Meeting+Notes+9-25-09

Members Present: Angi, Angie, Annette, Katie, Julie, Kate

12:15 Welcome & Introductions

12:30-1:30 Kimberly Jenkins' presentation/questions from Bookroom Coordinators
__Contact information__: 513-633-5408 kimberley.jenkins@pmhpub.com

-representing Rigby, Steck-Vaughn and Great Source -Kim will provide us with a correlation chart

-numbers on the back of Rigby books are Rigby numbers - must be correlated to other systems -Kim will provide us with a Rigby Benchmarking kit for review -when you order a 6 pack of books, it also comes with a teacher resource tool that outlines the lesson and teaching points

__PM Plus__ (Rigby) -updated books for students -leveled from 1-25; bridge books leading to chapter books -books focused on guiding readers and gradual release

__PM Collection__ -up to level 30 -introduce science and social studies themes -introduction of table of contents, chapters

__PM Stars__ -took some of the original characters from the older books and reworked them -50% science and 50% social studies; 50% fiction and 50% nonfiction

__Chapter Books__ -come with ebooks and resources online -level 16-24 -some characters repeat in different stories

__Science Readers/Math Readers/Social Studies Readers__ (some of these are part of the photo series) -level 1-second grade (16 or 18?) -great pictures -books include a table of contents

__Platinum Series__ -newer series -different stories

Greensview - existing bookroom has been inventoried and up and running; the intermediate bookroom is being inventoried, labeled and shelved; waiting for shelves to be put together
====Windermere - physical space is cleaned up; books that were ordered at the end of last year have been leveled (F&P and DRA), beginning to inventory all books; grade levels have been invited to visit the bookroom and help weed out books that no longer belong in the bookroom==== ====Tremont - waiting for shelves to be put together; all of the 3-5 books have been inventoried and leveled; three sections have been created fiction, nonfiction (by content area), and biographies; K-2 exists as it has in the past====