Great Things I Noticed This Week:
*I enjoyed the learning, sharing and great conversations in our mini edcamp on Monday! You all have so much to offer and share with each other!
*In between Daily 5 rounds a student shared his writing aloud with the class. The teacher turned it into a mini conference in front of all (with his permission). She highlighted his great use of word choice and gave feedback about adding in some transition words, which turned into an opportunity to let students think about how that feedback can help their writing as well.
*Students using QR code flashcards during math (go to http://kitzkikz.com/flashcards/ to make your own).
*Overheard a parent waiting after school talking to another (new) parent about how great Dodgeland is..."They have so many great things here for our kids and they learn so much. You'll be happy you moved here!"
Events Next Week:
Monday - Budget Sheets due (my mailbox please)
Tuesday - End of 3rd Qtr
*We will have guest teachers (from Beloit) visiting to observe iPad integration in the 4/5th grade classrooms in the morning.
*NBC15's Charlie Shortino will be in 2nd grade classrooms in the morning to film a School Shout Out for future shows.
*Summer School packets to go home (*Please read "Nuts & Bolts" Notes)
Wednesday - I will be out of the building all day
Thursday -3rd Qtr grades due by 7:30 am - report cards will be printed and hopefully in mailboxes by noon
Monday - 3rd Qtr Report Cards to be sent home
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Summer School: Just like previous years, please give me a copy of your Teacher Recommendation letters (because I call home if they don't register) and then be ready to send the letter attached to the front of the summer school packet. There are only teacher recommended classes in 1st session due to lack of teachers for 2nd session. Please take time with your class to look through the packet and "sell" the many exciting classes they can sign up for. Thank you for your help with this!
*Grading notes: as always...no blank grades or *. Instead use P (pass) or else Mark will have to hunt you down to fix it for the errors it runs on his end ;)
Blogs, Pins & Tweets...Oh My!
*Using Shared Writing to Build Argument Skills
*@mr_crossjr when my students use #educreations they often send it to their google drive accounts.
*@craigyen Love this site http://www.kitzkikz.com/flashcards/ to make task cards with qr codes... (self checking) great for scoot #edcampdes (*This was tweeted to me during our mini edcamp session on QR codes to add to our ideas!!)
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