PLC 1/29

Present: Stevens and Vanegas

I. Quiz - Shorten the word problems and do not combine with balancing.  Double jeopardy if the student misses writing the word problem.   Add Law of Conservation of Matter question. 

II. Freyer model - starting next week, freyer model on back of Bell Ringer paper. Each day will have a different word.  Grades will be added into Student Engagement category.

III. PLC Schedule - Thursday Room 119 for 2-column notes and Friday in room 252 for planning

PLC 1/24/19

Present: Vanegas and Stevens

I.  Quiz for Conservation Unit - Pushing to 1/25
II.  Vocab words for Frayer Model

• Conservation
• Co-
• Sub-
• Molecule
• Extrapolate
• Endo-
• Exo-
• Atom
• Thermal
• Activate
• Potential
• Inter-
• Intra-
• Balance
• Spontaneous

III. Planning

• 1/25 - Hot Pack and Cold Pack (Pam)
• 1/28 - Notes, Reading, Identifying Videos (Pam)
• 1/29 - Reading and Practice (Cody)
• 1/30 & 1/31 - Research Project (Pam)
• 2/1 - Review for Quiz

01/18/19 Department Meeting Minutes

01/18/19 Department Meeting Minutes

Members Present: D. Smith, Roberts, Montgomery, McCandless, Rahmlow, Stevens, Vermillion, Vanegas

1. Interventions-Give work to the intervention teacher for your students.
2. Lab 256- Being left unlocked. Be sure to lock it, put the chairs back, put the materials back. Chemicals need to be put in a cart in the back, even if you are in there multiple days. Label everything.
3. Science Fair
   a. Students interested in doing fair- Send students interested to Vermillion or Vanegas, sign up online on STEMwizard. Required!!
   b. Fair is on a Friday, we cannot get subs. Need people willing to cover- 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th for Vanegas. Vermillion- 4th, 6th need covered. EMAIL to follow.
   c. Opening 5th and 6th for peer judging. Students invited to arena to check it out. Bring your 5th or 6th if they are respectful and enjoy it. EMAIL to follow. Students who really want to go but you do not want to take the whole class- Give names to Vanegas/Vermillion so they can get a pass to go.
   d. Experiments- Send to teachers for help if it is not in your area.
   e. Emails are coming. Lots of them. Read and follow up!
   f. 2nd period- Rather than having PLC, please go to the fair and help get kids set up, fix any issues, etc.
   g. Family that wants to judge- Let Vanegas or Vermillion know.
   h. Staff award to give out to the kids- Go vote.
4. Member update: Julie is doing well, no return date yet. Check on her.

Next Meeting: Sometime in March.

1/15/19 - Backward planning

Attendance:  Stevens, D. Smith, Vanegas, Roy

Skittles Activity (Balancing) starts tomorrow.

Stevens - Some students are struggling with the difference between the coefficient and the subscript of the formulas.  ex:  3O2 is 6 atoms...

Roy suggestions- have the students make posters for the classroom for the students to refer back to during instruction.

Today's PLC - Quiz Backward Planning

Students need to be able to Balance, Show how to balance, identify parts of the equation, write equations, write equations from words, identifying endo- and exothermic and tell why... take that information and draw a  potential energy diagram.   Students need to be able to process reading. (Use Roller Coasters to relate to real world application.)  Be able to analyze potential energy diagrams.

Do we want a short answer quiz or a multiple choice quiz.   Mr. Stevens has trouble getting them to answer short answer diagrams with fidelity.     Suggestions included putting "lines" for all the answers that the students need to respond to in order to show students how much of the answer they need to answer and then it helps with grading.

Stevens will create the balancing and identifying portions.  Vanegas will create the rest.   Store quiz in google drive.

Quiz to be written by 1/22 to review in PLC.   Quiz to be tentatively administered 2/1

(Students responded well to the scaffolded worksheets from last week!)

1-11-2019 PLC
Stevens, Smith, Vanegas

Balancing Equations
Balancing Equations and adding Molecules
Balancing Equations with Numbers

Conservation of Energy
Potential Energy
Practice balancing
Endo/Exo Therm

January 09, 2019
Stevens, Smith, Vanegas
Conservation of Matter and Processing of Word Equations
Balancing to next wk