GLM+1-25-12


 * SK Grade Level Meeting Minutes **
 * January 25, 2012 **

Thanks Judy for the delicious treats!
 * Happy Birthday Anna! **

We will start assessments next week. We came up with a sentence to use when assessing the Concept of Print skills and that is **“The big hat is on my snowman.”** Bonnie will add it to the SK Assessment and update the rubrics.
 * Assessments: **

All is going well. There was some discussion about moving it to late February early March because it’s so busy, but then it would occur during assessments and conferences and that doesn’t work either. We moved it from April to January several years ago because April was too busy. There was concern that we don’t have enough time to digest the experience before moving onto 100th Day, Groundhog Day (for some of us), and Valentine’s Day.
 * Economics Unit: **

We are all set for Tuesday, April 10th. Sue is putting a note together and will email it to us to include in Friday Folders.
 * Update on Art Museum: **

Bonnie will place an order for 55 cookies and will pick them up next Thursday morning.
 * 100th Day: **

After reading over the planning sheet we are concerned about the young children being in charge of bringing in the supplies. If they bring in scarfs, hats, mittens, etc., then how do they get them back and how do we keep track of it all? Couldn’t the school supply carrots, coal, etc. in a central location giving everyone the same canvas to work with? Why are the older students not responsible for bringing items in? Also, some of us have specials during this time that we will be missing.
 * Snowman Planning Date: **

February 22nd – Margie, Kevin, Carolyn/Kathy will be attending the first part of curriculum writing to talk about the Daily 5. Judy will be giving us an article to read beforehand. Then we are going to work on Social Studies.
 * Curriculum Writing: **

The phone calls are taking way to long. The parents want to about more than the goals and just want to chat. It’s taking time away from our families at night. We are already meeting or talking with those parents that we need to. Why alarm parents of children that are fine and setting unnecessary goals for the sake of it? A suggestion would be to write a short interim addressing student’s progress.
 * Phone Calls ** :