2011.8.31

SK Grade Level Meeting Agenda August 31, 2011
 * SK Grade Level Agenda **
 * August 31, 2011 **

Happy Birthday Judy!!!

We decided to use the SK Curriculum Overview as our outline for BTSN. Bonnie will change our theme to Honesty and email a copy to everyone. We are going to look it over, add notes, and fine tune it next week. We went through all the sheets we want to include in our BTSN Folder and made several changes. Bonnie will touch base with Sherry to get clarification of times and location of information and make those changes to handouts and then with Patti’s help, run them off for everyone. Judy is going to make the changes to the Stages of Writing sheet and email it to Bonnie so she can print it off for everyone. A Facilities Form has been filled out and emailed to Lauro and John with our set-up needs including extra chairs in our classroom. Bonnie will ask them to put a table in the hall for the nametags. We will speak for about 30 to 40 minutes in the Library before heading to our classrooms. When arriving in the classrooms, the parents will pick up their BTSN Folders and sit for another 15 to 20 minutes while we introduce our Room Parents and cover items that pertain to our own classrooms (Special Person, Special Helper, etc.)
 * BTSN: **

Kathy asked that Jane and Anna replace Bev’s recess duty as she is being pulled to oversee JK Afternoon Lunch. Jane is going to do “B” days and Anna is going to do “E” days. Bonnie will let Kathy and Sherry know.
 * Change in recess duty: **

Judy is diving into caterpillars and making entries into Science Notebooks. She also took her class to the Library to watch the power point on W//hat is a Scientist// and said her class really enjoyed it. Sue kicked off their study of caterpillars by going on a milkweed hunt. Bonnie will start tomorrow by observing and theorizing about what they think is going to happen to the caterpillars. Bonnie will email Tim about holding off on bringing us milkweed until we use what we have near the PP parking lot.
 * What’s going on in your classroom?: **

Field Trip Assignments: We look over the Special Events List and made several changes. Bonnie will email the updated list to personalize for each class. The following field trips have been set: Sue gave each of us a copy of the Field Trip Request form for the Butterfly Field Trip with times and dates. She will make the necessary changes to the chaperone notes and email them to us. We will bring clipboard questions that we want the children to answer during the field trip to next Wednesdays meeting. Bonnie is working on the Pumpkin Farm Field Trip and will email Request form and chaperone notes by next week. We agreed that it was nice to receive a copy of the **Field Trip Request for Transportation** form for our own records. We are each responsible for our assigned field trips to alerting Kathleen about upcoming field trips and placing info in Twills.
 * Butterfly trip – Thursday, September 22nd **
 * Pumpkin Farm – Monday, October 17th **

Bonnie ran off copies for each class and explained how to use them. We will start making our calls after BTSN and will change last year’s note to indicate that. We will send home a note in next week’s Friday Folder alerting parents to our upcoming calls. We agreed on the following agenda when placing phone calls:
 * Calling Parents: See Lime Green Sheet **
 * 1) Ask how the transition to SK is going
 * 2) Ask if they have any questions about anything discussed at BTSN

The dates are: Wednesday’s October 12th, November 30th, January 18th, February 22nd, and April 25th. The Subs: Aik/McMinn –Angela Vogel Pierson/James – Linda Olson (will confirm and let Sherry know) Jeffers/Hardwick – Susan Uihlein (will confirm and let Sherry know)
 * Curriculum Writing Dates, Focus, & Subs ** :

Our focus for the first meeting will be Science and how we want to use the Science Notebooks. We will add our additions and changes to the curriculum map. The second and third meeting we want to focus on Math and getting ideas on differentiated instruction. Sue is going to talk to Gina to see if she knows of someone that can come in and help us with that. The last two meetings will focus on Social Studies and making changes to our curriculum map and report card.

Sherry has prepared new Sub Folders for us that will be distributed shortly. Please place under or near your phone.
 * Red Sub Folders ** :

Halloween is going to be celebrated on Thursday, October 27th instead of Monday, October 31st. The parade will be from 9 to 9:30, the carnival from 9:30 to 10:15, and classroom party from 10:15 to 10:45. The kids will change out of his/her costumes and go to recess from 11:15 to 12:00 and then come in and have lunch. Bonnie will email Tony and make arrangements for having lunch in our rooms at 12:00. Last year we were late to lunch and the kids were not even hungry. So we will flip flop recess and lunch.
 * Halloween: **

Wednesday –Wildcat Wednesday Thursday – Crazy Socks Friday – Inside Out Day On September 8th, Willie the Wildcat will visit SK during recess (don’t forget your cameras). Also, the SK yearbook picture is scheduled to be taken with Willie at the same time. We are all going to make the paw prints to fit over hands so they can be worn to the games. Sue will compile a game schedule for Homecoming weekend to attach to the paw and we will send it home in Friday Folders.
 * Homecoming: **

We already sent home the note Hilary wrote with Kathleen’s approval and want to know if it is still necessary to send the additional snack note home this Friday? None of us like the new note and are afraid it is going to cause parents to panic and be afraid to send snacks. Also, sending a gift instead may lead to a dog and pony show and parents trying to one up each other. For liability reasons, we think maybe it’s time that the children that have allergies should start bringing their own lunches and eat together during lunch with one teacher/administrator for the whole year.
 * Classroom Parties ** :

SK, First Grade, and Second Grade will meet and discuss how we use the results from the Children’s Progress assessment and what we do with the information we receive.
 * Additional Meeting on Monday, October 24th ** :

Bonnie will email Tim about meeting in late September with SK, Pat Z., Molly Fritz, and Mrs. Van Bell, about costs and implementation of the Butterfly Garden. Tim should have an estimate for the stone wall by that time. Bonnie will touch base with Pat Z., Van Bell and Molly Fritz to schedule a meeting after talking to Tim.
 * Butterfly Garden ** :