Monday Morning Message (11/30/2015)
Every Child - Everyday!
General Information
Good Morning Everyone! I don't know about you, but I feel extremely refreshed this morning! My family and I traveled to Florida this past week and we had a blast! I was able to enjoy fresh "country air" and everything slowed down for a bit. I hope you had a similar experience. We have another 3 weeks of hard work and preparation and then we will have another break. We finished the week before Thanksgiving on a positive note. We were visible in the hallways more and the administrators saw some awesome activities in the classroom. Let's keep the momentum going! Remember that we have a faculty meeting tomorrow morning and we have Instructional Rounds here on Wednesday December 2nd. Here are some shout-outs from our last week together:
- Team Leaders / Teams - They conducted Learning Walks last week.
- Tillery & Rodriquez - They used stations with digital components and reading activities to teach History (Juneteenth, Black Codes, and Reconstruction).
- Lowe & Wortham - They used Let's Make a Deal to teach Probability.
- Broussard - Thanks for organizing the Faculty vs. Student Volleyball game.
- Miramontes - Thanks for kicking off and getting the grant for the One School One Book program!
- Staff & Students - Thanks for reading and encouraging reading through the One School One Book program!
Science in the Houston Cougar Pod
Faculty vs. Student Volleyball Game
Mr. Richardson in the Field
Reminders & Information
- Time Clock - Remember to clock in and out each day. Missing a clock in or out once or twice is okay, but if it is a persistent problem it may affect your PDAS appraisal.
- Please be at your door during transitions. If you are on your conference period please come out and help to monitor the hallways.
- Remind your students to walk on the right side of the hallway during the passing periods.
- Do not let students out of class without a pass that includes their name, destination, time, date. We are trying to reduce the amount of time that students are out of the classroom and we would like to be able to quickly determine where they should be.
- Remind students of the "lending grant" chromebooks that we have that are available to check out and go home with them.
- Remember to follow the discipline ladder with students in your classroom. Try different interventions and parent contact before sending a student to the office. If it is a level 3 offense, send them to the office immediately. If you have any questions, please ask Ms. Smith or Mr. Swacker.
- There will be a faculty meeting tomorrow December 1st starting at 7:15 AM in the Round Room.
Deadlines
- Grades - Make sure that you are inputting 2 daily grades per week. The administrators will check on Tuesdays to verify grades have entered.
Instructional Rounds
Problem of Practice:
Students are struggling with higher level thinking. They have difficulty completing higher level tasks, demonstrating understanding when reading expository texts, and answering questions that require thinking at the higher level of Bloom’s II (analyze, evaluate, and create). How can we as a staff support their learning in a way that ensures student success, and push their thinking to the analyze, evaluate and create levels of Bloom’s II?
Theory of Action:
If students improve their higher level thinking skills, then long term learning will increase.
Essential Questions:
What are the questions asked by the teacher?
What are the questions asked by the students?
What are the cognitive levels of the assigned tasks?
Analysis of Descriptive Evidence:
What are the questions asked by the teachers?
total number of questions asked
cognitive level of questions
number/% of different students responding
short response or extended student response
What are the questions asked by the students?
total number of questions asked
category of questions: content or procedural
cognitive level of questions
What are the cognitive levels of the assigned tasks?
cognitive level of the assigned task
cognitive level of learning target
N.M.S. Stallions
Remember, we are the Best school with the Best students and the Best faculty and staff. Good, Better, Best!!! Never let it rest, until your good gets better and your better gets best!
Email: leroybradley@sheldonisd.com
Website: http://sheldonisd.com/Domain/697
Location: Null Middle School, Garrett Road, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 281-436-2800
Twitter: @SuperStallions