Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*After a brief mini-lesson on using word parts to determine meanings of unknown words, students read their good fit books for a few minutes and found words to add to a chart that they could then apply the skill of using word parts to determine the meanings. As students were practicing applying this skill, a handful referred to their word wall of previously learned vocabulary words.
*A class discussion after students took the Badger practice test....students were asked to share struggles and celebrations, which were recorded on the board. One student shared that she finished only one question, but it was a long passage and she worked hard the whole time to read and focus on it. The teacher then asked the class, "how could you turn these struggles into celebrations?" Students talked about how some passages were boring, but painting a mental picture could help keep it from being boring! They also talked about how they book club books took a lot of time, but they took a long time on those and enjoyed them too. Another student idea shared was that when the words in the questions were confusing he "traded words" like the strategy he learned.
*A class discussion after students took the Badger practice test....students were asked to share struggles and celebrations, which were recorded on the board. One student shared that she finished only one question, but it was a long passage and she worked hard the whole time to read and focus on it. The teacher then asked the class, "how could you turn these struggles into celebrations?" Students talked about how some passages were boring, but painting a mental picture could help keep it from being boring! They also talked about how they book club books took a lot of time, but they took a long time on those and enjoyed them too. Another student idea shared was that when the words in the questions were confusing he "traded words" like the strategy he learned.
This class discussion made the whole "test prep thing" seem so relaxing and more like any other class lesson/discussion.
Events Next Week:
Sunday - Daylight Savings Time begins --Change your clocks!
Monday - Staff Meeting
Tuesday - Grade Level PLC Meetings
4:00-6:00pm Art Show
Thursday - I will be out of the building for a training
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
Events Next Week:
Sunday - Daylight Savings Time begins --Change your clocks!
Monday - Staff Meeting
Tuesday - Grade Level PLC Meetings
4:00-6:00pm Art Show
Thursday - I will be out of the building for a training
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
- Staff Meeting - We will be in groups to discuss the chapters read in High Impact Instruction (Part 1- ch 2 Guiding questions, Part 2 - ch 6 effective questions, part 3 - ch 11 Power with, Not Power over). We will also continue to learn about additional "bootcamp" strategies for ELA
- Grade Level PLC Meetings:
- 3-5 Badger Practice Tests/discussion for scheduling of tests in April
- K-5: Performance Tasks - what have you done? Plan for developing performance task opportunities for your students. *We will look at how you can use your social studies/science content to develop performance tasks.
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