Fifth Grade Fabulousness
If the pod is rockin'...
Job #1 - determine roles: time keeper, mover-alonger, note-taker, researcher
Job #2 - QUICK housekeeping...what do we NEED to know about next week...meetings? Data? Review of Hawk Happenings. 2 MINUTES
- Holocaust Museum - March dates already taken: April 11, 12, 15...other dates are during testing...Monica will request Friday, April 15th. Stone Mountain never returned our call requesting a date. **No reply from Museum people yet.**
- Gaye - Cristian - self-awareness, wanted to resign from Hawk News so he could come in in the morning to read instead & new student (non-English speaker) able to answer questions re: read aloud
- Judi - Jessie (new student) doing well in long division, remembered algorithm from old school
- Monica - Hadrian is understanding cells (liked the food activity)
- Angie - Diego (new student) & Ja'nice (new student) - both adjusting well
- Jen - Alex T - working hard, reading outside of school, active on Edmodo
2) Curriculum Check-in - everyone share one standard you're currently working on 5 MINUTES
- Monica - algebra
- Judi - multiplying fractions
- Gaye - division of fractions
- Angie - WW2 w/ Jarrard's HR, main idea/summarizing
- Jen - WW2 w/ Souther's HR, narrative prompts
3) Assessments - everyone share one assessment that you'll be using in the near future 5 MINUTES
- Jen - narrative mini-units
- Gaye - narrative mini-units
- Angie - narrative mini-units
- Judi - no major assessments
- Monica - no major assessments
4) Dynamic Data - everyone share one way you've collected/tackled some data 5 MINUTES
- Judi -
- Jen -
- Gaye - IRAs trickling in...improved since the fall
- Monica -
- Angie - IRAs trickling in...students performing much better than in the fall
6) Tech Q&A - Everyone share a favorite tech tool that's helpful for teachers and/or students. 5 MINUTES
- NewsELA - free site that offers tons of nonfiction articles, each one published at three different Lexile levels. Higher level membership offers quizzes - not sure of the cost.