Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Week 4.1

Celebrate Excellence
TMS Excellence
"Cristi Whiddon has been a "Jack of all trades" during the first semester for TMS. From offering tech support for staff and students to leading a group of students who focus on graphic design creating a 3D model with our 3D printer. She has also help set up 20 computers to host the UIL Spelling completion in January. She takes on several tasks with maximum effort and a positive attitude. She makes TMS the best place to be!"

 8th Graders attend Career Fair
Our 8th graders attend a Career Fair hosted by Letourneau University.  Our students had the opportunity to see a wide variety of careers that will available to them in the future, which will help them as they begin to develop their Personal Graduation Plans this spring.  Thank you to Meagan Kiefer and Kim Ross for all of their organization in making this a valuable experience for our kids.


Growing Excellence (+10 for ALL) 
Exit Ticket
How do you know if kids are learning?  Check out these 22 closure activities to evaluate both student learning and the effectiveness of your lesson.

 College AND Career 

Amanda Hancock's art classes learned about commercial art as a career choice by studying typography and how graphic designers use typography as a tool for advertising. Check out the slides below of her students' work.

Google Me This 
Do you have kids who love to draw and are tech savvy?  John Spencer is really innovative teacher who writes a great blog and shares neat videos on YouTube. (See video below).  If you are interested in teaching kids how to make videos like his, go to his post that gives you a set of step by step instructions.

Upcoming Dates 


What I'm Learning

Check out this video that Dr. Payne's students make about meteorology and how this career connects to the science tools they use.

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