Department Meeting Minutes 07-23-08

Time Started: 10:30 am
Time Ended: 11:00 am

In attendance: Rae, Weng, Darlene, Cha, Jen, Sharie, Amie, Ces, Michelle

Minutes taken by: Rae Ramos

1. The rotation of assignments for meeting minutes-taking was discussed. The rotation is as follows: N, NTA (Nursery Teacher Assistant), K1, K1A, K2, K2A, K2TA, G1, G1A, G2, G2A.

2. There has been a reshuffling of faculty. R. Ramos is now handling the Nursery classes, S. Amargo is with G1, D. Lopez is with K1A, and M. Arkoncel is handling G2A.

3. Due to the increased number of enrollees, the nursery level now has two classes: AM and PM. The K2 level has also experienced an increase in students with 17 students per class. We are currently looking for a teacher assistant for K2.

4. Please continue to take time to check out our blog (www.blogger.com; username: kfermin@cis.edu.ph; password: elemteachers). Please upload relevant articles and department meeting minutes.

5. Writing the Preschool Spotlight articles will be done by rotation. Send articles to Jen.

6. Lesson plans are checked every two weeks. Please keep them updated, preferably with a week's worth of lessons in advance.

7. Weekend homework for grades 1 and 2 must be kept to a minimum.

8. Decorate bulletin boards in the classroom. Keep in mind that the red one is designated as the notice board. Designate display boards as well.

9. Check carefully what is checked out from the library so no confusion will arise at the end of the year.

10. Students are not allowed to wear make-up and nail polish in school.

11. Inform parents of additional supplies needed for class activities at least 3 days in advance (a week is ideal).

12. Check each level's supplies list. Make sure all students submit their supplies.

13. Be conscientious about printing, especially colored printing since it is more costly.

14. The school is currently in Stage 1 of its implementation of the Understanding By Design (UBD) curriculum model where lesson planning begins with the identification of desired skills to be developed and activities are planned thereafter.

15. Informal observations take place in the 1st and 3rd quarters. If the observed teacher is doing well, no feedback is given. Formal observations, on the other hand, take place in the 2nd and 4th quarters and feedback is pertinent.

*Nothing follows.*

End of the School Year 2007 - 2008

We've made it! :) Allow me to post the class pictures for you to remember your students for this school year!

Enjoy,
Tatin

Grade 1 with Ms. Rae Ramos

Grade 1A with Mrs. Amie Jose

Grade 2 with Mrs. Ces Chavez

Grade 2Awith Ms. Darlene Lopez / Mrs. Cons Mago

Nursery class with Mrs. Weng Amarga

Kinder 1 with Ms. Jessica Aspillaga

Kinder 1A with Ms. Sharie Amargo

Kinder 2 with Ms. Jennina Villano

Kinder 2A with Ms. Charisse Cruz

Minutes of the Meeting (February 8, 2008)

Minutes of The Meeting
( February 8, 2008)
AGENDA
1. Valentines’ Box
-Review on Ms. Lynn’s email regarding the mechanics of the Valentine box.
- Homeroom teachers can ask paint and paint brush from the school aids. Make sure things are returned when borrowed
- The Valentine box must be labeled with grade, teacher and list of students.
-Send out letters to parents regarding this activity and informing them that their
child is required to bring sweets, candies, or anything they wish to share on
this Love Day. All these things must be placed in their assigned box located at the lobby before going to the classroom. Teachers will get their box before the day ends.
2. Accreditation
- Homeroom Teachers must explain the Mission Statement and School wide Learning Goals to the students during their homeroom.
- Inform the students about the Accreditation and its purpose and what is expected of them if we have visitors.
- Classroom set –up must be accessible for the Accreditors.
- Lesson plan must be printed from the grade quick.
- Classroom (House Keeping) if there is a need of new decoration approach Ms. Tatin.
-Teach students to clean their desk.
3. Field trip
- The nursery must be going to Mactan Airport.
-We are also informed that last day of the filed trip in on April.
- Grade two Teachers need to discuss with Ms. Tatin about their filed trip.

Online Reading Games

Hello, fellow teachers!

Check out the online reading games you can use in your classroom. :)

Online Reading Games for Young Readers
· Primary Games: Language Arts from PrimaryGames.com includes games with color words, contractions, ordinal numbers, see& spell activities, electronic stationary, ABC games, an electronic bookshelf, and more. Kids can also use the sidebar to access other activites focused around math, social studies or science topics.
· Literacy Center.net, sponsored by the Early Childhood Education Network, provides an interesting range of exercises to enhance beginning reading skills like letter identification and formation, spelling, shapes, color and keyboarding skills. The games require Flash 5 in order to play, which you can download from the site, and the interface works much like a piece of software so you almost forget that you're using the Internet.
· For those of you kindergarten teachers that focus your themes around the "Letter of the Week" or for teachers looking for great examples of alliteration for young readers and email opportunities for students, Animabets.com is a great site to visit. Friendly characters are associated with each letter of the alphabet and children can use the alphabet to access information about each character. "Each Animabets character has an email address and the authors encourage kids to send email to their favorite Animabets characters. Kids that send email can expect positive, uplifting and timely responses"; all while keeping a close eye on Internet safety. The Activities button links you to lots of fun games and the Learning button links kids to lots of interesting information about a variety of topics. This site is free of advertisments and, in my opinion, gives a preview of what may be coming in terms of more interactive, educational resources available online.
· Words and Pictures from BBC Education has lots of games and activities to enhance phonics skills. Long vowels are introduced through animated poems, you can practice spelling with "Drag 'n Spell" or listen for medial sounds coming from "Jim's Crankophone". The site also includes printable activity sheets for use in Literacy Circle activities. For emergent readers, the I Spy web site provides a motivational environment for locating pictures in traditional I Spy fashion or there's even a place

--from www.suite101.com

Rae :)

Liam's Rules in Pattern-Making

How to Make Patterns:

1. Use your brain.
2. Use your hands to make it.
3. Try to think of something with shapes.
4. Use a star in the middle like diamonds and green triangles.
5. Use your imagination.

Also remember that patterns repeat.

-Liam Sacal K2A

Joaquin's Rules in Playing Chess

How to Play Chess:

1. The same height cannot eat each other.
2. The tall ones can eat the small ones.
3. The small ones cannot eat the big ones.
4. The horse jump “L”. The others go straight.
5. The grown-ups stay at the back! ;P

by: Joaquin Streegan K2A

K2A's New Students

Mark Jenkins and Han Hyusik (Spencer)

If you see these new faces, they're from K2A. They just started school last week. Have a nice weekend! And a safe Sinulog 2008 to all of us. :)

-Charisse