3rd graders in Mrs. Acker's class
learned about buoyancy using pumpkins
#Relevance
Happy Halloween!!!
learned about buoyancy using pumpkins
#Relevance
STAAR-A Resources
Go to THIS LINK to see the training resources for teachers and the student tutorials for:- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- EOC
STAAR-A is an online test; therefore, we will need to familiarize ourselves and the students with this test and how it works.
Taking your Content to Deeper Levels of Knowledge through Reading
"Points of Entry" (CLICK HERE) by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher is a great article for any teacher who wants to make their students better at reading, comprehending and explaining what they have read. Reading is THE foundational skill for every course, but teaching kids how to read is often relegated to the English teacher. Kids need more reading instruction than any English teacher can provide, but the solution to this conundrum is not to go out and hire more English teachers. The answer can be found by providing more reading instruction throughout the day.
If we really want students to be better at our content, then we must ensure that we are making them better readers. In other words, all teachers must consider how reading is being taught explicitly to their students. Furthermore, reading instruction is thought of as a silent and individual learning activity, but here's the problem with that philosophy. How many of us read informational texts in our work and never do anything with it? Real-world reading requires us to do more than answer multiple choice questions in isolation. We need to make certain that our instruction mirrors this idea of interactivity. If we can do that, the multiple choice answers will be answered correctly.
If we really want students to be better at our content, then we must ensure that we are making them better readers. In other words, all teachers must consider how reading is being taught explicitly to their students. Furthermore, reading instruction is thought of as a silent and individual learning activity, but here's the problem with that philosophy. How many of us read informational texts in our work and never do anything with it? Real-world reading requires us to do more than answer multiple choice questions in isolation. We need to make certain that our instruction mirrors this idea of interactivity. If we can do that, the multiple choice answers will be answered correctly.
What I like about this article is that it illustrates the 4 access points of reading:
- Establishing Purpose - "Kids benefit from having a clearly established purpose for learning."
- Closed Reading - "A systematic practice of analyzing a text to gain deep comprehension."
- Collaborative Conversations - "It's not enough to have students read complex informational texts; they also need time to discuss these texts and interact using academic language."
- Wide Reading - "Ensures that students read enough to build their background knowledge and vocabulary"
Bonus Video - At the bottom of the article is a great video that shows how a teacher uses these 4 access points to make her students better readers. Prepare yourself. It's not a quiet video.
CTE - Health Science
In Nicola Hill's Health Science class, the students learned how to put on personal protective equipment (PPE). The purpose of PPE is to protect any healthcare person should they enter a room with a patient that is in contact precaution. Contact precaution means the patient has something that can be spread through body fluids such as blood.
TIP (Tech Integration Pic)
of the Week
By Cristi Whiddon
In Mrs. Garcia's 8th grade ELA class, students are using Photopeach (CLICK HERE) to create a symbolism review over a book they read last year called The Hunger Games. The project is titled The Hunger Games A-Z and students are finding examples for each letter of the alphabet from events, objects, actions in the book that represent symbolism. All of this is a precursor for the reading of the 2nd book in the trilogy, "Catching Fire".
Mrs.
Haley has discovered the ishare app. The app allows you to send other apps to
tablets via wifi so the students can download appropriate apps without having
to search for them in the . Playstore. It saves time for the teacher
as well because she doesn't need to touch every tablet in order to load
apps.
The Path Least Taken: A quest to learn more about high school graduates who don't go on to college.
In Mrs. Garcia's 8th grade ELA class, students are using Photopeach (CLICK HERE) to create a symbolism review over a book they read last year called The Hunger Games. The project is titled The Hunger Games A-Z and students are finding examples for each letter of the alphabet from events, objects, actions in the book that represent symbolism. All of this is a precursor for the reading of the 2nd book in the trilogy, "Catching Fire".
The iShare App
Mrs.
Haley has discovered the ishare app. The app allows you to send other apps to
tablets via wifi so the students can download appropriate apps without having
to search for them in the . Playstore. It saves time for the teacher
as well because she doesn't need to touch every tablet in order to load
apps.  |
| Ag Students are learning the importance of good interviewing skills. #CareerReadiness |
Blogs of the Week
Making Cooperative Learning PowerfulThe Path Least Taken: A quest to learn more about high school graduates who don't go on to college.
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