September+24,+2010+-+LC

Literacy Coach CoP Meeting
 * Meeting Date: 9/24/10 || Facilitator Today: ||
 * Recorder Today: || Timekeeper: ||
 * Team Members Absent: || Team Goal: ||

**Topics/ Meeting Outcomes:** 1. Discussion about when and where to meet – We decided on where and when to meet, but it’ll be necessary to contact Heather to see if our plan will work for her. 2. Focus for our meetings – a. Discussion about the focus for each school – Problems with focus areas and how to coach around the issues. b. Words Their Way – three schools are thinking about it or already using the books, while other schools are using Month-by-Month Phonics. c. Decision to focus on Word Work – despite multiple areas of need, word work is a common area in which all of us need some ideas, strategies, etc. d. For next meeting, bring books/programs being used so others can peruse. e. What’s being used as far as materials? Letter tiles vs. letters, etc. What procedures work for whole group? 3. Fall Assessment Practices – Does it help to put off testing for a few weeks? Who should do the testing? Different arrangements and the outcomes were discussed. 4. Meeting the needs of students who don’t read at home – What’s worked for some schools? 5. Predictable Chart discussion – How’s it working? Is it making a difference? How to differentiate? 6. Monitoring student progress with high frequency words – What are we teaching? Let’s assess the words we’re teaching in kinder and first to see how that helps with success on reading assessments. <span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif';">7. Julie – Staff Development <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif';">a. Fountas and Pinnell <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif';">b. Harvey Daniels – Best Practices <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif';">c. Transforming School Culture <span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif';">8. Next Meeting – Tentatively October 25 at 3:30

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 * Assignments for Next Meeting: Who needs to bring what?**


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