Resources:Either a placemat per student / pair or you can project from the board. Feel free to edit ones here. What to do:When doing a progress check (during or at the end of a lesson) …
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It's time for the 2020 planner review post! This post is one of my favorites to write. I'm proud to present this year's lineup!
We're only two months into the year, but here are the best cars that have already been sold in 2016
In the year 2000, the Beastie Boys recorded a full length country LP as a Christmas gift for friends and family. Only a few hundred copies of ‘Country Mike’s Greatest Hits’, or ‘Country Mike’s…
One of my first purchases from TPT was from Amanda Nickerson at One Extra Degree. I have to say, it has been my favorite and most used purchase. (You can check it out by clicking the picture.) Each comprehension strategy is tied to a tool. This is the toolkit I made using Amanda's instructions. (I added the caution boarder. I also labeled each of the tools.) My students loved to use the toolkit. It was great for my visual and tactile learners. I ended the year with synthesizing. We learned this cute poem I found on Pinterest. (The link no longer works. =( So if this is your's, please leave a comment so I can credit you! ) I also recreated the toolman. He's from Scrappin Doodles. The kids helped label and define all the strategies. We read a few poems and charted our synthesizing on this. Then to show what their synthesizing, they read a poem and completed their own graphic organizer. At the end of the week, and after much practice, the students selected their own text. They used this graphic organizer to show their thinking. I have gone back and tweaked it some. I added some anchor chart statements to help the students create "I am thinking" statements. Grab your copy here!
She trusted Jesus to heal her, and give her the courage to share her testimony with the world. She is an example of beauty rising from the ashes.
The new year feels like a fresh start with your class! Here are some January activities, ideas and tips to revitalize your classroom!
This time of year, we marketers love to make bold predictions about the year ahead. We are perennially excited about the shiny new thing.
We can look at the SmarterBalance/Badger Exam as a stressor in our lives OR we can look at it as an opportunity to strengthen our universal instruction. We can look at some of our students and say "they can't" OR we can look at those students and say "they will" and find a new way to reach them. We can look at our colleagues and find their faults OR we can discover ways to share our strengths and make everyone around us stronger in the process. We can worry about how far we still have to go OR we can look at the exceptional things that go on at Van Brunt each day, and build on those positives. On a daily basis, I am impressed with what goes on at Van Brunt. Your hard work digging into curriculum, relationship building, and supporting each other are some of the things that make Van Brunt a great place to be. High Fives: *Our youngest learners were deeply engaged in a Lucy Calking writing lesson. They were so eager to share their thinking on paper. *I loved to see how excited students were when their classmates experienced success during a spelling lesson. It's great to see such positive responses from our students. *Teachers were using data to reassign students in RAZ-Kids. The students were challenged to work hard and meet new goals. *A science review game had the students so engaged that they may not have realized how much they were learning! Students were encouraged to pay attention as questions were asked in a variety of ways. *Teachers were coming together as a team to problem solve and think of creative ways to meet the needs of every learner. *Guided reading lessons are becoming stronger and even more focused. Students know the expectations and rise to the high standards you have set. Important Information/Updates: *RtI Committee Updates: Our current assessment tools were discussed and conversation was had around which one (MAP, AIMS, F&P) we want to put the most weight for determining interventions. It was decided that MAP is what people currently like the best. There was also discussion around the percentile cut-offs for intervention. The high school currently uses 1st-10th percentile for Tier 3 and 11th-20th for Tier 2. There will be further discussion on this topic. We have also received PRESS, a resource for Tier 2/3 intervention in reading. *Information: As you are sending home information to parents, please provide a copy for the office. This would include things such as newsletters, permission slips, field trip reminders, etc. If it is going home...we would like a copy in the office. This will make life much easier as we receive parent phone calls. *Attendance: We have been using the automated calling system for absences. It is so important that accurate attendance is taken each day. If a child comes in late, please make sure to change your attendance. I completely understand that mornings are busy, but we don't want to worry parents when unnecessary safe arrival calls are being made. As I was in classrooms this past week, I saw that book groups were being introduced. Here is an interesting article: Assessing Learning During Student-Led Book Clubs Week at a Glance: Monday, January 26 PBIS Committee Meeting 7:30 Tuesday, January 27 I am out of district at the Badger Exam Training (Morning) Wednesday, January 28 I am at an Admin Meeting 8:30 I am at Rotary 11:45 POPS Assembly 2:30 PLC 3:30 (Focus will be on the Badger Exam for 3rd-6th grade teachers and special ed. 4K-2nd, please use this time for your guided reading lesson planning or Lucy Calkins work. If these groups don't include you, and you have your data gathered for your SLO, you may use this time to work on TPES.) Please let me know if you have any questions. Thursday, January 29 ELA Committee Meeting 7:30 Friday, January 30 Have a great week!!
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