6th+Grade+Team+Session+2

Session 2: April 26, 2012

Members Present: Bronwym, Kendra, Mary, Robin

Facilitator: Robin Note taker: Kendra Timekeeper: Mary

Reading: Chapter 2: Building Background Knowledge

Results of what was tried:
 * Fluency - Kendra needs to begin. Mary's work is going well. She has also use poems to teach math and students are remembering what they learned about figurative language in ELA class.
 * Kendra has begun using the 6 + 1 Writing Traits to see how the traits work.
 * Bronwyn has implemented read alouds and it is working.

Here are thoughts from the members:


 * Benchmarking students - Zanetti use the benchmarking kit, the beginning of the year. The beginning of the year students took the test and some students began to plateau and not make progress. Experience has shown it can be very subjective.
 * Is there a fine line between bringing background knowledge to a text and bringing so much background knowledge that if alters what is happening?.

Here'e what members are going to try prior to the next session:


 * Kendra - fluency activities
 * Bronwym - Purpose/desire for learning

Next Session: May 3. 2012

Reading: Chapter 3 -