K-5 math mentor meeting, December 2, 2013

December 2, 2013

K-5 Math Mentor meeting

Agenda:

• Meet and great
• Everyday Math Interactive Teacher's Guide online opportunity.  Free pilot of 2012 edition.
• Mathematical Practices
• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.
• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6 Attend to precision.
• Wednesday:
• I will model one standard, using visuals from different classrooms to help frame the discussion in your smaller groups.
• each math mentor will facilitate a group looking at one of the above 4 mathematical practices.
• we will start in mixed grade level groups, K-5, to read and discuss 1 practice.  You will be looking for ways in which we already do this in classrooms and ways we might easily incorporate it into our classrooms. Create a "presentation" (video, poster, Explain Everything app, pictures, etc) that portrays what that practice is all about in a K-5 environment. This is very open ended and groups can portray the info in any way that makes sense to them.  There will be 2 groups (I hope) for each standard. We will share out from here.
• we will then go to grade level groups to discuss how this impacts your current unit that you are teaching.
• We will all meet together at the end for a quick wrap up and easy online survey to complete.
• Everyone will have nametags and be assigned to a group (I hope to have this to you by the end of the day Tuesday) to start the afternoon in that group.  Tables will have assignments, mathematical practice and the name of the facilitator.
• Decide on next meeting date
• look for email with a doodle.

If time:

• Goals for the year
• Parking lot items

October 28, 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

Attendees: Clare Harrington, Rebecca Galli, Phyllis Jones, Beth Cory, Sara Holt, Val Dominski, Susie Robbins

Next meeting date: We need to set more dates.

Agenda:

• November 4 meeting is cancelled
• Review "online" plan
• K- EDM games
• grades 1 & 2 - unit based websites
• grade 3 - IXL
• Did you complete the newest doodle poll 
• K- 5 Math Mentor Meeting will be on Monday, December 2.
• Review math PD session from Oct. 15 with next steps
• liked that lit and math people sat in on each other's pd
• people are excited to talk math
• MIW math PD on November 20. Number sense
• What is number sense?
• how do you recognize when you need to remediate?
• what games are most valuable and when?
• what can students do with little support vs a lot of support?
• how do I know if they are ready to go on?
• Everyday Math Instructional Bridge - only briefly touched on this
• What data should we be collecting for Inform?
• What is most critical information for each unit per grade level
• Math/ STEM night date (s)
• Anything to add. . .
• Can we talk about planning times for Flex grouping?
  What is reasonable for a grade level team to request? 
• 1/2 to full day, depending on needs

Best to email websites - easiest way to share.

Next steps:

• set dates for meetings in January
• Clare- begin work on identifying critical info per unit (with help from grade level math mentor)
• Continue to review what we want to track in Inform

October 7, 2013

MIW Math Mentor meeting
October 7, 2013
In Attendance: Beth Cory, Phyllis Jones, Rebecca Galli, Susie Robbins

Agenda:
Monday, October 7, 2013:

• Review last meeting's notes. Comments/questions.  You can view them at MIW Math Mentors
• concerns remain about the Grade 1 baseline assessment.  Is it appropriate? Is there another sort of screening toll that would be more helpful to our instruction? Is there a shorter version of the test? Is it worth the time?
• There is a need for baseline data. Different teachers found it more or less arduous.
• could we do it later in the year (October)?
• Would it make sense to prioritize the test so that the most important skills are in the beginning.  That way, if students are successful with those they can move on but if not, they can stop.
• final decisions on IXL/EDM/No games
• decisions will be made by Tuesday, October 15
• Is there data that says students who use this are improving?
• Check out www.Thatquiz.com
• comments/questions/concerns re: Intervention groups
• Pacing guides
• DUE Tuesday, October 15.  You don't have to finish units based on a quarter of the year, you need to see what the needs are.  If you flex group, then you must target those datas carefully.
• Kathleen Follett's role
• look at schedules to see if there are times in the 8:45-10:45 time frame that she could work with small groups.  This includes, focus group time, IF, and only if, the student does not need literacy intervention.
• math facts.  What are you testing? When? How many questions in how many minutes? - ran out of time
• PD opportunities? - ran out of time
• Question - what happened to the document that K-8 (maybe K-12) did looking at essentials skills need by the end of each grade level?

Sept 23, 2013

Meetings notes, Sept. 23, 2013:
Attendance: Sara Holt, Val Dominski, Phyllis White, Beth Cory, Rebecca Galli

Agenda:

• group norms
• we will start at 3 and end by 4.
• we have a recorder and time keeper for each meeting
• expectations, role clarification for Mentors
• mentors will ensure all grade level team members have the most up-to-date copies of any IPPs, assessments, pacing calendars, etc
• you are the liaison for your grade level.  Please disseminate information accordingly.
• you will gather the pre and post-assessment data as needed for flex grouping and intervention groups and meet with Teresa/Clare on an as needed basis.
• you will plan the before school intervention groups.  We can use the K format as a guideline to help us plan.  Clare will share that with you for you to peruse.  The goal is to target key content that is needed for success and list activities/games that Ed Techs can use for support. (Meeting with Ed techs can be a problem of time constraints - can Clare help in this matter, maybe provide coverage so you can meet with ed techs occasionally.)
• Provide a pacing calendar for your grade level.
• EDM vs IXL vs online games subscription at all? (If you have a chance to get on IXL before this meeting, it would be helpful.)
• We could go around on this for ages.  Please talk with your grade level group to see what they would prefer.  I will check with Dirk if we need to make a whole school decision vs a grade-by-grade decision.  Questions for Dirk are: Can we buy limited seats for just K or 1.  Should Gr 3 do IXL as a bridge to NYMS?  Can we purchase EDM iPad apps instead of "at home" online games?
• Baseline assessments - review and plans for future
• Mid-year full assessment is under discussion.  We may feel it is better to target certain benchmarks and assess only those at mid-year.
• Pacing guides
• I have shared a document for you to fill out and share with your grade level (and me).
• Intervention groups
• K begins week of Sept. 30
• Gr 1 and 2 begin week of Oct. 7
• Gr 3 begins week of Oct 15 (after NECAPs)
• See above regarding time to meet with Ed Techs. 

• Sara brought up concerns for the Spec Ed staff regarding aligning goals with Common Core not EDM and how does that look for our students and how do we measure and assess growth.

 Submitted Sept. 23, 2103 by Clare Harrington