ES_PreK-5

Proposed Agenda Please browse the Departmental Philosophy, Enduring Understandings, and Essential Agreements pages to the left .**
 * Thursday, February 4, 2010 PUDONG HS VC 216

8:15 AM Coffee, Greetings

8:30 AM Greetings, Connections, and Shared Reading Modified 4A Protocol: @http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/elementary

1. Jigsaw read the sections of the Article, considering the following to report out (15 minutes): • What Assumptions does the author of the text hold? • What do you Agree with in the text? • What do you want to Argue with in the text? • What parts of the text should we Aspire to?

2. Report out bullets 1, 2, and 3 (10 minutes) 3. Collectively discuss bullet 4, round robin, 30 seconds per participant (10 minutes) **// What parts of the text should we Aspire to? //** 4. Debrief the process (5 minutes): Did it give you a comprehensive enough understanding? What about the the facilitator? Participants? Process? 9:00 AM Philosophy, Essential Agreements, Enduring Understandings > Mixed grade level teams, e.g., preK, 2, 4; K, 1, 3, 5
 * Atlas Reviewing Reports from Scope and Sequence in Atlas: //What is already being taught where?//


 * Webbing Curricular "Big Ideas" & Essential Outcomes by banded grade levels

> **//At the end of Grade 2 (5), students in Social studies will. . . > @https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATLSovmANWnpZGZjNWc5Z2dfNDNmdGN6bm5oZg&hl=en //**
 * Compare [[file:Sample ES Grade Level Overview.docx]] and Define banded "Course Descriptions" (preK-2, 3-5):


 * Move to review ES Standards & Benchmarks Crosswalk : NCSS, AERO and SAS Standards & Benchmarks

** 10:30 AM Continue work from above (11:00 - AHL out) = = 12:00 PM Lunch, campus tour (as desired) = = 12:45 PM Continued review of Standards & Benchmarks- ID Essential Learning Targets
 * 10:15 AM Break

Move into Unit Development (vis a vis, content) as appropriate. **Strongly recommend development in Atlas or in a shared google doc linked here:** (click edit to modify).

2:15 PM Progress report out and clarify next steps for PD Days

= = 3:00 PM Finish; Shuttle to Puxi departs


 * Next Steps:**
 * 1) Receive Team feedback; share questions, concerns, and hopes in "Discussion" tab above. Please let our 10 Aspirations & the Task Force's Philosophy & Essential Agreements be our guiding principles for all decisions or impasses. **Please make modifications in a different color for easy recognition in the** google document
 * 2) Consult the 21st C Skills Standards and ISTE Nets on the Standards and Benchmarks page, remembering the "Position Statement" was written in the last century.
 * 3) Over the holiday, I will crosswalk the primary & intermediate standards for review prior to our chek
 * 4) March 15th Video Conference (Admin VC (PX) and MS Conference room (PD)
 * 5) Unit-writing meeting tentatively scheduled in Puxi for Wednesay, March 31st, to be confirmed March 15h.