November+3,+2008

=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=

=Collaboration Meeting Minutes:= .
 * 1) Assign today's collaboration date to equally share the responsibility to record the minutes
 * 2) Start grade discussion and participation points discussion on the grade categories page on the wiki
 * 3) Discuss possible Benchmark date
 * 4) Narrative rubric review
 * 5) Narrative formative assessment: Prompt and sample paragraph
 * 6) Break into groups: ELD, Reading, and CAHSEE Prep: Establish and report back the scoring criteria for the formative assessments
 * 7) Questions/ Concerns
 * 8) Homework: All levels: ELD, Reading, and CAHSEE Prep will write learning outcomes before the next meeting. Go to the learning outcomes page for the narrative essay to contribute.
 * 1) We will be breaking up in to groups today.
 * 2) Keeping the grade book open or closed. Should we start over at the quarter or keep going from the beginning of the year? Start a discussion on the wiki.
 * 3) We need to start a discussion on the wiki about class participation points. How is it working in the classes that have been trying it?
 * 4) Benchmark Assessments to take place on December 9th--grading to take place on the 10th (pull out).
 * 5) Breaking up in to groups in order to discuss the rubrics for personal narratives. How will you use the rubric in Reading? CAHSEE Prep? __What is a 3 on the rubric? a 4? a 2?__ See the prompt and the paragraph. The Writing Assessment is to be done on Thursday in ELD classes. Marking the paragraph is to be done on Friday in Reading and CAHSEE classes.
 * 6) Homework: See item 8 of the agenda--Learning Outcomes for the Personal Narrative.
 * 7) Use the Narrative Formative Assessments page in order to see the weekly steps for Personal Narrative instruction.