessment tools for HWEO (Anju)
 * Action:**

- Off campus..
 * Next Meeting:**

- Progress with HWEO planner: walked through devpt. of planner thus far - Central idea and lines of inquiry - Proposed outcomes - Similar sample planner from IB page - Started to populate the inquiry cycle
 * January 31, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kerry, Kenda, Eman, Rowena, Shannin, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Review sample planner and start to develop tasks/tools for proposed outcomes (KG2) - Develop tasks and tools for proposed outcomes (KG2 team) - Continue to populate inquiry cycle (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with regards tot he above
 * Next Meeting:**

//* Glenn absent//
 * January 24, 2013**

- Review of progress re. action items below - reworked summative task so that it was clear and understood by al - Aligned SS outcomes - Developed some tools for assessment tasks - Changed next unit to HWEO in the POI sequence doc - Discussed manageable wasy top complete WWA unit - Discussed change of emphasis for next year's unit
 * January 17, 2013**
 * Present:** Martina, Adele, Anju, Susan, Missy, Kenda, Eman, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Develop basic WWAPT planner so that it's ready to go (Glenn) - Continue to develop assessment tools for summative and formative tasks (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with WWA - Start pre-planning for WWAPT
 * Next Meeting:**

- Review of progress since last meeting - Summative assessment task: still very fluffy. Discussed ways that we canmake it more concrete, including: what modes of communication could students use; what kinds of structures could we set up in order for them to be able to demonstrate their understanding. - Student Scenarios: 1. Someone has taken something that does not belong to them from ...'s bag/locker. How can he/she communicate to them that this is wrong/how this makes him/her feel? 2. ... was playing with a ball in the playground and ... came and took it from him/her. How can he/she communicate to them that this is wrong/how this makes him/her feel? 3. ... hit/kicked/bit ... . How can he'she communicate how this has made him/her feel? - TumbleBooks and BrainPop logins - PD time for KidPix and Kidspiration - Proposed outcomes: need to cluster some (or delete a couple). 3-4 assessment tasks will be more than enough given the amount of time left
 * January 9, 2013**
 * Present:** Misaal, Martina, Adele, Susan, Barbara K, Kerry, Eman, Kenda, Shannin, Glenn (Apologies: Anju)
 * Discussion:**

- Rework summative assessment task so that is more concrete/easy to understand (KG2 team) - Look carefully at proposed outcomes (section 3) and develop assessment tasks and tools for the (KG2 team) - Choose a writing and Speaking and Listening outcome for the unit: develop assessment tasks and tools (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress
 * Next Meeting:**

//*Team met off campus//
 * December 13, 2012**

//*Team met independently (Glenn absent)//
 * December 6, 2012**

- Online COR challenges: reporting out using 2 systems (COR and ENSS). Perhaps cross-campus communication could help in finding out how the other schools are negotiating this challenge - Discussed standards: KG has ENSS from which they use the outcomes to guide assessments within units, but are also required to report out using the online COR. This is where things become tricky.. This does not mean that KG has 2 (or 3!) sets of standards - more that we are now at a stage where SS and S outcomes are embedded, and as we move forrward we need to look at which ELA and Math outcomes we can teach to within the units (and document on the planner) - Created an ELA and a Math assessment - alined outcomes.. - Garden bed progress - LP video
 * November 22, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Misaal, Martina, Adele, Kerry, Susan, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**
 * -** Development of rubric for summative assessment task

- Summative assessment task and unit reflections (KG2 team) - Prepare planner for unit #3 (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Planning for WWA
 * Next Meeting:**

//*Meeting with IB Consultant regarding progress since last visit, challenges, and most urgent needs//
 * November 20, 2012**
 * Present:** Barbara K, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Anju, Maria, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

//*Glenn on leave//
 * November 15, 2012**

//*Meeting held without Glenn due to Application for Authorization needs//
 * November 8, 2012**

- Populated the inquiry cycle for STP - Possibility of getting garden beds made - Glass and rubbish outside pod D
 * November 1, 2012**
 * Present:** Barbara K, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Anju, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Contact Ahmed re. garden beds and rubbish/glass (Glenn) - Write proposal to Mr Gustav re. funding for garden beds (Anju) - Development of assessment tools (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review..
 * Next Meeting:**

- Weekly planning: being put intot he correct location - Review progress with action items from last week - Viewed Plants video (from IB sample planners page): discussed various aspects of the delivery of that unit - Work on the development of assessment tasks (and inquiry cycle strategies) for STP - Alternate time with KG1 each week
 * October 18, 2012**
 * Present:** Barbara K, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Glenn (Apologies: Anju)
 * Discussion:**

- Populate stages of the inquiry cycle with inquiry-based strategies (KG2 team) - Modify final june 2012 planner (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Continue to develop planner - Decide how assessment tools will be developed
 * Next Meting:**

- Finishing up unit #1: aligned COR items with ENSS - Pre-planning for unit #2: Watched and discussed a Plants unit PPT from the IB sample planners page - Aligning KG/PS committees: have members of KG staff on PS committees (so that they become whole school, rather than segregated) - Learner Profile Assemblies: structure of etc.. - Q drive directory: navigation, Team Planning folders, Pics and videos etc..
 * October 11, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Barbara K, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Start developing STP unit planner (Anju, Glenn) - Nominate/volunteer to become a member of Committees (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with STP planner: start to develop outcome-aligned assessment tasks
 * Next Meeting:**

//* Meeting held off campus//
 * October 4, 2012**

- Planner - assessment tasks and inquiry cycle: Organized proposed assessment tasks in section 3 and aaligned with SS outcomes - Summative assessment : developed a 3 point rubric for the summative assessment task - File naming conventions and planner maintenance
 * September 27, 2012**
 * Present:** Barbara K, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Glenn (Apologies: Anju)
 * Discussion:**

- Find COR alignment for assessment tasks and plug them into section 3 (KG2 team) - Develop (fill in?) activities for the development of the Learner profile and Attitudes (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress and start pre-planning for unit #2
 * Next Meeting:**

//*Internet down// - Assessment: aligning content standards with areas of the COR will be key in ensuring that the process of reporting to parents runs smoothly - Inquiry cycles: second main focus is to look at incorporating the stages of the KM inquiry cycle - COR anecdotals: what to be recording/looking for, strategies for making this manageable - COR training for new teachers: start sooner the better
 * September 23, 2012**
 * Present:** Barbara K, Anju, Shannin, Rowena, Kerry, Adele, Martina, Misaal, Susan, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Develop assessment (tasks and tools) that are aligned with the proposed SS outcomes for the first unit (KG2 team) - Take (the above) and rewrite into section 3 of the planner (Anju and Glenn) - Start to plot out learning engagements into inquiry cycle stages on 5th page of the planner (Anju/Glenn) - Speak with Saher about Highscope/COR unpack sessions for new KG2 teachers - bi-weekly Tuesday afternoons? (Anju/Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress with planner - Possibly start COR training?
 * Next Meeting:**

- Unit progress: still very much settling in, starting with some pre-assessment activities and finding that there isn't much prior knowledge there.. - Assessment: Need to work on aligning elements of the COR with unit assessment tasks and make them explicit in the planner. This will be a big focus for the year, but will help to tie everything together when it comes time to report out to parents. - Issues: computers taking up too much space - communicate this to Mr Gustav - Portfolio biders also cumbersome - look at using A3 plastic pocket folders for next year?
 * September 16, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Rowena, Shannin, Kerry, Barbara, Susan, Martina, Misaal, Nona, Jess, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Send planner for first unit to Saher (Anju) - Look at proposed assessment tasks and align them with relative elements of the COR/evidence outcomes - embed into section 3 of the planner (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review assessment tasks - Review planner development
 * Next Meeting:**

- Continued to develop and refine [|KG2 POI]for 2012-2013: specifically with regards to CI refinement and development of core assessments - Assessments vs. activities: tools (with common criteria) are the key - Essential agreements and the portfolio
 * June 13, 2012**
 * Present:** All of KG2, Aneesa, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continue to develop assessment ideas (KG1 team)
 * Action:**

- Review progress and check vertical alignment
 * Next Meeting:**

- Continued to develop and refine [|KG2 POI]for 2012-2013
 * June 12, 2012**
 * Present:** All of KG2, Arabic teachers, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Look at LP, Attitudes, and Assessments (KG2 team) - Develop whole school POI draft (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Review progress - Discuss assessment ideas
 * Next Meeting:**

- Continued to develop POI with particular consideration to vertical alignment
 * June 11, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Sharon Rasha, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Continued development of POI/standards alignment. - Conceptually based CIs - Possibility of moving Tuesday's PD session to Monday
 * May 24, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Shannin, Kerrie, Barbara K, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Place new POI doc onto K drive (Glenn) - Contact Mary re. Monday (Glenn) - Look over Central Idea revisions and POI samples to get ideas for KG2 POI (KG2 teama nd Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Continue with POI Development
 * Next Week:**

- Brief review of unit progress - Alignment of Science and Social Science standards - Science standards would be better across 3 units (instead of 2)
 * May 10, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Shannin, Rowena, Kerrie, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Transfer data onto electronic organizer, share with KG2 team (Glenn) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Review where standards have been placed in relation to CI and LOI (KG2 team) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Look for possibilities that will spread Science across 3 units instead of 2 (KG2 team and Glenn)
 * Action:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Review progress <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Review Central ideas and Lines of Inquiry
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next Meeting: **

- General progress: team doing well with planner development; keeping on the same page; and assessments - Planner checklist: reflection sections need to be completed, (electronic) unit resources should be centralized - Upcoming units: Splish splash doesn't fit with science standards; I Feel geenrally a dry unit - look at changing both out - Science and social studies standards: how to align with units
 * March 1, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Shannin, Barbara A, Kerry, Gayle, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Reflection sections of completed planners (KG2 team) - Send example POIs (Glenn) - Review POIs and come up with possible replacement units for HTWW and WWA (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Review ideas for new units
 * Next Meeting:**

//* Meeting cancelled due to Glenn attending IB Coordinator meeting in Al Ain//
 * February 23, 2012:**

//* Meeting cancelled due to Coordinator's meeting//
 * February 9, 2012:**

//* Meeting cancelled due to KG2 committments//
 * February 2, 2012:**

//* Meeting cancelled due to COR assessments//
 * January 26, 2012:**

- OCC overview: accessing and (my favorite) 3 areas - forums, teacher resource exchange and E-library - [|Netvibes page](and links for Games unit) - Games we play unit: basically we muct have a unit that focuses on 'history' (WWAPT) and this is about as engaging a subject as we will find. Team decided that we can stick to it after all. - Review of sample planners ([|Musical games]and [|Plants]) - Review of activities (section 4) of plants unit - removed activities not completed and organized according to key concepts (lines of inquiry) - Assessments: working out ways to not have to double up (with COR), but still be on the same page with regards to assessment criteria (rubrics, checklists etc..)
 * January 19, 2012**
 * Present:** Anju, Barbara K, Barbara A, Shannin, Rowena, Kerry, James, Glenn
 * Discussion:**

- Review Musical games sample planner - generate list of activities for next unit (KG2 team) - Think of ways to integrate using lines of inquiry as a guide (James, Trish)
 * Action:**

- Revisit assessment discussion - Review activity ideas
 * Next Meeting:**

//*Meeting cancelled due to Highscope COR Assessment training// Team to look at Plants sample unit (on OCC) for ideas which they could incorporate into their current unit
 * January 12, 2012**

//*Team worked independently as it was the final day before Winter Break//
 * December 15, 2011**

Looking at next Unit (Secret life of plants): - Prep needed with regards to preparing assessments and materials that will facilitate the unit effectively - Tuning in activities - Review the proposed activities (learning engagements) through the lens of ‘is this relevant/achievable?’ - What can be done to make it inquiry driven: Inquiry in the KG article - Importance of developing vocab/question structures - [|Q chart] - Photos throughout unit - use in review time
 * December 8, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Reflection section of 'School Dayz..' planner (KG2 team) - Continue to collect and generate resources needed (KG2 team)
 * Action:**

- Reflection section of School Dayz planner
 * 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// - Tidying up stages 1-4 and completing the reflection sections (stages 6-9) - One line of inquiry was modified to more accurately descibe causation
 * October 31, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Complete the remaining reflections (Anju and ?) - Think of any oither activites that were completed that could be assessment tasks within the context of the lines of inquiry - stage 3 (Glenn) - Develop checklist for //Family Portraits// activity
 * Action:**

- As per last week's goal: Look at newly generated activities and assessments and put them into the planner
 * Next Meeting:**

- Setting up good/efficient meetings: Glenn to send meeting outline by lunchtime on Wednesday, teachers to make sure that they read and prepare appropriately, Glenn to send meeting follow up, teachers to bring any hard copies or note taking stuff they might need - Where we are at with regards to PYP/Unit planning - Discussion on whether the central idea/lines of inquiry are developmentally appropriate for the students: mapping activity - Analysis of the central idea within the context of developing good summative assessment criteria helped us to understand that the lines of inquiry did not adequately cover the Central Idea - One line of inquiry was removed, 'What we learn at school' was added
 * October 27, 2011**
 * Discussion:**

- Develop activities for new line of inquiry (KG 2 Team) - Develop summative assessment tasks. Tasks can be numerous but must directly assess student understanding of the Central idea and/or (one of) the lines of Inquiry. (KG 2 Team) - Meet to discuss weekly planning (Glenn and Coordinators) - Review planner (Glenn)
 * Action:**

- Look at newly generated activities and assessments and put them into the planner
 * Next Week:**

//Meeting with Coordinators to discuss team/unit progress and how most effectively proceed//
 * October 17, 2011**

//Meeting with Coordinators to discuss team/unit progress and how most effectively proceed//
 * October 10, 2011**