4th Week of February

Do You Mentimeter?

What is your bell ringer activity tomorrow?  Why not try a poll?  Mentimeter is a new program that you can use to engage your students in answering a rigorous question and enter their responses with their cell phone.  

To get the full experience, get out your cell phone and go to www.govote.at and enter the code 84 44 64.  Then enter your response and watch the graphic below.

DOK - How do students view their learning?

The graphic below illustrates two mindsets that students have about learning.  When students have a growth mindset, there is a strong chance that the student will grow in their learning.  When their minds are fixed, they lack the perseverance to overcome any deficit or difficulty.  How we structure learning for them has a huge impact on how they perceive their potential to learn.  You can't learn something you already know.  You can only learn when you are introduced to a concept foreign to you and have the opportunity and support to study and eventually master it.

College & Career - Find your Future
Students have lots of dreams.  They aspire to reach this goal, or they want to change the world in this way.  But how do they know which careers or pathways they are best suited for?  Well, here is a website for students to explore where their talents best suit them.

TexasGenuine.org is a website that helps students, teachers, and parents explore careers fields and college programs to get there.  There are many links that you can look at, but one that I encourage you to use with your students is the Find Your Future Survey (click here).  After a series of questions, it will tell you the top 3 clusters that your student is best suited for.  The only drawback is that there is some advanced vocabulary, so I encourage you to use the Dictionary.com app, if you come across words that you are unsure about.

Dual Credit Courses 
Sophomores and juniors will be able to take dual credit courses in academic courses and CTE courses next year.  Visit with your students about this great opportunity and encourage them to talk to Mrs. Rowe about what they need to do to get enrolled.  The great thing about dual credit courses is that students get high school and college credit at the same time and the courses are paid for by Tatum ISD.  To be eligible for academic dual credit courses, students must make a 4000 on the STAAR EOC English 2 test (or a score of 4000 on the Alg 1 EOC for College Algebra) or pass the TSI test.  CTE dual credit courses do not have an academic prerequisite.

TIP (Tech Integration Pic) of the Week

Mrs. Jordan's 1st grade class is using Storybook Online.

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