Showing posts with label Hutchinson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hutchinson. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Writing to Learn at the Hutchinson Staff Meeting

September 11, 2013

The inquiry notebooking team met with the Hutchinson staff Wednesday morning.

We began our meeting looking at how they have begun to build a foundation for their inquiry classroom.  We did this through a Schoology discussion.  Check out the conversation here.

We moved into thinking about how Writing to Learn can be used a foundation for using science and social studies notebooks effectively.  We looked at some resources from the CALI and support documents. You can find them under the Notebook resources in our Schoology group.

Next, grade-level teams and bands met together to answer some questions about Writing to Learn.  Here are the charts that were developed:
Kindergarten and First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade
Fifth and Sixth Grades


Teachers determined next steps and made a plan on a sticky note.  Here is a collection of the words teachers used:

Thank you Hutchinson teachers for the thoughtful conversations.  
We look forward to our continued partnership!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Hutchinson: Who are we? Where are we starting?



Welcome to the beginning of our Inquiry Notebooking project.  Since teachers from Van Arsdale and Hutchinson will be working on this project and sharing ideas throughout the year, it makes sense that you should know each other and each other's work.
Hutchinson 4th grade team
Linda Dawkins (left) Reading, Writing, Math, and Literacy
Amy Bergh (middle) Reading, Writing, Math and Science
Kathryn Potter (right) Reading, Writing, Math and Social Studies 
Linda, Amy and Kathryn have made sense of the instructional day with some departmentalization.  They embrace the use of essential questions and post them in their classrooms to continually revisit as a part of the learning process.  

Daily Schedule
8:50 - 9:05        Get Ready
9:05-9:10          Announcements
9:10-10:00        Writing
10:00-10:50      Reading
10:50 - 11:25    Art, Music, or P.E.
11:35 - 12:15    Science/Social Studies/Literacy rotation
12:15 - 1:00       Recess/Lunch
1:05 - 1:45        Science/Social Studies/Literacy rotation
1:50 - 2:30        Science/Social Studies/Literacy rotation
2:30 - 3:30        Math
3:30 - 3:35        Homework, Clean-up and Dismissal

Focus for Inquiry Cycle One
The team is focused on the planning process and wants to think about how to making choices about the student work and thinking that will be in the notebook.