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A list of meeting minutes and resources are below:

** LEADERS: **
__**18th May 2012:**__ To do list:
 * Access wiki 11.00-12.30pm
 * Sort Observations 9-10.30am
 * Check in re: AsTTle 11.00-12.30pm

//Observations Discussions:// Help needed with her literacy goals – Resource- Supporting English Language Learning //We will cover this resource as part of teacher only day// **//Have a look at this resource for planning for TODay//** CD – ELP (AnneMarie) Resources **//Put a link to this Website on the wiki//** Discussions/Observations – What does the structure need to look like? Time Frame – each group 1.5 hours 3 groups – Literacy Lead in each group Use the ‘Making Language Learning Work’ DVD – show something to all the groups, but put a different lens on it. END – with resources
 * discussion around sheets prepared by Bernie
 * Levelling different – need to understand where your students are up to
 * Stage 2 – end of level 1
 * Stage 3 – end of level 2
 * Split into categories – ways to use oral language, linking reading and writing
 * Guided
 * Explicit
 * Independence
 * Activities based around oral language activities – co-operati ve, activities are different in each book – we think this is due to levelling
 * Learning Indicator given
 * Second snip on CD
 * Good co-operative strategies
 * School Journal – past 2010 have teachers notes, this links the teaching of reading and writing
 * Selecting texts for students in Years 4-8, allows you to take a text which might be too hard and see if it is valuable
 * Optimal Learning Model – dependence to independence
 * Change in teachers role – getting students to self-regulate and be successful
 * The writing Teachers Strategy Guide. Downloadable and free.
 * Have used them already as part of a TO Day
 * Has good links to graphic organisers which can be used co-operatively by students to support them to independence and writing
 * 1. Co-operative Activities: Sam S, Pauline, Misty, Gillian, Paul **1.30-3.00pm**
 * 2. Scaffolding and self-regulation: Ben, Sam C, Mary, Anne-Marie, Ange K **11.00-12.30**
 * 3. Learning Intention and Success Criteria – matching task and specific success criteria: Jillian, Michelle, Kate, Ange G, Marie **9.00-10.30**

//Notes for us:// How did the Monday session go for you? How was it?
 * Syndicates – how often to do kids write? Do we still take the teachable moment? Are we to constrained by our topic unit
 * **//Have a look at this resource for planning for TODay -//** Supporting English Language Learning //We will cover this resource as part of teacher only day//
 * Syndicates **//- Put a link to this Website on the wiki -//** School Journal – past 2010 have teachers notes, this links the teaching of reading and writing
 * AnneMarie – notes to read on paired writing from Ange
 * Syndicate – debrief from Monday sessions
 * Syndicate - AnneMarie – Leprechaun Ice Cream – look at this text and DVD (give DVD to Sam C) for deconstruction

** SCHOOLWIDE: **
__**1. Staff Meeting Trentham only- Cultural Responsiveness:**__



__**2. E asTTle - session 1, 23rd April**__



__**3. E asTTle- session 2, 21st May**__



**CLUSTER:**
__**1. Staff meeting with Fraser Cres- Active Learning**__