7th+Grade+Team

Session 1 - Thursday, April 12, 2012

Members Present: Chris, Danielle, Maura, Rene, Sage

Facilitator: Robin Note taker: Maura Timekeeper: Sage

Reading: Introduction and Chapter 1 - Engagement: Reading's Missing Link

Here the thoughts from the members:
 * Page 14 - Active vs Passive Readers, students need to be able to change reading strategies for different types of reading
 * Cross curricular planning, great idea but is difficult due to scope and sequence in different content areas
 * Book club next year" incentives for reading books
 * Consistency in all classrooms
 * using multiple intelligences to give choice with a topic

Here's what members are going to try prior to the next session: Plasse Rules Next Session: Thursday, April 26, 2012
 * Everyone is going to try something from Chapter 1 and report back at next session - no specifics at the time

Reading: Chapter 2: Building Background Knowledge