Collaboration Meeting Agenda: Grade 3

Facilitator: Mark Timekeeper: Stephanie

Recorder: Lauren Communicators: Casey

Date: Tuesday 11/26/18

Meeting Purpose: Plan Writing and UOI for next Unit

Materials: unit map for Persuasive writing.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Facilitator: Responsible for the agenda, runs meeting, keeps meeting moving and on
topic
• Timekeeper: Alerts Facilitator that it’s time to move on
• Recorder: Keeps notes (minutes), gives new agenda notes to next facilitator (for next
meeting), saves the meeting agenda (with minutes) to the shared drive folder for their
team.
• Communicator: communicates needs and information to non-team members

Estimated
Lead Person
Time Topic Method

10:15-
Check-In Observation
10:25
Casey: Great, everything is going well, I realize I am not going to have enough time for
the second structure challenge – time during lunch on Friday, will see. Good but busy.

Elisa: Felling busy. Wondering how I’ll be able to cover everything we needed to
with all the school wide things going on. Reading mini lessons have been put on a
slight hold for a day or 2. Looking forward to trying Byrons new WTW games, but
when? Grrr Structures report card comments coming up soon- Going try real hard to
stick with 75 to 100 words- anyone want to type a skeleton? Ready for Media, and
start planning real lessons.
Outcome/
Minutes: Lauren: Feeling really good about the content of lessons. Started to feel a bit
overwhelmed yesterday with extra activities affecting lesson time. I feel that the
kindness activities are very valuable however, and I am going to try to keep a positive
mindset and do my best to fit everything in. Excited to start our new unit, I feel that
we need to find some time to sit down and complete our factual, conceptual and
debatable questions.

Stephanie: Similar to everyone, time is limited with these activities, but it is worth it
(kindness). Structures challenge round 2 will not happen. Looking forward to the next
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 unit as well. Let’s keep going team!

EAL: Starting to see growth in the children, did some running records and almost
everyone has gone up at least one level. A little concerned about the continuity
between the grades, some communication gaps perhaps?

Beth: Good! New referral and exited some referrals, working on trying to give the kids
extra support and closing the gaps. It’s all about looking positive!
10:25- All
Reflect on last writing unit Discussion + Brainstorm
10:35
Outcome/
Minutes:
10:35- All
Plan our new writing unit Discussion + Brainstorm
10:50
Looking at new writing unit, reviewing our goals, some focuses:
• Using three solid paragraphs as oppose to 5 from last year (got a bit too
unorganized and lost)
• A lesson dedicated to quotes – some students still struggling with using
Outcome/
punctuation properly in dialogue
Minutes:
• Tie in sustainability UN goals
Need to look at the writing outcomes- where did some of them come from?
Need to build understanding of fact vs. Opinion

10:50- Provocation and first few All

Discussion + Brainstorm
11:05 Media lessons
Outcome/
Minutes:

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