CAD Agenda for November 17, 2014

CAD Responsibilities
Agenda: Lydia  
Notes/Attendance: Fran 
Copies: Erin
Copies: Sara 
Proofreader: Rachel
Media Captain: Jana 
Logistics Diva: Ann
Sunshine Spreader: Kimberly  

Norms
*Begin & end on time
*Members come prepared with resources and knowledge
*Members are active and respectful listeners and participants
*Members are open minded and professional
*Members are focused on student and staff learning
*There are no excuses

Agenda (Print agenda for each person to have during CAD) 

2:00-2:30  

• Sign-in to Google Drive/Be ready to start CAD
• Review Norms/Reflect
• Discuss the online math testing
• How are we planning for students who "ace" the division pre-assessment?/ Discuss AMSTI meeting on 11/7 (Sara and Jana)
• Science - Plan for Electric Villages/Set date on calendar
• Work Division assessment & all Independent Performance Tasks

2:30 - 3:40 

• Review unit. 
• Determine the lessons, practice, homework, and IPTs that need completion.                 
• Make assignments for teams.
• Work on assignments with team(s).

3:40 - Come back together and share what was completed and collect feedback.


Back Burner
Study Guide 
Critique Menu Problems compared to the standards 

Notes: 
-We worked the Division Assessment. We decided we needed to add a mini lesson on using the distributive property in division. Jana discussed the need for questioning students about breaking apart the divisor because her advanced class did not understand why the divisor could not be broken apart. We changed "represents" in  #6 to say "which is twice as many as Juno caught." 

-We discussed what Independent Performance Task should look like by going back to the definition of an Independent Performance Task. It is what should be what students can do, not what they know. Lisa showed an example from the first curriculum guide written. It was from a 5th grade volume unit. Students designed a cereal box based on certain qualifications. Our Independent Performance Tasks have been more like quizzes. While these are another great form of assessment, students would benefit from more practice. In our curriculum guide, 3 days for each investigation is more appropriate because it is unreasonable to think we can accomplish and investigation, congress, mini-lesson & practice in two days. 

-We need to consider creating multi-step investigation problems in our units.

-Be sure to discuss variables throughout the unit with your students throughout the unit. 

-We planned how Club Day time would be spent on Wednesday since our PD time will be spent in Lisa's room working on curriculum guides. The other half of Club Day will be spent working in our rooms. We agreed to work the division menu problems before arriving on Wednesday ready to discuss aligning them to the division standards/suggestions/improvements. 
On Club Day we will: 
*Correct curriculum guide starting at Day 5 (Day 5- Kimberly, Day 6- Jana, Day 7- Erin, Day 8- Lydia, Day 9- Rachel, Day 10- Ann, Day 11- Sara) 
*As a group, collaboratively design the division menu. We will align the division menu problems to the standards. We will make any revisions and improvements as needed. 
*Jana will create a mini-lesson for the Distributive Property in division

-We set the date for Electric Village to be December 16th. Jana will send out the Google doc sign up sheet with times again.