Sharing of formative assessment 2-how consumers and producers are interdependent. Business loan letter-each class will create their own with the students All learning activities to be documented in the inquiry cycle including literacy and math integrations Minimum price for market products will be 5 aed Possible group action could be for the G3 students to lend some financial support to the G4 shoebox campaign e.g buy toothpaste etc. Field trip criteria: only withing Abu Dhabi, suitable for boys and girls
Action: Complete reflections for HTWW Add all learning activities to the HWOO unit planner (all via Gideon)
Next meeting: Location: Sana's room
Feb 11th, 2015 School finished at 11:00am due to Qasr Al Hosn Festival
Discussion: Pre-assessment: students write/draw what they think a market is, at the end of the unit they revisit the same questions and complete a list of goods, services, producers and consumers Formative assessments: F1: students draw/label a number of producers and consumers and then match them up to show their interdependence F2: trading as a system of exchange-trading/bartering activity assessed through observational notes F3: short term financial goal: business plan for market day products Possible field trip to a local market to observe real life trading, selling techniques etc or to a supermarket to buy the raw materials/ingredients to create their products All students will take home a letter asking for 50 dirhams as a business loan which will be re-paid after market day Market day will be on the 10th March, Sports day is on the 10th February.
Action: Complete reflections for HTWW (all) Create the formative assessment sheet for line 2 (Holly) Update HWOO unit planner (Gideon/Trish) Create a business loan letter (TBD)
Next meeting: Location: Sana's room
Jan 28th, 2015 Grade 3 requested to cancel the meeting as one teacher was absent, two had no specialist cover due to Sports day so the remaining three worked on formative assessments for HWOO.
§ We need something that relates to:
§How producers and consumers are interdependent (Connection)
§Trading as a system of exchange (Form)
§How we can meet short-term financial goals (Function)
Used the meeting time to research-Sana & Gideon could take the first line, Shivania & Mo take the second line. I think the third one was covered by the business plan last year?
Jan 21st, 2015 Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Absent: Holly (UAE class time changed)
Location: Muhammed's room
Discussion: -Thank you to everyone for completing reflections on HWEO -Pre-assessment suggestion: students draw and label a picture of a marketplace, giving all prior knowledge -Business plan shared with team-ongoing document to be completed in stages throughout the unit -Integrated specialists; Art-creating crafts to sell, Music- possibly creating jingles/musical instruments -Formative assessments-to be located/created to address the following;
* How producers and consumers are interdependent (Connection)
Trading as a system of exchange (Form)
How we can meet short-term financial goals (Function)
Actions -Formative assessments (all)
Next meeting; Location: Shivania's room
Jan 14th, 2015 Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Absent: Holly (UAE class time changed)
Location: Steven's room
Discussion: HWEO: Reflections from 4 people pending HTWW unit planner:Teacher questions: could all teachers (including specialists) collaborate in creating a bank of questions as there are some repeated? Formative and summative assessments to be added to the task bar with descriptions Summative rubric to be uploaded HWOO: Reflections read through: will carry over market research activity and creating spreadsheets and formulae in ICT Central idea modified to read: A marketplace is a system used by producers and consumers to trade goods and services Formatives from last year to be located and modified Pre-assessment: to show the students' understanding of what a marketplace is and their knowledge of the words; services, system, producers, consumers
Action: Locating formative and business plan (Elaine & Muhammed) Pre-assessment, summative & rubric (Steven) Update HWOO planner (Gideon) Complete HTWW planner (Elaine) Complete reflections HWEO (all who haven't done so yet)
Next meeting: Location: Muhammed's room Sharing assessments and inquiry based activities ideas for the next unit
Discussion: -Updating of unit planner-adding teacher questions; How does weather change around the world? • Are there tools people use to understand the weather? • How do people write about the weather? • Do people need to think about the weather and why? -Student initiated action: creating ppt/booklets/posters with weather information, collecting old coats to donate to the poor -Adding description of the summative assessment task -Recording provocation; morning weather announcements and creating posters based on seasonal weather -The third formative based on the analysis weather information affecting people's choices-each teacher will decide which data they will use -Global connection: investigate weather data from around the world-base it on the countries the G3 teachers come from
Action; -Completing reflections for HWEO (all) -Updating unit planner by uploading all assessments including pre-assessment (Elaine)
Next meeting: Location: Shivania's class
Nov 25th, 2014 Meeting cancelled due to national Day Concert rehearsal
Nov 18th, 2014 Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Holly Absent: Sana Location: Holly's room
Discussion: -HWEO unit planner needs to be updated: obsolete learning activities/formative assessments etc can be saved in the unit resources folder on the q drive -Reflection meeting with all teachers to happen next Monday from 3:00-4:00pm in Steven's classroom. Integrated specialists were Rashid for art, Hala for arabic? and Haleimah/Haifa for Islamic? -New unit, HTWW central idea revision: Measuring and sharing weather data affects how people live. -Lines of inquiry: Types of weather that characterize different regions Ways that people collect and document weather information How analysing weather information informs choices -Formatives assessment; 1) Students will show different types of weather for each region 2) Students will create weather tools and demonstrate their understanding of how information on weather is collected and documented 3)Students show their understanding of how analysing weather information affects their life -Inspiring whole class action relating to the advertising unit-using other forms of media such a public announcement on tannoy, photographs, video, creating a jingle etc to help improve our school/the world in some way
Other business; Wireless microphone: greatly needed for assemblies
Action: -Update HWEO planner (Muhammed) -Send out invitation email to integrated specialists regarding reflection meeting next Monday (Trish/Steven) -Ask John/Dieu-Anh about buying wireless microphones (Trish) -Edit HTWW unit planner with new information, assessment andactivities (Elaine) -Create/source formative assessments Line 1-Muhammed, Line 2-Holly & Sana, Line 3-Shivania & Gideon -Create summative assessment rubric (Steven)
Next meeting: -Location: Muhammed's room -Sharing of formative assessments and summative rubric
Nov 12th, 2014 Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Absent: Muhammed & Holly (absent specialist teachers) Location: Elaine's room
Discussion: -Formative descriptions to be uploaded into the task bar on MB -Summative assessment rubric also needs to be added -Action: students have a good understanding of how they can produce unit related work, is it now time to move them on to more responsible/service orientated action? Could we get them thinking of how they could use advertising to help make the world/our school a better place? -HTWW next unit-whole grade action connected to weather could be that the students organize a collection of water bottles, sunhats, sunglasses, sweaters, hats etc for labour camps -Reflections meeting: suggestion was made to have all teachers including single subject to reflect together with prepared individual notes. Some thought that it would be more productive to read the next unit's reflections together-it was suggested that we do both but a decision needs to be confirmed.
Action: Re-send password invite to MB for Muhammed (Trish) -Update MB planner adding formatives and summative rubric
Next meeting: Location: Holly's Room
Nov 5th, 2014 Grade 3 on field trip to the mall to support advertising unit.
Oct 29th, 2014
Oct 22nd, 2014
Oct 15th, 2014 Grade 3 used the meeting time to complete unit reflections
Oct 8th, 2014 Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed Location: Elaine's room
Discussion: -Students are beginning to make connections as they are identifying logos all around them -They are finding the word "influenced" difficult to understand -Formative assessment: labelling activity, checklist -Formative for wants and needs to show how the amount of available money influences buying
Action: Organize formative assessment (Muhammed) Check out Hilal Bank materials to see if it would be useful for teaching wants and needs (Holly)
Oct 1st, 2014 Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed Location: Elaine's room
Discussion: HWEO: Selecting standards to fit with summative assessment: economic rights, sources of income, oral speaking (presentation skills), persuasive writing Grade 1 also have a unit based on needs and wants: People choose jobs to meet their needs and wants Central idea changed to : advertising and money influence thinking and choice Lines of inquiry changed to: Money influences needs and wants, How advertising affects wants and choice, How advertisement affect consumer choice Summative assessment to be changed to include the price of the product, rubric to be adjusted accordingly
Action: Begin reflections on WWA unit (all) Summative assessment revamp (Holly) SA rubric adjustment (Steven)
Discussion: Unit needs to be updated to include effective formative assessments Sorting out next week to focus on government, graphic organizer with empty boxes for the structure UAE studies also covering citizenship, identity, Field trip-National Archives and Documentation center/law Courts Learner Profile assembly next week Steven's class
Action: Update unit planner (Steven/Trish) Create assembly rota (Steven) Organize field trip (Aaron/Steven)
Next meeting: Location: Sana's Room
Sept 10th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Muhammed's room
Discussion: -Responsibility rotation for adding unit information onto Managebac chart completed -Pre-assessment: sharing of how the children responded, their level of questioning etc. -Formative assessments: one based on rights and responsibilities, the other on government structure -Student council elections to take place nearer the end of the unit -Possible field trips or guest speakers-some classes are finding out what the parents' job titles are -Explanation of weekly assemblies procedures, superstar reward system -Digression: field trip to Kidzania-too far, consensus to stay in Abu Dhabi
Action; -Follow up on field trip to court/cabinet (Steven-Aaron) -Create formative assessments (volunteers neededl) -Organize student council elections etc. (Steven) -Update unit planner (Steven)
Next meeting: Student inquiries-what are they really eager to find out about? Update on guest speakers/field trip
Discussion: -Summative assessment task of new Who We Are unit-base around rights, responsibilities, local government structure -Central idea altered to: People and government have rights and responsibilities -Lines of inquiry: Types of rights and responsibilities, The relationship between rights and responsibilities, The structure and function of government -Team will focus on the UN rights of the child-standards mention economic and personal rights? -Responsibilities will be based around cultural, familial, religious areas -Connection will be made from Grade 2's community unit-policemen, soldiers etc. which ministry governs them?
Action: -Create T chart and flow chart for pre/summative assessment (Steven) -Create ppt of Abu Dhabi government structure (Steven & Sana) -Research ideas for the inquiry cycle (all)
Next meeting: Share results of pre-assessment Populate inquiry cycle Design formative assessments Discuss guest speakers/field trips
Next location: Muhammed's room
May 21st, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Lindsay
Teachers completed reflections on previous unit.
May 14th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student) Apologies: Lindsay (ICT cancelled due to MAP Tests) Discussion: -Inquiry cycle activities: looking at historical sources and the their validity, students completing research at home about significant people, literature about significant people on the q drive (RS), possibly conduct an investigation to see which person the students rank as the most significant and why
-Formative assessment to be peer assessed
Action:
-STP Reflections-half of section 7 and all of section 8 to be completed (all)
-Inquiry cycle populated on the unit planner (Christine & Gideon))
-Formative assessments added to Managebac (Christine & Gideon)
Next meeting:
TBD
May 6th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student), Lindsay Discussion: -Summative assessment: possibility of opening it up to significant people instead of Sheikh Zayed only
-Formative assessment: practice presentation
-Guest speaker: Mr Mohamed Belhamer as a possibility
-Change in line of inquiry-important changed to significant
-Two standards could be given to Ms Nabeilah to cover in UAE studies relating to a timeline of important events and description of the history, interaction and contribution of people.
Action:
-Update unit planner on MB (Christine)
Next meeting:
TBD
Apr 23rd, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student), Lindsay Discussion:
-Inquiry cycle needs to be populated with all inquiry tasks including integrated Math and English
-Animal information packs for research: what goes into it
-Student Led Conferences can include an Arabic station, route plan to be given to parents as they arrive-they can visit stations in any order as long as they visit all
-Summative assessment: students will contribute to the criteria
-Informative writing will directly relate to the summative assessment
Action:
-Create a rubric for the summative assessment (Paul)
-Discuss with Wafa/Anaam/Haifaa to ask if they would like to be included/do a separate station in the Student Led Conference
Next meeting:
-Begin to look at reflections
Apr 16th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student) Absent: Lindsay Discussion: -Going further activities: animal adaptations, students will go to the ICT lab and research animal adaptations. Teachers will produce an information pack based on adaptation of a group of animals.
-Integration of English: reading comprehension on the lifecycle of a plant
-Possibility of a visitor form Saadiyat island coming to discuss how they have modelled their design to fit in with the living things in the environment
-Resources: youtube video on the lifecycle of the butterfly
-Information literacy steps
Action: -Create animal information packs (all)
Next meeting:
TBD
Mar 26th, 2014 Grade 3 Concert
Mar 19th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Lindsay, Gideon Discussion:
-Students to create rubric for summative assessment
-Expert from Saadiayt Island to visit mid unit
-Last two weeks of unit will be for summative task
-Formative based on the lifecycle of the dragon fly
Action:
-Complete unit planner on Managebac: pre-assessment task description, formative assessments, summative description, inquiry cycle activities (Helen & Gideon)
-Reflections to be completed for HTWW (all)
-Finish off unit planner for HTWW-formative, summative (Muhammed)
Next meeting:
TBD
Mar 12th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine Absent: Lindsay, Gideon Discussion:
-Central idea and lines of inquiry revised slightly to integrate as many standards as possible: Central idea: Living things learn from each other, adapting to survive. Lines of inquiry: Lifecycles of living things, How living things adapt to survive, How characteristics inspire technology and design.
-Pre-assessment: needs for growth and flow chart of lifecycle
-Summative assessment: lifecycle, adaptation and design project based on characteristics of living things.
-Tuning in: front loading bus stop activity with artifacts, non-fiction books, wordless videos etc. to prompt wonderings-suggested use of key concepts to stimulate critical thinking; form: what is it like? Connection: how is it connected to other things etc.
Action:
-Grade 3 to discuss format and tool for the summative assessment (all)
-Collection of natural materials to inspire questions (all)
-Creation of pre-assessment (Muhammed)
-Reflections on HTWW (all)
-Begin adding information on Managebac (Helen/Trish)
Next meeting;
Inquiry cycle activities
Formative assessments
Mar 5th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine Discussion:
-Summative assessment "Moving Somewhere New" -Formative assessments; weather measuring tools and climate regions activity-painting on glass display with categorized pictures
-Inquiry cycle activities
-Reflections to include individual student questions and action
Action: -Summative assessment and tool to be added onto MB (Muhammed)
-Collation of teacher questions used to drive the unit and added to planner (all/Muhammed)
-Integrated literacy activities to be included on unit planner in the inquiry cycle (Lindsay/Muhammed)
-Inquiry cycle: lesson activities to be added from weekly planning (Muhammed)
-Islamic, ICT, UAE, teachers to add to planner (Trish to email)
Next meeting;
STP unit
Feb 26th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching in Grade 2)
Feb 19th, 2014
Feb 12th, 2014
Muhammed and Trish worked on unit planner while other team members worked on reports.
Action: -Summative assessment and tool to be created (all)
-Formative assessment for remaining lines of inquiry
-Teacher questions (all)
-Activities for inquiry cycle (all)
Feb 5th, 2014
Ms Helen requested that the meeting time be used to plan for ADEC visit
Jan 29th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching Grade 1)
Jan 22nd, 2014
(G3 requested time to do Reflections)
Jan 15th, 2014
(G3 doing Reflections)
Jan 8th, 2014 Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Absent: Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine (Absent single subject teachers) Discussion: -Pre-assessment never happened due to absent teachers this week
-Formative assessments developed-business plan and money exchange
-Reflection piece for the summative assessment to be changed slightly as per last year's teacher reflections
Action: -Update unit planner on Managebac adding in formative assessments, Learner Profile attributes etc. (Trish/Elaine)
-Reflections for WWA and HWEO to be completed (all)
-Exemplars of summative tasks to be added to Managebac (Paul & Gideon)
Next meeting:
TBD
Dec 11th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Helen Absent: Christine (SEN Meetings) Discussion: - Field trip to art gallery on Saadiyat Island
-HWOO planning details quite similar to last year's, pre-assessment task to be changed
-Reflections for WWA and HWEO need to be completed
-Writing will be assessed with two tools
1)UOI writing (as in the genre type) assessed by writing standards rubric: Assessment Category:40%
2)General writing rubric (continuous assessment of ongoing writing in the classroom) Guided Classroom Practice Category:10%
Next meeting:
Feedback on pre-assessment results, review assessment tools from last year
Dec 4th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Helen Discussion: -New unit HWOO will begin next week to form groups so that the children can be thinking of ideas and do some research over the holiday about their products -Pre-assessment: roleplay in assembly acted out by teachers to depict a marketplace. Children then answer related questions to show their understanding of the central idea. It was decided by the Grade 3 team that this would take place after week one of the unit had started because they felt the children needed to understand the related vocabulary. The PYPC advised against this as the students will have unpacked the central idea and it will not be a true reflection of their prior knowledge.
-Next week the UOI activities will include a cover puzzle created by Mr Gideon and the unpacking of the central idea.
-Children will be encouraged to visit souks and markets to take photos and get inspiration for their market day over the holidays.
-Reflection on last year's HWOO field trip-it was felt that KIdzania is a suitable place as the children use a currency to take part in activities, work to earn the currency and can barter with each other.
-Provisional date for the market day is 23rd January, Field Trip 6th February.
Action:
-Reflections on the first unit planner WWA(P,H,C?)
-Reflections on unit two HWEO (all)
-Update Managebac HWOO planner-inquiry cycle activities, summative assessment etc. (?TBD)
Nov 20th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon Absent: Helen (MS Anaaam absent) Discussion:
-Working individually to complete reflections for the WWA unit and begin them for HWEO
-Paul and Gideon add updates on unit planners Nov 13th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish Absent: Gideon (No music cover) Discussion: -Specialists-portfolio pieces and meeting attendance -Revising WWA postponed until after Job Alike -Integrated art activities-playground banners on advertising the attitudes with Brenda -Advertising posters for the canteen-Learner Profile & Attitudes with Trish
Action:
-This Thursday at 11:00am & 2:00pm Grade 3 children create posters in PYPC room with Trish
-All teachers to complete reflections on WWA unit
-Trish/Sana to follow up with National curriculum teachers
Next meeting:
Finishing off HWEO and looking ahead
Nov 6th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to MAP testing
Oct 30th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to MAP testing
Oct 23rd, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish Discussion: -Update on learning tasks planned for this week (Paul)
-Field Trip to the mall-will be used as a Finding Out exercise where the students will identify and comment on the various advertisements on display. They will also answer questions based on the 5 elements of advertising.
-It was suggested that an Ask the Expert activity could be arranged with a parent who works in Marketting.
-Pre-assessment addendum-assessing the central idea & lines of inquiry: "Advertising influences our thinking and our choices", with such questions as "Which product would you choose? Why? What makes that a good advertisement? What are the different things(elements) that it has? -Sharing of Kath Murdoch Question Promptor resource -PYP Literacy collection
Action:
-Create extra pre-assessment activity (Lindsay/Elaine/Paul/Trish)
-Pass along PYP related new books for scanning to Trish (Lindsay)
-Create questionnaire for the field trip (Elaine?)
-Update planner with possible student initiated action, all teacher names, results of pre-assessment (Gideon/Paul)
-Reflections on WWA (all)
-Research ideas for new central idea and lines of inquiry based on Social Science standards for WWA unit (all)
Next meeting:
-Possible reworking of WWA unit
Oct 9th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish Discussion:
-Collaborative planning on current unit and next unit up to date.
-Meeting based on weekly planning needs; literacy, Math activities.
-Literacy resource-The Café and Daily 5 requested
Action:
-Copy Café & Daily 5 (Trish)
Next meeting:
Intro to new unit-HWEO Oct 2nd, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish Discussion:
-Review summative assessment tasks for next week and the form they will take -Decision to prepare the format of the assessment tasks in advance for the next unit
-Will begin collaboratively planning for next unit and continue next Tuesday
Action:
To begin to think of inquiry activities for the next unit
Next meeting:
Unit 2 planning
Sept 25th, 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish Discussion:
-Sorting out:activities to be based on transferring acquired knowledge from finding out stage, using other subjects such as music/drama/art to show their understanding, delving deeper into student questions
-Teaching stand alone science for the rest of the unit V continuiing to teach it as an embedded subject
-Assessment task to begin next week with comic strip
Action:
Updating planner with next week's learning tasks, teacher questions, resources and assessments (Paul)
Sourcing two student computers for Elaine's class, obtaining access for the q drive and sourcing Classroom Connections x 3 (Trish)
Next meeting:
TBD
Sept 18th 2013 Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Trish, (Christine SEN Parent meeting) Discussion:
-OCC logins given out -Responsibility for Managebac updates: Gideon-WAPT, HWW, STP. Paul: WWA, HWEO, HWOO
-Quick overview of how to input information to Managebac
Action:
Inquiry cycle to be developed and added to Managebac (Trish & Paul)
Next meeting:
Review Inquiry cycle
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?
-Summative and formative assessment tasks
-Challenges with implementing Reading Street
Action:
-Collaboratively plan activities to populate the inquiry cycle for the current unit
Next meeting:
-Review progress NEW ACADEMIC YEAR May 1, 2013 Present: Helen, Tracy, Paul, Chris, Mandala, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- G3 will likely be involved in a meeting witht he visiting team - some questions they may ask: where is the inquiry in your current unit? Where have you planned for students to be able to make choices? etc..
- Involve students in developing (a) rubric for this unit?
- Continued to develop HTWW planner: transferred all planning thus far onto planner
- Mapped out weeks of HTWW unit
- Ideas for summative assessment(s): many options/ideas online
- The Scottish accent!
Action:
- Complete planners for units finished up until now (G3 yeam)
- Continue to develop ideas/planner for HTWW (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review and continue to develop HTWW
April 24, 2013 Present: Helen, Mandala, Tracy, Paul, Lindsay, Glenn (Apologies: Chris - no ICT) Discussion:
- Briefly looked at section 3 in WWAPT and discussed Peggy's recommendations fort he way that we are organizing this section
- Reviewed last years reflection section fro HTWW: CI and LOI remain unchanged and so much of the unit can just be reviewed and improved upon, as opposed to be totally recreated
- Started to go through reflection section
- Possible pre-assessment: Students choose an organism and map it backwards to get an idea of what their understanding of stages of growth are
Action:
- Meet with SSTs (G3 team)
- Continue to review HTWW planner with a view to looking at which tuning in activities can be used
Next Meeting:
- Review and continue to develop HTWW planner
March 6, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Broke into two groups: one worked on completing the reflection section of HWOO and the other worked on developing tasks and activities for WWAPT: a very productive session indeed!
Action:
- Continue to complete HTWW planner (Mandala)
Next Meeting:
- Review...
March 13, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Explored and shared the enduring understandings that we would like students to acheive
- Refined third line of inquiry (function, not perspective)
- Assessments for WWAPT: developed summative task adn many formative tasks
- Began to map out some activities for the inquiry cycle
Action:
- Continue to develop tasks and populate inquiry cycle
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
March 6, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Assessment tasks for STP: revised formative and summative tasks
- Grading scale for wheel task
- Concert
Action:
- Continue to populate inquiry cycle
Next Meeting:
- Establish to do list
- WWAPT pre-planning
February 27, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Continue to develop ideas for aligned tasks
- Develop tools for the above tasks
- Weekly plan
- Concert items
- Problems with T1 reports
Action:
- Revise assessment tools/organizers and store in assessment tools folder (Helen)
- Document final tasks in STP planner (Mandala)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with STP planner
- Preplanning for WWAPT
February 20, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Continued to populate inquiry cycle of HTWW planner
- Began to develop assessment tasks
- Mapped out focus areas for next three weeks of unit
- Made adjustments to POI sequence document
Action:
- Continue to develop ideas for aligned tasks (G3 team)
- Develop tools for the above tasks (G3 team)
- Continue to populate inquiry cycle (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review developed tasks and tools (?)
January 30, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Reviewed Interactive Science books: chapter 8 is aligned with matter outcomes. Chapter 6 is aligned with rock cycle/landforms.
- Developed LP activities (for HWOO)
- Social Science (Geography) outcomes for HTWW: science focus needed
- Kidzania field trip
Action:
- Development of tasks and tools for STP (G3 team)
- Reflection section of HWOO planner (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
January 9, 2013 Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn Discussion:
- Marketplace various: organization of room, keeping track of change; prices of stalls/activities; possibility of using the outside court; ways to ensure that students don't bring big notes (no acceptance of 100 dhs notes)
- Assessment for market day (as per Lindsay's notes) :)
Action:
- Speak with John about doing plugs for the Marketplace during the morning announcement (Tbd)
- Ask teams to put flyer onto respective webpages (Tbd)
- Add market requests/info to Weebly (Paul)
December 5, 2012 Present: Mandala, Paul, Tracy G, Chris, Linsay, Glenn (Apologies: Helen) Discussion:
- Kidzania field trip: organization to be picked up by G3 team
- Populating inquiry cycle for HWOO: many activities for first four stages developed
- Developed rough outline of criteria for summative assessment task: team to try and share this with the grade at the beginning of the unit
- Discussed ways that data handling could be handled this week
- Discussed showing of G4 Marketplace video as part of 'Tuning in'
- Development of assessment tools: better done earlier than later
- Having finnshed planner for unit #2 meant that the G3 planners submitted to IB contained 2 from this school year (as oppose to one!)
Action:
- Assessment tools for HWOO (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with assessment tools
- (POsibly) delegate the above
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Holly
Location: Shivania's room
Sharing of formative assessment 2-how consumers and producers are interdependent.
Business loan letter-each class will create their own with the students
All learning activities to be documented in the inquiry cycle including literacy and math integrations
Minimum price for market products will be 5 aed
Possible group action could be for the G3 students to lend some financial support to the G4 shoebox campaign e.g buy toothpaste etc.
Field trip criteria: only withing Abu Dhabi, suitable for boys and girls
Action:
Complete reflections for HTWW
Add all learning activities to the HWOO unit planner (all via Gideon)
Next meeting:
Location: Sana's room
Feb 11th, 2015
School finished at 11:00am due to Qasr Al Hosn Festival
Feb 4th, 2015
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Holly
Location: Gideon's room
Discussion:
Pre-assessment: students write/draw what they think a market is, at the end of the unit they revisit the same questions and complete a list of goods, services, producers and consumers
Formative assessments:
F1: students draw/label a number of producers and consumers and then match them up to show their interdependence
F2: trading as a system of exchange-trading/bartering activity assessed through observational notes
F3: short term financial goal: business plan for market day products
Possible field trip to a local market to observe real life trading, selling techniques etc or to a supermarket to buy the raw materials/ingredients to create their products
All students will take home a letter asking for 50 dirhams as a business loan which will be re-paid after market day
Market day will be on the 10th March, Sports day is on the 10th February.
Action:
Complete reflections for HTWW (all)
Create the formative assessment sheet for line 2 (Holly)
Update HWOO unit planner (Gideon/Trish)
Create a business loan letter (TBD)
Next meeting:
Location: Sana's room
Jan 28th, 2015
Grade 3 requested to cancel the meeting as one teacher was absent, two had no specialist cover due to Sports day so the remaining three worked on formative assessments for HWOO.
- § We need something that relates to:
- § How producers and consumers are interdependent (Connection)
- § Trading as a system of exchange (Form)
- § How we can meet short-term financial goals (Function)
Used the meeting time to research-Sana & Gideon could take the first line, Shivania & Mo take the second line.I think the third one was covered by the business plan last year?
Jan 21st, 2015
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Absent: Holly (UAE class time changed)
Location: Muhammed's room
Discussion:
-Thank you to everyone for completing reflections on HWEO
-Pre-assessment suggestion: students draw and label a picture of a marketplace, giving all prior knowledge
-Business plan shared with team-ongoing document to be completed in stages throughout the unit
-Integrated specialists; Art-creating crafts to sell, Music- possibly creating jingles/musical instruments
-Formative assessments-to be located/created to address the following;
-Formative assessments (all)
Next meeting;
Location: Shivania's room
Jan 14th, 2015
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Sana, Absent: Holly (UAE class time changed)
Location: Steven's room
Discussion:
HWEO: Reflections from 4 people pending
HTWW unit planner:Teacher questions: could all teachers (including specialists) collaborate in creating a bank of questions as there are some repeated?
Formative and summative assessments to be added to the task bar with descriptions
Summative rubric to be uploaded
HWOO: Reflections read through: will carry over market research activity and creating spreadsheets and formulae in ICT
Central idea modified to read: A marketplace is a system used by producers and consumers to trade goods and services
Formatives from last year to be located and modified
Pre-assessment: to show the students' understanding of what a marketplace is and their knowledge of the words; services, system, producers, consumers
Action:
Locating formative and business plan (Elaine & Muhammed)
Pre-assessment, summative & rubric (Steven)
Update HWOO planner (Gideon)
Complete HTWW planner (Elaine)
Complete reflections HWEO (all who haven't done so yet)
Next meeting:
Location: Muhammed's room
Sharing assessments and inquiry based activities ideas for the next unit
Dec 10th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Holly Absent: Sana & Gideon (absent specialists)
Location: Holly's room
Discussion:
-Updating of unit planner-adding teacher questions; How does weather change around the world? • Are there tools people use to understand the weather? • How do people write about the weather? • Do people need to think about the weather and why?
-Student initiated action: creating ppt/booklets/posters with weather information, collecting old coats to donate to the poor
-Adding description of the summative assessment task
-Recording provocation; morning weather announcements and creating posters based on seasonal weather
-The third formative based on the analysis weather information affecting people's choices-each teacher will decide which data they will use
-Global connection: investigate weather data from around the world-base it on the countries the G3 teachers come from
Action;
-Completing reflections for HWEO (all)
-Updating unit planner by uploading all assessments including pre-assessment (Elaine)
Next meeting:
Location: Shivania's class
Nov 25th, 2014
Meeting cancelled due to national Day Concert rehearsal
Nov 18th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed, Holly Absent: Sana
Location: Holly's room
Discussion:
-HWEO unit planner needs to be updated: obsolete learning activities/formative assessments etc can be saved in the unit resources folder on the q drive
-Reflection meeting with all teachers to happen next Monday from 3:00-4:00pm in Steven's classroom. Integrated specialists were Rashid for art, Hala for arabic? and Haleimah/Haifa for Islamic?
-New unit, HTWW central idea revision: Measuring and sharing weather data affects how people live.
-Lines of inquiry: Types of weather that characterize different regions
Ways that people collect and document weather information
How analysing weather information informs choices
-Formatives assessment; 1) Students will show different types of weather for each region 2) Students will create weather tools and demonstrate their understanding of how information on weather is collected and documented 3)Students show their understanding of how analysing weather information affects their life
-Inspiring whole class action relating to the advertising unit-using other forms of media such a public announcement on tannoy, photographs, video, creating a jingle etc to help improve our school/the world in some way
Other business;
Wireless microphone: greatly needed for assemblies
Action:
-Update HWEO planner (Muhammed)
-Send out invitation email to integrated specialists regarding reflection meeting next Monday (Trish/Steven)
-Ask John/Dieu-Anh about buying wireless microphones (Trish)
-Edit HTWW unit planner with new information, assessment andactivities (Elaine)
-Create/source formative assessments Line 1-Muhammed, Line 2-Holly & Sana, Line 3-Shivania & Gideon
-Create summative assessment rubric (Steven)
Next meeting:
-Location: Muhammed's room
-Sharing of formative assessments and summative rubric
Nov 12th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Absent: Muhammed & Holly (absent specialist teachers)
Location: Elaine's room
Discussion:
-Formative descriptions to be uploaded into the task bar on MB
-Summative assessment rubric also needs to be added
-Action: students have a good understanding of how they can produce unit related work, is it now time to move them on to more responsible/service orientated action? Could we get them thinking of how they could use advertising to help make the world/our school a better place?
-HTWW next unit-whole grade action connected to weather could be that the students organize a collection of water bottles, sunhats, sunglasses, sweaters, hats etc for labour camps
-Reflections meeting: suggestion was made to have all teachers including single subject to reflect together with prepared individual notes. Some thought that it would be more productive to read the next unit's reflections together-it was suggested that we do both but a decision needs to be confirmed.
Action:
Re-send password invite to MB for Muhammed (Trish)
-Update MB planner adding formatives and summative rubric
Next meeting: Location: Holly's Room
Nov 5th, 2014
Grade 3 on field trip to the mall to support advertising unit.
Oct 29th, 2014
Oct 22nd, 2014
Oct 15th, 2014
Grade 3 used the meeting time to complete unit reflections
Oct 8th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Elaine's room
Discussion:
-Students are beginning to make connections as they are identifying logos all around them
-They are finding the word "influenced" difficult to understand
-Formative assessment: labelling activity, checklist
-Formative for wants and needs to show how the amount of available money influences buying
Action:
Organize formative assessment (Muhammed)
Check out Hilal Bank materials to see if it would be useful for teaching wants and needs (Holly)
Oct 1st, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Elaine's room
Discussion:
HWEO: Selecting standards to fit with summative assessment: economic rights, sources of income, oral speaking (presentation skills), persuasive writing
Grade 1 also have a unit based on needs and wants: People choose jobs to meet their needs and wants
Central idea changed to : advertising and money influence thinking and choice
Lines of inquiry changed to: Money influences needs and wants, How advertising affects wants and choice, How advertisement affect consumer choice
Summative assessment to be changed to include the price of the product, rubric to be adjusted accordingly
Action:
Begin reflections on WWA unit (all)
Summative assessment revamp (Holly)
SA rubric adjustment (Steven)
Next meeting: Location: Sana's room
Sept 17th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Gideon's room
Discussion:
Unit needs to be updated to include effective formative assessments
Sorting out next week to focus on government, graphic organizer with empty boxes for the structure
UAE studies also covering citizenship, identity,
Field trip-National Archives and Documentation center/law Courts
Learner Profile assembly next week Steven's class
Action:
Update unit planner (Steven/Trish)
Create assembly rota (Steven)
Organize field trip (Aaron/Steven)
Next meeting: Location: Sana's Room
Sept 10th, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Muhammed's room
Discussion:
-Responsibility rotation for adding unit information onto Managebac chart completed
-Pre-assessment: sharing of how the children responded, their level of questioning etc.
-Formative assessments: one based on rights and responsibilities, the other on government structure
-Student council elections to take place nearer the end of the unit
-Possible field trips or guest speakers-some classes are finding out what the parents' job titles are
-Explanation of weekly assemblies procedures, superstar reward system
-Digression: field trip to Kidzania-too far, consensus to stay in Abu Dhabi
Action;
-Follow up on field trip to court/cabinet (Steven-Aaron)
-Create formative assessments (volunteers neededl)
-Organize student council elections etc. (Steven)
-Update unit planner (Steven)
Next meeting:
Student inquiries-what are they really eager to find out about?
Update on guest speakers/field trip
Next location: Gideon's room
Sept 3rd, 2014
Present: Steven, Elaine, Holly, Gideon, Shivania, Sana, Trish, Muhammed
Location: Steven's room
Discussion:
-Summative assessment task of new Who We Are unit-base around rights, responsibilities, local government structure
-Central idea altered to: People and government have rights and responsibilities
-Lines of inquiry: Types of rights and responsibilities, The relationship between rights and responsibilities, The structure and function of government
-Team will focus on the UN rights of the child-standards mention economic and personal rights?
-Responsibilities will be based around cultural, familial, religious areas
-Connection will be made from Grade 2's community unit-policemen, soldiers etc. which ministry governs them?
Action:
-Create T chart and flow chart for pre/summative assessment (Steven)
-Create ppt of Abu Dhabi government structure (Steven & Sana)
-Research ideas for the inquiry cycle (all)
Next meeting:
Share results of pre-assessment
Populate inquiry cycle
Design formative assessments
Discuss guest speakers/field trips
Next location: Muhammed's room
May 21st, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Lindsay
Teachers completed reflections on previous unit.
May 14th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student)
Apologies: Lindsay (ICT cancelled due to MAP Tests)
Discussion:
-Inquiry cycle activities: looking at historical sources and the their validity, students completing research at home about significant people, literature about significant people on the q drive (RS), possibly conduct an investigation to see which person the students rank as the most significant and why
-Formative assessment to be peer assessed
Action:
-STP Reflections-half of section 7 and all of section 8 to be completed (all)
-Inquiry cycle populated on the unit planner (Christine & Gideon))
-Formative assessments added to Managebac (Christine & Gideon)
Next meeting:
TBD
May 6th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student), Lindsay
Discussion:
-Summative assessment: possibility of opening it up to significant people instead of Sheikh Zayed only
-Formative assessment: practice presentation
-Guest speaker: Mr Mohamed Belhamer as a possibility
-Change in line of inquiry-important changed to significant
-Two standards could be given to Ms Nabeilah to cover in UAE studies relating to a timeline of important events and description of the history, interaction and contribution of people.
Action:
-Update unit planner on MB (Christine)
Next meeting:
TBD
Apr 23rd, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student), Lindsay
Discussion:
-Inquiry cycle needs to be populated with all inquiry tasks including integrated Math and English
-Animal information packs for research: what goes into it
-Student Led Conferences can include an Arabic station, route plan to be given to parents as they arrive-they can visit stations in any order as long as they visit all
-Summative assessment: students will contribute to the criteria
-Informative writing will directly relate to the summative assessment
Action:
-Create a rubric for the summative assessment (Paul)
-Discuss with Wafa/Anaam/Haifaa to ask if they would like to be included/do a separate station in the Student Led Conference
Next meeting:
-Begin to look at reflections
Apr 16th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Mariam (Zayed Uni student) Absent: Lindsay
Discussion:
-Going further activities: animal adaptations, students will go to the ICT lab and research animal adaptations. Teachers will produce an information pack based on adaptation of a group of animals.
-Integration of English: reading comprehension on the lifecycle of a plant
-Possibility of a visitor form Saadiyat island coming to discuss how they have modelled their design to fit in with the living things in the environment
-Resources: youtube video on the lifecycle of the butterfly
-Information literacy steps
Action:
-Create animal information packs (all)
Next meeting:
TBD
Mar 26th, 2014
Grade 3 Concert
Mar 19th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine, Lindsay, Gideon
Discussion:
-Students to create rubric for summative assessment
-Expert from Saadiayt Island to visit mid unit
-Last two weeks of unit will be for summative task
-Formative based on the lifecycle of the dragon fly
Action:
-Complete unit planner on Managebac: pre-assessment task description, formative assessments, summative description, inquiry cycle activities (Helen & Gideon)
-Reflections to be completed for HTWW (all)
-Finish off unit planner for HTWW-formative, summative (Muhammed)
Next meeting:
TBD
Mar 12th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Muhammed, Elaine Absent: Lindsay, Gideon
Discussion:
-Central idea and lines of inquiry revised slightly to integrate as many standards as possible: Central idea: Living things learn from each other, adapting to survive. Lines of inquiry: Lifecycles of living things, How living things adapt to survive, How characteristics inspire technology and design.
-Pre-assessment: needs for growth and flow chart of lifecycle
-Summative assessment: lifecycle, adaptation and design project based on characteristics of living things.
-Tuning in: front loading bus stop activity with artifacts, non-fiction books, wordless videos etc. to prompt wonderings-suggested use of key concepts to stimulate critical thinking; form: what is it like? Connection: how is it connected to other things etc.
Action:
-Grade 3 to discuss format and tool for the summative assessment (all)
-Collection of natural materials to inspire questions (all)
-Creation of pre-assessment (Muhammed)
-Reflections on HTWW (all)
-Begin adding information on Managebac (Helen/Trish)
Next meeting;
Inquiry cycle activities
Formative assessments
Mar 5th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine
Discussion:
-Summative assessment "Moving Somewhere New"
-Formative assessments; weather measuring tools and climate regions activity-painting on glass display with categorized pictures
-Inquiry cycle activities
-Reflections to include individual student questions and action
Action:
-Summative assessment and tool to be added onto MB (Muhammed)
-Collation of teacher questions used to drive the unit and added to planner (all/Muhammed)
-Integrated literacy activities to be included on unit planner in the inquiry cycle (Lindsay/Muhammed)
-Inquiry cycle: lesson activities to be added from weekly planning (Muhammed)
-Islamic, ICT, UAE, teachers to add to planner (Trish to email)
Next meeting;
STP unit
Feb 26th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching in Grade 2)
Feb 19th, 2014
Feb 12th, 2014
Muhammed and Trish worked on unit planner while other team members worked on reports.
Action:
-Summative assessment and tool to be created (all)
-Formative assessment for remaining lines of inquiry
-Teacher questions (all)
-Activities for inquiry cycle (all)
Feb 5th, 2014
Ms Helen requested that the meeting time be used to plan for ADEC visit
Jan 29th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching Grade 1)
Jan 22nd, 2014
(G3 requested time to do Reflections)
Jan 15th, 2014
(G3 doing Reflections)
Jan 8th, 2014
Present: Paul, Helen, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Absent: Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine (Absent single subject teachers)
Discussion:
-Pre-assessment never happened due to absent teachers this week
-Formative assessments developed-business plan and money exchange
-Reflection piece for the summative assessment to be changed slightly as per last year's teacher reflections
Action:
-Update unit planner on Managebac adding in formative assessments, Learner Profile attributes etc. (Trish/Elaine)
-Reflections for WWA and HWEO to be completed (all)
-Exemplars of summative tasks to be added to Managebac (Paul & Gideon)
Next meeting:
TBD
Dec 11th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Helen Absent: Christine (SEN Meetings)
Discussion:
- Field trip to art gallery on Saadiyat Island
-HWOO planning details quite similar to last year's, pre-assessment task to be changed
-Reflections for WWA and HWEO need to be completed
-Writing will be assessed with two tools
1)UOI writing (as in the genre type) assessed by writing standards rubric: Assessment Category:40%
2)General writing rubric (continuous assessment of ongoing writing in the classroom) Guided Classroom Practice Category:10%
Action:
-Reflections HWEO (all), WWA (Christine, Paul, Helen?)
-Update HWOO planner on Managebac (Elaine & Trish)
Next meeting:
Feedback on pre-assessment results, review assessment tools from last year
Dec 4th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon, Helen
Discussion:
-New unit HWOO will begin next week to form groups so that the children can be thinking of ideas and do some research over the holiday about their products
-Pre-assessment: roleplay in assembly acted out by teachers to depict a marketplace. Children then answer related questions to show their understanding of the central idea. It was decided by the Grade 3 team that this would take place after week one of the unit had started because they felt the children needed to understand the related vocabulary. The PYPC advised against this as the students will have unpacked the central idea and it will not be a true reflection of their prior knowledge.
-Next week the UOI activities will include a cover puzzle created by Mr Gideon and the unpacking of the central idea.
-Children will be encouraged to visit souks and markets to take photos and get inspiration for their market day over the holidays.
-Reflection on last year's HWOO field trip-it was felt that KIdzania is a suitable place as the children use a currency to take part in activities, work to earn the currency and can barter with each other.
-Provisional date for the market day is 23rd January, Field Trip 6th February.
Action:
-Reflections on the first unit planner WWA(P,H,C?)
-Reflections on unit two HWEO (all)
-Update Managebac HWOO planner-inquiry cycle activities, summative assessment etc. (?TBD)
Nov 20th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish, Gideon Absent: Helen (MS Anaaam absent)
Discussion:
-Working individually to complete reflections for the WWA unit and begin them for HWEO
-Paul and Gideon add updates on unit planners
Nov 13th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Christine, Trish Absent: Gideon (No music cover)
Discussion:
-Specialists-portfolio pieces and meeting attendance
-Revising WWA postponed until after Job Alike
-Integrated art activities-playground banners on advertising the attitudes with Brenda
-Advertising posters for the canteen-Learner Profile & Attitudes with Trish
Action:
-This Thursday at 11:00am & 2:00pm Grade 3 children create posters in PYPC room with Trish
-All teachers to complete reflections on WWA unit
-Trish/Sana to follow up with National curriculum teachers
Next meeting:
Finishing off HWEO and looking ahead
Nov 6th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to MAP testing
Oct 30th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to MAP testing
Oct 23rd, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish
Discussion:
-Update on learning tasks planned for this week (Paul)
-Field Trip to the mall-will be used as a Finding Out exercise where the students will identify and comment on the various advertisements on display. They will also answer questions based on the 5 elements of advertising.
-It was suggested that an Ask the Expert activity could be arranged with a parent who works in Marketting.
-Pre-assessment addendum-assessing the central idea & lines of inquiry: "Advertising influences our thinking and our choices", with such questions as "Which product would you choose? Why? What makes that a good advertisement? What are the different things(elements) that it has?
-Sharing of Kath Murdoch Question Promptor resource
-PYP Literacy collection
Action:
-Create extra pre-assessment activity (Lindsay/Elaine/Paul/Trish)
-Pass along PYP related new books for scanning to Trish (Lindsay)
-Create questionnaire for the field trip (Elaine?)
-Update planner with possible student initiated action, all teacher names, results of pre-assessment (Gideon/Paul)
-Reflections on WWA (all)
-Research ideas for new central idea and lines of inquiry based on Social Science standards for WWA unit (all)
Next meeting:
-Possible reworking of WWA unit
Oct 9th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish
Discussion:
-Collaborative planning on current unit and next unit up to date.
-Meeting based on weekly planning needs; literacy, Math activities.
-Literacy resource-The Café and Daily 5 requested
Action:
-Copy Café & Daily 5 (Trish)
Next meeting:
Intro to new unit-HWEO
Oct 2nd, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish
Discussion:
-Review summative assessment tasks for next week and the form they will take
-Decision to prepare the format of the assessment tasks in advance for the next unit
-Will begin collaboratively planning for next unit and continue next Tuesday
Action:
To begin to think of inquiry activities for the next unit
Next meeting:
Unit 2 planning
Sept 25th, 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Christine, Trish
Discussion:
-Sorting out:activities to be based on transferring acquired knowledge from finding out stage, using other subjects such as music/drama/art to show their understanding, delving deeper into student questions
-Teaching stand alone science for the rest of the unit V continuiing to teach it as an embedded subject
-Assessment task to begin next week with comic strip
Action:
Updating planner with next week's learning tasks, teacher questions, resources and assessments (Paul)
Sourcing two student computers for Elaine's class, obtaining access for the q drive and sourcing Classroom Connections x 3 (Trish)
Next meeting:
TBD
Sept 18th 2013
Present: Paul, Helen, Lindsay, Muhammed, Elaine, Gideon, Trish, (Christine SEN Parent meeting)
Discussion:
-OCC logins given out
-Responsibility for Managebac updates: Gideon-WAPT, HWW, STP. Paul: WWA, HWEO, HWOO
-Quick overview of how to input information to Managebac
Action:
Inquiry cycle to be developed and added to Managebac (Trish & Paul)
Next meeting:
Review Inquiry cycle
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?
-Summative and formative assessment tasks
-Challenges with implementing Reading Street
Action:
-Collaboratively plan activities to populate the inquiry cycle for the current unit
Next meeting:
-Review progress
NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
May 1, 2013
Present: Helen, Tracy, Paul, Chris, Mandala, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- G3 will likely be involved in a meeting witht he visiting team - some questions they may ask: where is the inquiry in your current unit? Where have you planned for students to be able to make choices? etc..
- Involve students in developing (a) rubric for this unit?
- Continued to develop HTWW planner: transferred all planning thus far onto planner
- Mapped out weeks of HTWW unit
- Ideas for summative assessment(s): many options/ideas online
- The Scottish accent!
Action:
- Complete planners for units finished up until now (G3 yeam)
- Continue to develop ideas/planner for HTWW (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review and continue to develop HTWW
April 24, 2013
Present: Helen, Mandala, Tracy, Paul, Lindsay, Glenn (Apologies: Chris - no ICT)
Discussion:
- Briefly looked at section 3 in WWAPT and discussed Peggy's recommendations fort he way that we are organizing this section
- Reviewed last years reflection section fro HTWW: CI and LOI remain unchanged and so much of the unit can just be reviewed and improved upon, as opposed to be totally recreated
- Started to go through reflection section
- Possible pre-assessment: Students choose an organism and map it backwards to get an idea of what their understanding of stages of growth are
Action:
- Meet with SSTs (G3 team)
- Continue to review HTWW planner with a view to looking at which tuning in activities can be used
Next Meeting:
- Review and continue to develop HTWW planner
March 6, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Broke into two groups: one worked on completing the reflection section of HWOO and the other worked on developing tasks and activities for WWAPT: a very productive session indeed!
Action:
- Continue to complete HTWW planner (Mandala)
Next Meeting:
- Review...
March 13, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Explored and shared the enduring understandings that we would like students to acheive
- Refined third line of inquiry (function, not perspective)
- Assessments for WWAPT: developed summative task adn many formative tasks
- Began to map out some activities for the inquiry cycle
Action:
- Continue to develop tasks and populate inquiry cycle
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
March 6, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Assessment tasks for STP: revised formative and summative tasks
- Grading scale for wheel task
- Concert
Action:
- Continue to populate inquiry cycle
Next Meeting:
- Establish to do list
- WWAPT pre-planning
February 27, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Continue to develop ideas for aligned tasks
- Develop tools for the above tasks
- Weekly plan
- Concert items
- Problems with T1 reports
Action:
- Revise assessment tools/organizers and store in assessment tools folder (Helen)
- Document final tasks in STP planner (Mandala)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with STP planner
- Preplanning for WWAPT
February 20, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Continued to populate inquiry cycle of HTWW planner
- Began to develop assessment tasks
- Mapped out focus areas for next three weeks of unit
- Made adjustments to POI sequence document
Action:
- Continue to develop ideas for aligned tasks (G3 team)
- Develop tools for the above tasks (G3 team)
- Continue to populate inquiry cycle (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review developed tasks and tools (?)
January 30, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Reviewed Interactive Science books: chapter 8 is aligned with matter outcomes. Chapter 6 is aligned with rock cycle/landforms.
- Developed LP activities (for HWOO)
- Social Science (Geography) outcomes for HTWW: science focus needed
- Kidzania field trip
Action:
- Development of tasks and tools for STP (G3 team)
- Reflection section of HWOO planner (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
January 9, 2013
Present: Paul, Mandala, Helen, Chris, Tracy, Lindsay, Glenn
Discussion:
- Marketplace various: organization of room, keeping track of change; prices of stalls/activities; possibility of using the outside court; ways to ensure that students don't bring big notes (no acceptance of 100 dhs notes)
- Assessment for market day (as per Lindsay's notes) :)
Action:
- Speak with John about doing plugs for the Marketplace during the morning announcement (Tbd)
- Ask teams to put flyer onto respective webpages (Tbd)
- Add market requests/info to Weebly (Paul)
Next Meeting:
- Final preparation for Marketplace
December 12, 2012
Present: Tracy G, Helen, Lindsay, Paul, Mandala, Glenn (Apologies: Chris)
Discussion:
- Grade level business
- HWOO planner
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
December 5, 2012
Present: Mandala, Paul, Tracy G, Chris, Linsay, Glenn (Apologies: Helen)
Discussion:
- Kidzania field trip: organization to be picked up by G3 team
- Populating inquiry cycle for HWOO: many activities for first four stages developed
- Developed rough outline of criteria for summative assessment task: team to try and share this with the grade at the beginning of the unit
- Discussed ways that data handling could be handled this week
- Discussed showing of G4 Marketplace video as part of 'Tuning in'
- Development of assessment tools: better done earlier than later
- Having finnshed planner for unit #2 meant that the G3 planners submitted to IB contained 2 from this school year (as oppose to one!)
Action:
- Assessment tools for HWOO (G3 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with assessment tools
- (POsibly) delegate the above