Meeting+Minutes

= Fifth Grade Meeting Minutes =

PLC and after school meeting Claire, Barbara and Dawna finalized names for end of year awards. Gwedette, Barbara, Claire, Dawna and Tracy met and discussed final plans for graduation (see updates under End of Year Page) Also discussed possibility of 5th attending World Market since we will be at school that day. Waiting to hear back from Barb. Gwedette will send e-mail to check on this status.
 * Tuesday, May 31**

Barbara and Claire Met about Graduation (see updates under End of Year page) Shelby, Dawna, and Paula met with 4th grade about 5th grade class placements
 * Thursday, May 25th**

We have a total of almost **$900.00. Parents have asked that we do the rug, then the kids, and then use what is left over as we need to.**
 * Tuesday, May 24th**

We would like to soften the eye of the eagle by removing the eyebrow above the eye. We plan to send the image we have altered together to the rug company and get back a series of mock-ups (different fonts, etc...) for the kids to vote on. Barbara will work on this image in Photoshop and contact the company. We need to tape out the dimensions before ordering the rug.
 * Rug: $500 budgeted originally, but fundraising has given us flexibility on the cost.
 * Size of maybe 6x9.
 * Flowers for kids: Ruth
 * Flowers for decoration: Paid for by Ruth (possibility of silk flowers-try Michael's?) Barbara
 * Flowers as gifts: Ruth
 * Picnic** paper supplies: 5th grade funds 53.00
 * Cake: By Ruth

Music: Divide the songs up so not just at the end (15 min. total). Props?? Procession: Fifth graders sit in front of the stage and face parents. Short steps to enter. Cross stage to get medals and certificates. Then receive a flower from 4th grade student. Certificates and awards should be on podium in order. Bowen on back row, then Huneycutt, and Neill
 * Graduation Program**

Discussing the first Measurement Test given by Shelby
 * Tuesday, May 17th**
 * Need to know that Area=L x W
 * Perimeter is adding all sides up
 * chord is a line through two points in a circle, can be diameter.
 * key words
 * around means perimeter
 * draw picture

Discussing the Patterns, Functions and Algebra
 * #6 --> location of point x on the number line
 * #7 --> pattern, up to 10, which is the 16th
 * #8 --> associative property, Claire's strategy to tell kids to solve in the first and then solve the problem
 * #16 --> "twice as many" most chose subtraction, Barbara's strategy to tell kids to plug in any number and solve it to see if it works.
 * #18 --> which sentence is F+2
 * #21 --> choose number sentence, from words.

We discussed doing a science and a social studies DIAL sheet. We will if we have time. Went over any questions for Reading SOL for tomorrow. Barbara will be with the deliberate workers. We have asked for an extra person. In that case, extra person will be with Barbara and Claire and Shelby will be with the fast workers. When the fast group is finished, they will exit and go to a classroom and wait for all to finish. If there is no extra person, Claire will float between the two rooms. Counted student votes for the Citizenship awards for a boy and a girl. (Zoe and Ty were the winners and will receive DAR citizenship awards at graduation.) Whitehall Ruritan Club Academic Awards: Matthew Morris, Cassidy Wilson, Christina Webb DAR American HistoryAward : Trevor Phelps Drama: Jack of All Trades: Erin Nelson, Jackson Smith Newcomers: Dustin Morris, Samantha Craig Veterans: Zoe Clay, Sebastian Crescimanno, Brendan Campbell Scripps Spelling Bee: Riley Stackhouse Delta Sigma Theta: Gabby Banks and Deija Brooks Bertha M. Jones: Music Awards: Honors Choir (Ty, Lauren B., Lacey P. Tia, Samantha, Zoe, Ben, Erin, More?????) Wed. and Thurs. science review (Wed. and Thurs. during LA's and 1 Math on either Wed. or Thurs.) We will try to switch classes after lunch, but will play things by ear.
 * Monday, May 16th**
 * Awards**
 * SOL Review**

Looked at team To Do list. We will need to split the tasks up.

Our last day for switching kids will be on June 6. We will try to plan a trip to Mint Springs/Park on morning of June 3. We will not switch for that afternoon. We will play Thursday June 2, by ear to decide about switching after the math SOL.
 * Tuesday, May 10th, 2011**

Created Patterns, Functions and Algebra test.

We discussed the reading practice SOL test and the days remaining before the reading, science, and SS SOL's. Discussed how to review for all. Possiblilities: : Lab times using ePat for reading and SS Need to practice using the online ruler on ePat for math Susan Anhold is doing practice test work in library time We have 20 computers for practice Dawna will do RTI with content through the test taking lens
 * Tuesday, May 3rd**
 * Reading will be done in homerooms frantically
 * We will do science for mastery May 9-13 (Barbara will supply materials)
 * We will do Soc. St. for mastery May 16, 18, 19, 23, and 24
 * Math for mastery May 26,27, 31st and June 1st

Created decimal multiplication retest.
 * Tuesday, April 26th**

1. We passed out the schedules and name tags for the Henley Visit on Thursday. 2. We discussed recommendations for Henley groupings. 3. Newsletter for tomorrow: 4. Graduation
 * Monday, April 25th**
 * Behavior Letter
 * Field Trip reminder
 * Progressive photos for graduation
 * Meeting with Parents next week.
 * Presidential Awards for Academic Excellence
 * All As and Bs over 4th & 5th grade (A average)
 * Advanced Pass on 4th grade SOL
 * We will come to next Monday's meeting with Award Candidates
 * Barbara will ask Ruth about the form
 * Whitehall Ruritan Club Academic Awards
 * One student from each class
 * academic excellence, industriousness, student who has come very far
 * Delta Sigma Theta
 * Minority students
 * Above Average grades
 * Citizenship
 * Leadership
 * Gabby & Deija
 * DAR Good Citizenship (1)?
 * DAR History Award (1)?
 * SAR Good Citizenship Award(1)?
 * Spelling Bee ==> Riley
 * Bertha M. Jones Award
 * Music Awards --> By Mrs. Brown
 * Drama Awards --> By Mrs. McCracken


 * Thursday, April 21st**

1. Brainstormed ways to deal with increasingly disruptive behavior in classes. We decided to send out an upcoming newsletter with several reminders (field trip contact sheets, progressive pictures) in addition to behavior expectations. Students will have a limit of three cumulative (in all classes, all day) strikes; the first two count as warnings. After three strikes, a letter will be written by the student identifying the behavior and sent home to be signed and returned. We identified specific areas of :
 * Talking over others, with others, or while teacher is instructing.
 * On task during independent or cooperative work
 * Respectful language and attitude

2. Remember to bring in baby/fifth grade pictures 3. Barbara shared her news! Congrats to second grade on their new team member! 4. Claire would like feedback on her portfolio wiki: [|cneilledportfolio.wikispaces.com] 5. Created division and division with decimals test for Monday, April 25th. 6. Barbara shared May 5th, 2:45 get together with Murray. We have a field trip at 6 am Friday, May 6th. 7. We'll give the division test on Tuesday and go over results at Tues. PLC.

1. DIAL sheet for Mult. and Mult. with decimals ==
 * Tuesday, April 19th**

Barbara will create chart with student mastery locations We will have mastery: Wed. and Thursday: 4/20 and 4/21 Tues. and Wed.: 4/26 and 4/27 Re-test mult. decimals Friday, 4/29 in homerooms 2. Discussed music at graduation or a separate performance at night to keep the ceremony short. We think we'd like to keep the music during the ceremony. We are considering what we would like graduation to look like and will meet this Monday to discuss it.

**Tuesday, April 12** • Meet with Paula White about Mastery extension

Tue. Thurs send honors math kids to Paula White for Mastery (Math group minus Zoe and Abby) Keep math group the same until the next common assessment • Backward Map Math and plan common assessment dates

What we have left to teach: Big Multiplication xxx by xx Multiplication of decimals .xxx by .xx

Common assessment April 18th

Big Division 2 digit into 4 digit Division of decimals... 1 digit whole number into a 3 digit decimal Common assessment April 25th

Measurement common assessment May 10th

patterns and algebra in/out, patterns in a table, balance equations, sentence w/ variables, open sentence Common Assessment May 13th

Two week review starting May 17th

**Tuesday, March 29**•Shelby took notes in the SOL Testing page

• Backward Map Math and plan common assessment dates Shelby will finish her measurement unit • Reflection conversation about the Writing SOL and mastery extension **• i-pod meeting** password: ACPS1pods twitter: cr0zet10
 * Can we predict our overall pass rate at this point based on the data we have now?
 * What areas are weaknesses for all of fifth, and what are strengths?weaknesses: material we haven't taughtstrengths:
 * What will we do about them?

Care and feeding of the iPods. Other questions?
 * There is a lock
 * Charging...If a charger is out log a call
 * earbuds, baggie for each kid and sync cord
 * if missing report ASAP
 * Permission slips for home use...Paula has ready. Must have them back. Rules
 * Parental meeting about iPods optional

Geometry DIAL • Minutes from March 15th were updated.
 * Monday, March 21st**

• The team decided to teach writing poetry when we teach poetry during reading instead of during the writing block.

• We will use select students in each homeroom to produce the 3rd-9 weeks newsletter that will go home with the report cards. We will aim to have those articles in by the Wednesday after Spring Break, if not sooner.

• Shelby shared her vision of completing the measurement unit by mid May concluding with the oceanography project. The creative writing can fit in toward the end of the year after the measurement is completed. We believe we can give both measurement and creative writing our adequate attention this way. This will also allow us to meet the county BAW genre unit published piece requirement. We can also use mastery or other times to write, review SS and science, or more math. We will still wait until the released Math results are analyzed to firm up this plan, but we ended the meeting with a general consensus that this plan will work. (Yeah!)

• Shelby ran off the Henley Letters Ruth had e-mailed to us. We agreed to get the Henley letters to Ruth by March 24th.

• We will come to tomorrow's meeting with our fractions subtest compiled with a /35 score computed to a percent.

• Field Trip planning: Claire called Jamestown, the Aquarium and the bus people. We are tentatively booked for May 6 at Jamestown and she left a message for a return call from the aquarium. Two buses will cost $2700. This will put the cost of the trip at about $65. Any added parents and money earned from the fundraiser will bring this cost down. The tentative plan is to leave here at 6:30 AM, arrive at Aquarium around 10. Depart for Jamestown at 12:30. Arrive at Jamestown at 2:00. Leave Jamestown at 5:00. Stop at McDonalds on the way home, and be back home by 8:30. Barbara has e-mailed Libbey Stackhouse to try to arrange a backstage pass from her Dad who is a researcher there. • Refreshments for the Variety Show discussion. We will send home a call for beverages, but use the money from the last refreshments to purchase snack bags. • We agreed on what we are going to mark for this quarter's report cards for reading and math.

• Tabled: Discuss when we will meet or split up work necessary to get work done that is not completed during team times.

big multiplication and division of whole numbers, mult/division of decimals, patterns/functions/algebra, measurement, review || BAW genre unit and published piece Poetry Expository non-fiction: ocean topic/math topic || Reconstruction 20th Century Virginia Virginia Government Review || 48 teaching days until Math SOL
 * Tuesday, March 15th**
 * At a previous meeting, we discussed how to pace the rest of math while maintaining writing.
 * Math || Geometry,
 * Writing || 3rd/4th quarter team newsletters
 * Science || Living things (5 days), Oceanography, Review/teach 4th grade units ||
 * Social Studies || Civil war

Writing (2days/week) and pick up math Mastery Time (2-5 days a week) Science and SS times once those SOLs are administered
 * Possible Times to Add Time:**

Released SOL for Science and SS Backtrack map for math 2009 Released Math SOL test on computer - 1 and 1/2 classes take it at a time on 3/24/11 (Re-takes/Make-ups on the 25th)
 * Possible answers to decide about time:**

We will use this to determine the extent of the need for the length/depth of the measurement unit and to find other holes in math and the other subjects. Shelby has also given a pre-assessment that could help us with this decision.

Barbara will schedule this Math (and the Science 2009) test in SchoolNet Monday, March 28th for analysis of Math 2009 test Paula requested: We need to start arguing in this county for S.S. & Science to be tested in 4th grade!!!

Shelby has a unit bringing together expository writing and measurement Shelby will be using some Investigations for the measurement unit

Shelby noted poetry is mandatory for Reading but not Writing, so perhaps we can take that out.

Science Released 2009 SOL test during content lab time week of March 28th

Our grade level PLC had decided earlier in the year that we would meet on Mondays after school 2:45-3:45 Shelby would like to see that we specifically state that we will be meeting on Mondays and have an agenda written by the Friday before this Monday meeting This has been added to the agenda heading as a reminder.

Barbara noted that we still do not have enough time to get done what we need to get done. She has put a Team calendar and "To Do List" on the Wiki Barbara read off the "To Do" list. Barbara will check with the office about the 5th grade Henley placement letters...done. We will get


 * Monday, March 14th**
 * Dawna shared with the team the team leader minutes (see Fri.'s e-mail from by Ms. Crummie)
 * Each team is signing up for a day to tweet. We need to sign up for a day. We have requested Thursday.
 * April 1, teacher work day, no school planning. Grades due April 11.
 * Mrs. Crummie will be getting pictures of student authentic work to post in the hallway.
 * Literacy Night: We will have student work out on their desks. Journals and folders will be out for them to share with parents. Claire has postcards students wrote about the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, which she will give to homeroom teachers. Barbara and Claire will also have out reading journals. Hallways will be used to display work. Wikis and Today's Meet will be set up on computers for parents to view.
 * We started making plans for a field trip: we would like to go to the Virginia Maritime Museum in VA beach and to Jamestown in 1 day.
 * 5th grade fundraiser with cups has started. Barbara will pass out cups to Bowen and Neill's classes tomorrow.
 * Fractions #3 quiz for Friday is tabled. Barbara will look at what is in school net.
 * We will start +/- fractions tomorrow with our homerooms, then switch Wednesday and Thursday.
 * We need students to bring in a series of 5 pictures of themselves from birth/young age to more recent. We will take a current picture of them. They will be scanned in and given back. This will be used for the "progression" slide show at the end of the year. Barbara will send out a flyer on this.

Created Geometry assessment. The assessment date has changed to **Tuesday, March 22nd** because we would like to test online. We will look at data for mastery groups during PLC that day. We will keep all students during math until March 23rd.
 * Tuesday, March 7th**

Created DIAL sheets for probability test and graphing and statistics test. See Mastery Ext. Pass rate: 90% Advanced pass rate: 55% //No mastery time needed for this strand.// Pass rate: 96% Advanced pass rate: 74% //No mastery time needed for this strand.// Mastery extension for the week of March 14 will focus on adding and subtracting fractions; unlike denominators, mixed numbers with regrouping.
 * Tuesday, March 1**
 * Probability**
 * Graphing**

Mid-year sharing with faculty
 * Thursday, Feb. 24**

Finished up mid-year presentations
 * Tuesday, Feb. 22**

Worked on mid-year Ppt. Barbara and Claire created the Graphing and Statistics Common Assessment, which we will give on Friday. We will wait for Shelby's review before printing.
 * Monday, Feb. 21**

We discussed tutoring. We will start the first week in March and offer weekly reading sessions through SOLs.

Letters will go out in Tuesday Folders tomorrow. Barbara will get these together.


 * Tuesday, Feb. 15:**
 * 1:30-2:20 **

Team revised math pacing guide.
 * Shelby will make suggested changes on pacing map and repost on wiki. **

Feb. 25th Assess Line, Bar, Stem and Leaf, Mean, Median, and Mode

Discussed separating two students due to behavior issues. We will try a few scenarios and see what works.

Discussed SOL recovery kids with Paula: Math 6 Reading 5

No content blocks on Friday. Jump Rope from 11:05 to 12:05. Lunch from 12:10 to 12:40 in our rooms. Keep homerooms.

We will be leaving early on Friday to go to our Henley visit.

Think about questions for Brownsville.

2:55 -3:40 Claire discussed two student's behavior in PE. These are students with behavior plans who are receiving numerous "x's" during PE. Idea is to separate these two students. Claire will be in touch with Brandon regarding switching kids out.
 * Monday, Feb. 14:**
 * Reminder Jump Rope for Heart schedule change: 11:05-12:05

Tutoring: We have 30 hours available and two teachers (twice a week for 71/2 weeks) Each kid would get one day of reading and one day of math. Students: (TV, TH, JH, LM, HM, DM, AC, SC, CW, AH) Latest we could start tutoring is March 14, Wed, Thurs, or Fri. We are trying to find one more retired teacher to tutor.

Shelby briefly went over writing tutoring rotations. It would be beneficial to find a volunteer to support the teacher with the group needing the most work on the days Sarah Surratt cannot join us. Writing Mastery Group Rotations

2:45-4:15 Shelby and Claire finished up the mid-year Ppt.
 * Thursday, Feb. 10:**

Next Steps: Shelby will coordinate areas for focus and share out with team (Thursday?).
 * Tuesday, Feb. 8:**

Writing for Mastery Ideas:
 * Focus on usage/mechanics
 * Study Island for organization (Develop Notes)
 * BBC Skillswise
 * Brainpop for grammar
 * Smartboard activities for more hands-on kids
 * Note: Watch for overlap among homerooms
 * Editor in Chief
 * SOL Coach
 * Mini-lessons on descriptive vocab and sensory details
 * Kinesthetic: Cut apart a short essay and have students put it back together (for organization, paragraphs)
 * Possibly, Dawna could take a layer and work in drama and with writing on Tues. and Thurs.
 * Possibly, Paula could take a group and work with skills needed to get everyone to Advanced Pass.
 * Maybe switch word study to homophones, irregular plurals, and irregular past tense for the next two to three weeks.

2:45- 4:10 Team worked on mid-year presentation PowerPoint.
 * Monday, Feb. 7:**