PA Day
November 1, 2019
Morning - 8:30 a.m. Start at Lancaster P.S.
School-Day (Cashless Schools Training with Andrea Branch)
After the training session, we still had questions about printing the permission forms to attach to the Request for Field Trips form.
We also wondered if the "permission form attached" check box could be removed...
Lunch
Afternoon - 12:30 p.m. Start (Back at Truedell)
Task 1 - Math Block Talk - Pamela
What does the structure of your Math block look like now?
What is going well?
What remains a challenge?
Please have a member of your division share your ideas with the whole group.
We discussed how the 80 minute middle block does not have to be used entirely for Math. The guidelines require 50-60 minutes of Math so you could choose to use 20 minutes for DPA. We discussed alternative scheduling ideas for those who have French or Gym in the middle block. Judi suggested moving Math to first thing in the morning has been helpful. A couple of benefits of the longer middle block have been that it actually allows for consolidation and give staff a chance to run guided Math groups.
Task 2 - Review of Math Component of the School Improvement Plan (SIP Team)
Please give the Math component of our School Improvement Plan a review and provide feedback about anything you think still needs to be added. Feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Specifics around the areas where students struggled were:
multiple choice questions (we discussed direct teaching how to answer these, giving students opportunities to work backwards when given a solution, and developing an anchor chart on how to answer multiple choice questions).
Some staff are interested in doing Fraction Fridays.
It was felt that continuing to get students to consider the reasonableness of their answer is important.
Task 3 - Leaps and Bounds Resource - Lisa
Task 4 - Discussion Time and Focus Topic/Strand Selection
Please bring the completed diagnostic and your students' assessments to the November 29 PA Day.
Task 5 -Truedell Shared Drive - Meghan
Task 6 - Preparing Flex 15 Activities- Pamela
** The Flex 15 resources we worked on last year are listed in the Shared With Me Folder under Pamela.**