West Side Library Media PLC Feeder Group: December 2, 2010 3:30- 5:30 pm PLC meeting Minutes need

to be reviewed by Tuesday, December 17th . Put approved after your name below when you are ready for the document to be forwarded to Steve. Team Members: Present: Libby- updated & approved Dec. 9th, 2010 Connie- approved Jan 19th shared items to be sent soon Jennifer- approved Jan. 4th Diana Wanek- approved Jan 4th 2010 shared items to be sent soon! Absent: Becky Topics/ Meeting outcomes: A huge thank you to Diana W. for helping to get a grip on Libbys gmail issues!!! 1. What are you doing in computer? 3rd grade= Beginning OPAC lesson Libby 4th/5th grades= OPAC review/treasure hunt lesson Libby Out for the lab for State Testing for month of Dec-Diana OPAC demo with teacher computer Diana Diana, will you share how to do the screencast...would be great to have one for how to log on/off computers for students.-- Well meet @ Myers LMC on TH, Jan. 13. 2011 Diana will teach us how to download Jing Finishing 4 CyberSafety Lesson for 3rd-5th and Features of WorldBook---Info. text stuff--Connie Suggestion to talk to counselor about collaborating with personal safety Libby has Derek Collett from World Book coming on Thursday, Dec. 9th at 7:30 am to her staff meeting for a 10 minute presentation. Connie--3x5 cards with titles and then another set of cards with authors challenge box with a variety Students use OPAC to look to see if book is on shelf and then get call number. After student, without a partner, gets the book, they put a tally mark by their name on the tally sheet. After so many, they can do the challenge box. The tally sheet

is the assessment tool. Connie will send any documents. 2. What are you doing with Library Media skills? Brainstorm lessons for all grades for January. Jen 3-5th we are working on Information skills with nonfiction informative text. Me too, and Genre review as I do book talks Book fair flyer--students at tables decide on which genre different books are...can also be done with the dvd Becky Johnson - faxed her Dewey Decimal t-shirt lesson for 3rd - 5th grades Libby, send biography project by Becky Johnson 3. What are you doing with literacy skills? Pat Gallagher K-2nd, possibly 3rd http://www.oregonread.org/gallagheraward11.html Beverly Cleary/ORCA and other book recommendations for all grades for last week of December Jen Jen -we just did the Pat Gallagher books Sept and Oct Diana, just finishing Pat Gallagher books.....predicting skills with read alouds-Informational Text with toolkit (ask coach) use books that she chooses--Connie will tell us the titles of books that she uses Will be utilizing the Reading is an Investment Programs materials & books 1st-5th Libby Jen also for first week of January Connie--huge sheets of paper on the wall with a prompt with pens in library pockets. Prompts: What are you thankful for?, What is a holiday tradition? Tell us what it would be like if you lived in the White House. Tip--put a border around the paper. 4. Book orders, anything exciting in your order? Jimmys Star Many Ann Rodman Diana September 11th Commemoration BOOKS: Heroes of the Day :the war on terrorism/Nancy Louis Publisher ABDO September 12th: We knew everything would be all right/First-grade of H. Bryon Masterson Elementary

In the Line of Duty: a Tribute to New Yorks Finest and Bravest The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11/Life Publishers The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001/Dale Anderson September 11,2001: The day that changed America/Jill C. Wheeler Ground Zero/Nancy Louis Other Recommended Books: Rain, Rain Rain Forest/Brenda Z. Guiberson I See a Kookaburra!/Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Volcano Wakes Up!/Lisa Westberg Peters One is a feast for mouse: a thanksgiving tale/Judy Cox Go to sleep, groundhog!/Judy Cox Life in a coral reef/Wendy Pfeffer How Much?/Ted Lewin Cinco de Mouse-O!/Judy Cox Carmen Learns English/Judy Cox Nora and the Texas Terror/Judy Cox Life on Earth: The story of evolution/Steve Jenkins Dont be silly, Mrs. Millie/Judy Cox So, whats it like to be a cat?/Karla Kushkin One More Acorn/Dan Freeman Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon/Ute Krause Jen--make a copy of So Whats New for Connie and Diana and Libby 5. HELP! I need some advice Do you use Rubrics for grading of large projects? Diana Jen and Connie will be sending rubrics The Created Equal sets we got a few years back can we get rid of those? Send to high school Diana What do we do with damaged books that we take out of our collection? box them up and send to cartage and hauling Diana yes, I will often let them help me develop the rubrics----they are tougher graders than I am often.....not sure if I will have time this year, but it is a great buy in project Do you do research projects with 1st, 2nd or 3rd--how about a pet one for 3rd grade? Jen Diana does hamsters with 3rd grades

4th and 5th did National Parks will share ideas maps, Encyclopedia, atlas, websites, almanac, OPAC Milton Hershey with 4th and 5th graders and PowerPoint Connie has digital kits with images for National Parks, American Revolution, animals, Oregon trail Connie does Planets and Space (3rd), Oregon (4th), Revolution (5th) Features and PowerPoint (4th and 5th) I have two boys in one class who have outstanding fines, one boy has over $50. They need to have books for class projects...how do you deal with this? 6. Any great read alouds this month Possibly Stick Man by Julia Donaldson http://www.texaslibrarian.com/genres/picturebooks/stick-man-by-julia-donaldson/ for some ideas...Jen Did anyone have a great read aloud for kinder from the book fair? 7. Any great projects this month? Review the following What Marion taught Willis (Upstart). Then did 100-400 section and pulled a bunch of random nonfic books and asked students where they should go on the shelf. Do it again with the 500-900 I am having my 3rd graders make nonfiction posters for the 10 Dewey numbers. bright yellow tags with dewey number and what can be found there--hung them on the wall. Diana First grade read one section of What Marion taught Willis and then put cones to stop kids for certain sections. 8. Celebrations: (Things an individual or team has accomplished) Native American collaboration with 5th grade-Jen 9. Shared websites In case you didnt get this through the OASL email...http://k-12.pisd.edu/currinst/ library/ic_lessons/ Website that has a bunch of interactive videos focused on typing, internet safety, word document, excel, etc. http://www.e-learningforkids.org/courses.html#compskills http://www.abookandahug.com/books-alive registration is free 10. Questions or Concerns for Steve: ( How can he help us? What do we need from him?) Steve is still working with Insignia folks to have OPAC show the call number on one line (and not split between 2 lines)

Working document with access for all lmss--for book titles suitable for literacy standards for example books to use for alliteration, punctuation, etc. Myers has developed one for the past 2 years. 10. Anything else for the good of the order? Volunteer holiday gifts? cute idea from Diana...take a taper candle and hot glue three candy canes with the curved part becoming the support to hold up the candle. Put a ribbon around the top. en Gave donated Roths coffee cards and Trader Joes small candy bar with a card 11. Miscellaneous: Do you let first and second grade check out any book form the nonfiction section ?(is Ripleys and Guinness books?) Diana Second grade does check out from the nonfiction, but they do have some limitations such as Ripleys and the Guinness books as well as some of the more expensive books. First grade do not check out from nonfiction until after January and it is section by section, whichever one has been focused on for that weeks lesson. Starting in January, I intro to 1st grade & review for 2nd grade one major area in NF. One area per month. Guinness and Ripleys are for check out only by 3rd-5th grades (due to maturity level). Since you are all at my house can you each put up one or two holiday decorations for me? (haha) Diana sure! :) 12. Agenda & Date for next meeting: Thursday, January 13th at 3:30 pm at Myers Elem. PLC Collective Commitments for our group General-1. Commitment to coming to every meeting 2. Keep group small to make it more feasible to keep meeting a reasonable length of time. 3. If another member wants to join, group agreement must be reached. 4. Everyone proof reads the minutes prior to submission to Steve and adds pertinent information.

Meetings-1. Show up on time. 2. Start and end meetings on time. 3. At the beginning of the meeting, there will be 10 minutes for open discussion. 4. Email/call if you are unable to come. 5. Rotate secretary. (assigned job) 6. Stay focused and on task. (assigned job) 7. Maintain a positive attitude--no complaining. 8. Fully support each others efforts to improve student learning. 9. Listen respectfully to each other. UPCOMING MEETINGS December 2nd at 3:30 TH, January 13 @ 3:30 Myers Elementary February March April May June