MS World Language PLC #2 Agendas

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September 13, 2021-Google Meet 3:15-4:00

Members Present: Kris Claramunt, Michelle Wekerle, Nicole Graziano, Deonna Bridges, Jennifer Lipson

World Language PLC Agenda:

• Determine PLC topics, norms, and goals for the school year by completing the PLC Goals Google Doc

• Need to rewrite the Spanish 1 midterm and final exam.  Would prefer to have the MS teachers do the majority since the majority of level 1 students are in the middle school not the high school.

• Nicole & Michelle W. would like to be part of the test writing committee.

• Discuss and work on team SLOs

• Share possible assessment ideas

• We discussed a writing SLO

• Reflect on virtual learning pacing and challenges

• Determine if any changes need to be made to the pacing guide

• We need to add in “restaurant & birthday stuff” or be aware that it was not taught in 1 last year.

• Create an agenda for the October PLC #2 meeting

October 11, 2021

World Language PLC Agenda:

• Talk about what things we want to assess for the midterm

• Style/Format of the midterm (less multiple choice? per Rania)

• Outline Format

• Discuss Rubrics for grading

November 15, 2021

World Language PLC Agenda:

• Midterm Review activities: Are we using the midterm from years past or creating our own? We need clarification from Rania.

December 13, 2021

World Language PLC Agenda:

Attendance: Molly M., Molly C., Jen, Teresita, Michelle, Pam, Nicole

• Midterm - some doing MC and others more written or project-based

• Where are we now - 2A or 2B, finish 2B by end of the semester

• Shared some samples of assessments

January 10, 2022

World Language PLC Agenda:

Attendance: Molly, Nicole, Christine, Kris, Michelle, Jen, Teresita

• Shared activities - if doing a running dictation, 7 sentences seem to be the right number for one class period

• Alternative Midterm - writing and speaking, rubrics - please share

• Fieldtrips for French at the High School

February 14, 2022

World Language PLC Agenda:

Attendance: Molly, Michelle, Pam, Jennifer, Teresita, Nicole

• New curriculum update needed

• How is piloting Somos & Voces going?

• Using novels in class? Some have tried to use them before, but it's hard to know how to do it. Maybe additional training for world language teachers?

• Some have tried to use FLANGOO- maybe use “cinco pesos” (accessible for Spanish 1)

• Others tried Tumba, Capibara con botas

• Use Capibara con botas- Perhaps after 1B?

• Tumba- same author as Capibara con botas

• Bilingue- Spanish 2 (during first semester), second semester Spanish 1

• Brandon Brown quiere un perro- Spanish 2 beginning of year

• Question regarding the legend for level 1 “La llorona”

• Sensitive topic re: The mother & her children

• NEED TO DROP THIS LEGEND- Take out of Atlas

• Not appropriate for middle schoolers

March 14, 2022

World Language PLC Agenda:

Attendance: Kris, Teresita, Pam Jennifer, Nicole, Molly, Deonna, Alex

• Michelle is not able to be at the meeting today as she is in a curriculum meeting with Brenda & Rania.

• **Pacing-**Where is everybody at?/Does everyone know what needs to be covered by the end of Semester 2?

• Curriculum Updates:Who is still on the team?

• Per Rania-

• We are for sure getting novels

• Spanish 1: Tumba & El capibara con botas.

• Spanish 2: El Ekeko Boliviano, Bilingue (free review novel for beginning of the year)

• Novels will be ordered this summer and distributed in the fall. We will have PD on the new curriculum materials in the fall.

• Somos is being discussed today for the 2022-2023 school year.

April 11, 2022

World Language PLC Agenda:

• Need a MS teacher on Spanish 2 curriculum committee to create a scope & sequence.

• This will require meeting (paid) over the summer in person.

• Fluency Matters-(website/publisher) has become Wayside Publishing- District has free access

Apr 25, 2022

Attendance: Kris, Teresita, Nichole, Molly, Michelle W., Christine L.

World Language PLC Agenda:

• 21-22 First Semester World Language Student Grade-Data analysis

• May not have access to new materials until August due to needing board readings & approval

• Will be difficult to do curriculum work over the summer if we do not have the new materials, Is there any way to expedite the approval process?

• Would bringing back the 5th grade world language  exploratory help boost world language numbers?

• Numbers may have dropped off due to ended that exploratory and the pandemic

• Do we have dates for summer curriculum writing?

May 16, 2022

World Language PLC Agenda: