Thursday Thriller
January 26, 2023
Photos from the Field
Big Elephants!
Nuts-n-Bolts
1. iReady MATH and READING diagnostic make ups will begin tomorrow. Students will report to the library for the day. Those monitoring the library will take care of attendance.
2. Thank you for welcoming Lenora and Jazmin to our Trooper Family! We are excited to be fully staffed in the office!!! Whoop!! Whoop!!! Also, huge thank you to Cindy Fish for stepping in to support us while we were able to hire! AND THANK YOU to STEPHANIE for the COFFEE and DONUTS!!!
3. Please hand out students' 2nd semester schedules during 2nd period.
4. Our small gym floor is undergoing some maintenance. Part of it has been sectioned off. PE crew, as always, is planning around it and being super flexible!!
5. Thank you, certificated staff, for scheduling your mid year appointment. I have met with several of you already and I have to say I TRULY enjoy our 1:1 conversation. It is so nice to hear about how your year has gone so far, what is going well, what could be better and thoughts for the following year. Time is the hottest commodity for all of us. However, the time spent talking has been priceless! Thank you!
Classified staff, you will be up in March for 1:1 time with Scott and/or me.
6. Don't forget to nominate Big Elephants
7. Happy SUPER BELATED Birthday to Maria!!! Her birthday was on the 18th.
8. ALL students will be taking the EES survey WEDNESDAY, FEB 1st during iReady time.
9. Students in 6th-8th will be staying after school beginning next week. They will be in room 134. Rigo is monitoring them on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Something to Ponder
Back to the Basics Baby!! (I made this up 😆)
Little things make the big things happen -John Wooden
The 'big thing' is the lesson you have planned for. The 'little things' are the pieces you have planned for throughout out your lesson.
To piggy back off of last week around how 'Turn and Talk' is one form of assessment and feedback, how else do you check for understanding (formative assessment) throughout your lesson?
Here is a technique. How many of you have asked, "Is everyone clear?" " Do you have any questions?" What is usually the answer? Students passively answering, "Yes."
It's a powerful and important moment to recognize how often we use self-report (yes or no) and how often it is functionally rhetorical. When we ask self-report questions, it's in part because we are acknowledging that we have reached a natural transition point. We have come to the part of the lesson when we know we should be checking for understanding and finding out how students are doing. Yet, when we ask these rhetorically/passive questions we SQUANDER the checking for understanding! Over time, if teachers ask questions that their students come to realize are not really genuine the effect may be for students to feel uncomfortable to share their gaps in learning. Also, making a habit of asking questions that are passive can result in students disengagement at EXACTLY the moment you need them to think deeply or take a risk and share their thoughts and questions.
Example: I'm going to ask you some questions now to get a sense of how ready you are to go on' if you're not getting all of these questions, it's a sign that you may need some extra practice. In that case, please come see me."
Example: At the end we are going to vote on a scale from 1-4 on how confident we feel about taking our test tomorrow." "If you gave yourself a three or four, there is a sheet for extra practice." It's self-monitoring when students reflect intentionally on their own level of mastery.
1:11 video clip on a teacher modeling how she does the self report on a scale of 1 -5,.
Hope you find a gold nugget and take a moment to reflect on the types of questions you are asking students to receive feedback. I know I am! When I am with all of you in a staff meeting I can do better!
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Little Humor
Thank god social media wasn't around😆
Calendar of Events
Friday, January 27th End of first semester
Monday, January 30th Kim and Scott at Principal PD @ 1:30
Tuesday, January 31st Happy Birthday to Conor and Tobi!!
Wednesday, February 1st SEL Lessons for students in PE
Thursday, February 2nd Ground Hog's day :D, 8th grade SST @ 8:00
Friday, February 3rd Early dismissal for students @ 12:25, Staff Meets at 1:00, Dr. Smith to visit all staff at 1:30
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