Hello, Fifth Grade Team!
I am looking forward to using this website to communicate and collaborate!
Grade-Level Meeting Schedule
We have agreed to meet every Thursday morning during our prep time from 9:15-9:55 AM. Please mark your calendars now.
9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/2*, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/30*, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/27*, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 1/2, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4
* = Different day of the week due to scheduling conflict.
Professional Learning Community (PLC) Information
We have agreed to meet on the first Monday of every month right after school at 3:20 PM. Please mark your calendars now.
9/4*, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/2, 4/1*, 5/4, 6/1
* = Different day of the week due to scheduling conflict.
This year, we have decided to focus on the importance of effective communication in a classroom setting. We will focus on one of the following topics for each meeting:
- Foundations of Communication
- How and why do we communicate in an educational setting?
- Interpersonal Communication
- "Interpersonal communication is a complex, transactional process through which people create shared meanings through continuously and simultaneously exchanging messages" (Friend & Cook, 2017, p. 31)
- Non-Verbal Cues (Friend & Cook, 2017)
- Body language
- Facial expressions
- Posture and orientation
- Gestures
- Vocal cues
- Spatial relations
- Body language
- Listening (Friend & Cook, 2017)
- Establish listening goals
- Eliminate distractions
- Talk less
- Avoid prejudgments
- Avoid interruptions
- Focus on the content of the spoken message
- Focus on the context of the message
- Responding (Friend & Cook, 2017)
- Prompting
- Paraphrasing
- Reflecting
- Questioning
- Effective Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication (Friend & Cook, 2017)
- Congruence
- Individuality
- Concreteness
- Modes of Communication in an Educational Setting
- Phone calls
- Conferences (in-person)
- Emails
- Classroom websites
- Newletters (electronic or print)
- Technology applications (ClassDojo, Remind, etc.)
- Interpersonal Problem-Solving (Friend & Cook, 2017)
- Identifying the problem
- Generating potential solutions
- Evaluating potential solutions
- Selecting the solution
- Implementing the solution
- Evaluating the outcome
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- How can we work as a team to collaborate and improve our communication?
*Please feel free to add other relevant topics that are of interest to you.
Important Links
- OneNote Notebook for collaborative lesson plans
- OneNote Notebook for grade-level meeting notes