Cristi Whiddon has students going STEM-crazy in her library. Every day during lunch, TMS students can go to the library to experiment with different technology projects including robotics. The picture below shows a group of 8th graders constructing their GoPiGo Robot cars. They will program them using Raspbian software which works seamlessly with Raspberry Pi! We are so proud of Cristi and our TMS students for unleashing their talent and creativity through STEM.Today is Digital Learning Day (#DLDay).
Share out your cool strategies for digital learning in your classroom on Twitter or email them to me or your principal to share out today.
Growing Excellence (+10 for ALL)
Kristin Lacy (TES 5th grade math teacher) is coaching her students to grow in their learning by using a friendly math competition. "Game Week" allows students to demonstrate their competitive spirit in an academic and rewarding environment. Her students bring this competitive spirit to class each day whether they know it or not, and Kristin is taking full advantage of it.
To leverage the excitement for competition, Lacy made transformed a typical academic review into a full fledged competition where the students own their own results. She wants all students to be able to work at their maximum capacity so that they will achieve academic growth. Competition is a way to measure success while promoting confidence in their personal ability while yet challenging each other. “Game Week” has been a very successful tool in the classroom and will be used again in the near future.
The Rules of the Game Week
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Texas Tuition Promise Fund
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Check out what the Vilia Payne's Robotics class is all about. This video was created by Jason Turner in Cindy Haston's TNT class.
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Check out Cindy Haston's TNT class as they spotlight Jalan Horne and his journey as a Tatum Eagle basketball standout. Video was created by Tia Mitchell.
Congratulations to both the Eagle and Lady Eagle basketball teams for making the playoffs.
Kristin Lacy (TES 5th grade math teacher) is coaching her students to grow in their learning by using a friendly math competition. "Game Week" allows students to demonstrate their competitive spirit in an academic and rewarding environment. Her students bring this competitive spirit to class each day whether they know it or not, and Kristin is taking full advantage of it. To leverage the excitement for competition, Lacy made transformed a typical academic review into a full fledged competition where the students own their own results. She wants all students to be able to work at their maximum capacity so that they will achieve academic growth. Competition is a way to measure success while promoting confidence in their personal ability while yet challenging each other. “Game Week” has been a very successful tool in the classroom and will be used again in the near future.
The Rules of the Game Week
The students have 10 questions a day where they compete against a partner.
- 10 questions are in a bag and the students pull out the questions (so no one knows which question is next)
- The person who pulled out the question is working it to get the point but their partner is working it also in hopes that the other gets it wrong so they can “steal” the point.
- To get a point:
- Have to show strategies
- Have the right answer
- Complete the question with in 4-5 minutes
- To steal a point -
- If the first partner is stalled out on a question or the time has expired the other partner must get the correct answer.
- The second partner will guide the first partner through the strategies to answer the question. (the partner who helped teach the concept gets the point)
To get more info on Game Week, email Kristin Lacy or contact her at TES.
College AND Career
Texas Tuition Promise Fund
Are you looking for an affordable way to save for a child's higher education? TheTexas Tuition Promise Fund® could be the answer for your child or someone you know. There's no better time to discover the program or begin saving, but don't delay because the Texas Tuition Promise Fund is only open for this enrollment period through Feb. 29, 2016. (Enrollment for newborns is open through July 31, 2016)
Google Me This
4 Updates to Google Forms You’re Going to Love
Restricting Access to Google Forms with these Two Options
Check out what the Vilia Payne's Robotics class is all about. This video was created by Jason Turner in Cindy Haston's TNT class.
Upcoming Dates
- Mon - Thu, Feb. 22 - 25 4th 6 Weeks Formative Assessments Given (CLICK HERE)
- Fri, Feb 26 -
- Ensure all data is in DMAC Begin Response to Assessment (CLICK HERE)
- End of 4th 6 Weeks
- Mon - Fri, Feb 29 - Mar 4 - Texas Public Schools Week
- Mon, Feb 29 - Beginning of 5th 6 Weeks
- March 7 - 11 - Spring Break
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Check out Cindy Haston's TNT class as they spotlight Jalan Horne and his journey as a Tatum Eagle basketball standout. Video was created by Tia Mitchell.
Congratulations to both the Eagle and Lady Eagle basketball teams for making the playoffs.
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