3rd+Planning



Before School Meeting Agenda (7 teachers) 
 * Do y'all use Book it? (They'll email me)
 * Orientation - Friday, August 28
 * Bluebonnet orientation Sept 10 (Voting Wednesday, January 13) (how would you feel about 2 big groups? I'll move the tables out of the way like we do in an author visit)
 * Book talking Sluggers (Friday, 9-18 & Tuesday, 9-22)
 * Videoconferencing (Nov 23-24 if we can get it?)- Journey Through the Solar System ($165 x 7 = $1,225); plan on applying for the Partners in Education Grant (Amanda & Krista
 * Solar system Research project at the end of 1st semester (around Dec 8 - 17?) Tie it in with videoconference; Also purchase web cams ($2,999.70) and headphones w/ mics ($659.70) through the grant; Question - Why is Pluto a dwarf Planet? Write script (this is their research) and then be "the man in the moon" or some other spacey thing and explain why Pluto isn't a planet anymore
 * Phil Bildner writing camp Monday, December 7th
 * Genre lessons Tuesday, January 5th?
 * AR 100 point party Friday, May 7
 * || Library orientation Fri 8/28 || Bluebonnet orientation Thursday 9/10 || Phil Bildner book talk Frid 9/18 (one or the other) ||  ||
 * 8:00 || Zunker || 3rd grade group 1: McGahey, Zunker, Carson, Harris || Harris ||  ||
 * 8:30 || Carson || 3rd grade group 2: Johnson, Wright, Peake || Johnson ||  ||
 * 9:00 || Peake ||  || Wright ||   ||
 * 9:30 || Johnson ||  || Carson ||   ||
 * 10:00 || Wright ||  || Zunker ||   ||
 * 10:30 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 11:00 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 11:30 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 12:00 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 12:30 || Harris ||  || Peake ||   ||
 * 1:00 || McGahey ||  || McGahey ||   ||
 * 1:30 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 2:00 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

4/23/09 Hey Ladies. Just wanted to update you about what to expect for Phil Bildner:

Here is the schedule (by the way, you can switch around which class goes at which time)
 * He's going to start out with some "behind the scenes" stuff from the Sluggers series
 * The theme is "see the things that others don't"
 * Then he'll lead them in some writing skills: author's point of view and show don't tell

Lamont || ||
 * Phil Bildner Author Visit Schedule ||
 * 8:00-8:15 || || ||
 * 8:15-8:30 || Harris & Johnson || ||
 * 8:30-8:45 || || ||
 * 8:45-9:00 || || ||
 * 9:00-9:15 || || ||
 * 9:15-9:30 || || ||
 * 9:30-9:45 || Wright & Salazar || ||
 * 9:45-10:00 || || ||
 * 10:00-10:15 || || ||
 * 10:15-10:30 || || ||
 * 10:30-10:45 || || ||
 * 10:45-11:00 || specials || ||
 * 11:00-11:15 || specials || ||
 * 11:15-11:30 || specials || ||
 * 11:30-11:45 || specials || ||
 * 11:45-12:00 || lunch || ||
 * 12:00-12:15 || lunch || ||
 * 12:15-12:30 || lunch || ||
 * 12:30-12:45 || Carson, Zunker &
 * 12:45-1:00 || || ||
 * 1:00-1:15 || || ||
 * 1:15-1:30 || || ||
 * 1:30-1:45 || Kuwamura & Pressler || ||
 * 1:45-2:00 || || ||
 * 2:00-2:15 || || ||
 * 2:15-2:30 || ||   ||

Phil Bildner is coming to do writing camp with 3rd grade on Monday, May 4th.  Check out his website - I think it would be great if we could get the kids familiar with his bio: media type="custom" key="3368730"  Also, here are the books we have of his in our library:
 * What are some topics we want to cover?
 * I'll work on a schedule for who can come when



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