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- English Language Arts integrated into Social Studies when reading Scholastic News and discussing how the writer used descriptive words and then students later wrote their own diary entry as if they were on the Columbus voyage.
- Use of QR codes in literacy for students to scan the code to get a passage to read and then apply the skill "reading for details" and answer questions about it. They had so much fun I don't even think they realized they were learning!
- A staff member sharing with another teacher the following "Love and Logic" response to a student acting inappropriately: quietly say 1:1 to the student "Are you sure this is the right place to be doing that?" A respective, yet corrective request.
Events Next Week:
Saturday - PTO Craft Fair/Bake Sale/Car Show - come for some holiday shopping, good treats, car show for the boys/men and support the PTO (who supports us!)
Monday/Tuesday - Parent/Teacher Conferences and the Book Fair (happy shopping!)
Thursday - PD Day (Apple Training-you will receive another email with a description of the session choices for you to sign up for)
Friday - a well deserved day off for all of you! :) :)
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
- A note about MAP Student Worksheet reports: The green area is a strand that is a strength for this child. The strands that are highlighted yellow are a target area or area of possible concern for that student to work on improving. This is a strand that can be focused on in WIN for math or in differentiating CAFE strategies in Literacy. Please know that strands highlighted as Target/Strength for each child, are based on their score, so a child may be lower than expected, yet have a strand marked as strength because it is his/her strength, not because he/she is higher than expected. Likewise, a student with a higher than average RIT that has a yellow strand (target area) may still be higher than others in that strand, yet it is identified as their target area, because it is their lowest area. Students that scored the same in each strand do not have an identified strength or target area.
- Grade Level PLC Meetings next week: please create your own agendas focusing on the student learning/curriculum work that you need to accomplish as a team. I will need about 5 minutes with 3-5th grades to talk WKCE stuff. 3-5th please also bring any ideas/resource you may have for "test prep genre." Otherwise if you need anything else from myself, Jenny or Joyce, please let us know so we can be as prepared as you.
- If you didn't already give your teacher iPad to Mr. Modaff, please do so on Monday to have it updated to ios7.
iPad Tip of the Week:
Do you like using Google docs (actually, it's called Google Drive now), but have a hard time using it in safari on your iPad? Use the app Drive. It should already be on your iPad and looks like this:
I love using Google Drive on the iPad with this app. If you want to see more of how to maneuver in it, here's a youtube clip that may be helpful: Quick Look at Google Drive for iPad
Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
Great post from author Jon Gordon: The Gift of Failure
Todd 
Who did the QR Code activity? I'd love to know where to find that!- Nicole Lauth
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