January+Literacy+PLC+Minutes

** Topics/Meeting Outcomes ** ** 1. Diane presented info: ** ** a. IPI data ** ** b. walk-through data ** ** c. strategies being implemented and incorp. into lesson plans (strategies need to be highlighted in plans) ** ** 2 **** .Discussed RTI materials & what level to probe/assess (indep vs instr) ** ** a. Heinemann Comprehension Intervention Kit: requires a lot of time ** ** b. Zaner Bloser: too much to cover in minimal amount of time-eliminate ** ** c. Pennington Publishing: questionable ** ** d. Quick Reads: no interest ** ** e. Perfection Learning Focus on Reading Strategies: consumable, ORDER! ** ** f. Great Source Reading Advantage: no interest ** ** consensus: since students read and answer questions on Reading Plus at their instructional level we will be using purple Jamestown grades 4-7 for assessment probes, we are going to order Perfection Learning Focus on Reading Strategies consumables to try, 8th grade is going to ask permission to use what they're currently using ** ** 3. ITBS Test Prep ** ** a. it was discovered that the test prep books that were ordered new this year are Language Arts prep books not Reading ** ** b. focus on author's purpose, inferencing, main idea, drawing conclusions, pre-teach words that kids will see in the directions, etc. (passage, conclude, author's purpose, infers feelings, aim of passage, most likely, what generalization can you make, drawing conclusions-not drawing, except) ** ** 4. Reading Plus ** ** a. We watched a tutorial video that the students see when they begin Reading Plus and looked at some reports and how to decifer the information on the reports and what data is available in the program ** ** Questions/Concerns ** **Can 8th grade continue using the RTI materials they're currently using?**
 * Jan. 3, 2011 **

** Jan. 31, 2011 ** ** Topics/Meeting Outcomes ** ** Questions/Concerns **