• DEPARTMENT HOUSEKEEPING

• CHANGES TO BOOK SET CHECK-OUT

• GRADING FOR LEARNING UPDATES

• GRADE-LEVEL POSTERS

• SHARE OUT UNIT PLANS

English Dep. Meeting

LITERACY CALENDAR FOCUS IS MAIN IDEA & ANNOTATIONLITERACY CALENDAR ASSESSMENT: 11 /11-12 /13FINAL TALLY FOR 1 S T L IT. ASSESSMENT:

DATA CHATS & CARDS ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY NOV. 5 T H

CONTINUING TO ORDER NOVELS

IPADS WILL BE CHECKED OUT THIS WEEK & NEXT, EMAIL TO FOLLOW

Department Housekeeping

Percentage 7.90% 24.04% 38.79% 29.27%

BB/B= 31.94% P/A= 68.06%

J O H S L I T E R AT U R E . W O R D P R E SS. C O M

• 1 PA G E H A S R E S O U R C E S ; 1 I S F O R T E X T C H E C KO U T

• T H E M A J O R I T Y O F B O O K S A R E L O C AT E D I N T H E M A G A Z I N E R O O M I N T H E L I B R A RY, O T H E R S W I L L B E S T O R E D E L S E W H E R E

• T E X T S E T S W I L L B E A D D E D A S W E G E T T H E M• Still expecting 2 per grade from the District…

• A R E P O RT W I L L B E S E N T O U T AT T H E E N D O F E A C H 9 W E E K S T O G E T B O O K S B A C K I F T H E Y H AV E N O T B E E N R E T U R N E D

• Pretty much the same as we have now

• W E C A N A D D O U R O W N N OV E L S, I F W E C H O O S E T O

New Check-Out System

HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED AT THE MEETING:• E V E RY S C H O O L I S AT A D I F F E R E N T P L A C E W I T H T H I S• W E A R E WAY A H E A D O F M A N Y S C H O O L S• T H E D I S T R I C T M AY N O T B E S E T T I N G G U I D E L I N E S U N T I L

‘ 1 4 ( O R ‘ 1 5 )• T O P I C S T H AT W I L L B E S T U D I E D T H I S Y E A R I N C LU D E :

A P / C A M B R I D G E / D UA L E N R O L L . , V E RY L O W E L L & E E , S TA N D A R D I Z I N G A C R O SS T H E D I S T R I C T

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BEST BE PREPARED:• CR E AT E A T E A M T O W R IT E A G R AD IN G PLA N FO R J O HS• FIN D CO N S E N SU S IN O U R O W N G R A DIN G PO LICIE S BY

T HE E N D O F T HE Y E A R• S T O P T HE N E G AT IV IT Y

Grading for Learning Updates

Table of Contents from White’s Creek :

4 100

3.5 93

3 85

2 70

1 50

(WILL BE SHARED AT THE NEXT LEADERSHIP MEETING)

9 WEEKS ASSESSMENT:

Trends, glows, Grows, Changes to be made

HOW ACCOUNTABLE WAS YOUR GRADE IN (POST- IT ) :

• Creating the assessment• Giving/grading the

assessment• Identifying skills & areas to

be tested

Grade Level Posters

• COMPLETE THE SHEET OR TURN IN YOUR COMPLETED UNIT PLAN (WILL BE SCANNED IN LATER)

• SHARE OUT; MAIN TEXT, SUPPORTING TEXTS, AND THEME/ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

2nd 9 weeks Unit Plans: