2009 Summer Curriculum Committee Day 13

The following self reported and verified activities were conducted by the Hoboken Curriculum Committee on August 3, 2009. Today marked the beginning of Week 4 for the curriculum committee. -Dr. Petrosino

Mathematics: completed the 8th Grade Algebra unit planner. We reorganized the folders in the computer and we are in the process of compiling the final binder. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will proof read and edit where needed.

Science: 8/2/09 - All of the essential questions and the enduring understandings foe the 6 units in grade 9 (Environmental Science) were revised and retyped according the proper UbD format. The information from the revised bid ideas pages for each unit was transferred into the new MYP planner format for each unit. The Unit assessments were revised and the approaches to Learning were aligned according to the MYP protocol.

8/3/09 – All of the completed units in grade 9 were printed and organized into the binders. Two of the assessments were searched on the internet and saved into the appropriate units for grade 9. All grades 9-12 folders were organized to make them user friendly. The Final exam was uploaded for grade 9 as the district assessment. For grade 10 the midterm was uploaded as the district assessment. For grades 11 and 12 both the midterms and finals were uploaded for the district assessments.

We going to go to the high school and scan a pdf for the remaining two exams ( 9^th grade midterm and 10^th grade final exam) and attach them to the appropriate folders before leaving today.

Visual Arts: These past two days I had to add some technology standards into the Visual Art lessons. Then I began with grade 1 unit 1 to quickly review each Big Idea & MYP Planner to check for correct terminology as well as add more information for easier understanding for the teachers who will be utilizing these lesson/unit plans. I am also making copies of the revised lesson/units to be placed in binder. As of now 11:00 AM Grade 1 and all 8 units & grade 2 and all 9 units have been reviewed, corrections made, copied and are in binder. I am going to start with reviewing grade 3 now.

Language Arts: Prepared for visit with Pat Reily of LitLife, also created assessments for Grades 6, 7, and 8.

Physical Ed/Health: We added technology to our all of unit planners and created the second grade Chess unit. We printed all of our revised unit planners and organized everything in the binders. In addition, we have started to work on PE assessments that will provide consistency districtwide.

Disclaimer: The 2009 Summer Curriculum Committee is roughly 50% the size of the 2008 Summer Curriculum Committee (29 teachers vs 60 teachers) and the budget allocated is approximately 2/3 less than the allocation for Summer 2008. Dr. Petrosino has explained numerous times that this represents a significant reduction in both expenditures and faculty involved with the curriculum project.