September 2009

9-2-09
• Put together a list of needs.
• Met in sub groups to compare standards at grade levels.
• Discussed what we have and what we need.
• In favor of a universal format for content standards in all subjects.
• Discussed number of novels taught at each grade level.
• Agreed in favor of a scope and sequence for standards.

9-3-09
• The junior high (7-8) needs to teach more novels.
• Goals today: What do students have to learn.
Abandonment - What are we teaching that we may not need to. Can we fit those to the standards.
• 9th grade and 6th grade get together and decide where the students are at when they enter 7th and what they need to know when they exit 9th.
• Sub groups get together and identify grade level standards and the sub topics covered.
• Vocabulary:
Introduce- skill is introduced
Taught (X)- skill is taught
Mastery- skill mastery expected of proficient
students
Sustain- review, revisit, and polish skill to
sustain and advance knowledge
• What do we do when we feel the standards are not high enough?
• There are several gaps in word usage for the elementary grades.
phonics, decoding, grammar
• Need to align novel reading list for k-12.
• The middle school (7-8) was given several novels and is working on a novel list.
• We will use the Co-op standards sheet as a starting point to put together our standards.

9-23-09
• We will use the district form and come up with an additional format that meets more specific needs.
• We have worked on k-4 language arts standards.
• We have a selection of several other standards to build off of.
• We would like to build a scope and sequence document for k-12. A.K.A. Quick and Dirty
• Vocabulary: Proficient rather than mastered
• High school broken major components to bring back first draft of curriculum for high school.
• K-2 has a lot with decoding that they are almost their own entity.
• We need a scope and sequence to know specific levels where we introduce, become proficient and then sustain.