Instructional Insight
Tison Tribe Newsletter
Hour of Code
Next week starts Hour of Code! There are lots of great activities out there related to your content. Check out code.org for more information.
Small Group Instruction
I have created a playlist of videos pertaining to secondary small group instruction. These videos may help you visualize what small group can look like in your classroom. Check them out here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS9qsaLrncwFLdYqcLHrCgaHdXdYiTHlA
Below I have provided several articles related to small group in middle school if you would like to learn more.
Formative Assesments
Formative assessments are a great way to check the pulse of mastery with your students. Past newsletters have provided you formative assessment strategies, in addition to those here is an article I came across yesterday that may be beneficial: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/dipsticks-to-check-for-understanding-todd-finley
Targeted Small Group Instruction
This site has good info on designing and implementing small group in middle school
Teaching Small Group in Middle School
Another good article about middle school small group geared towards writing workshop
Tips For Implementing Math Small Group Instruction
and another great small group article pertaining to middle school
Research Paper: Small Groups
Though it is long there is great stuff in the research paper
Middle School Literacy Stations
Wanting to try stations? This article provides some guidance.
Learning Opportunity
Birdville ISD is putting on an Innovation Summit online starting Monday. For 12 days you will receive emails containing videos related to classroom instruction. Interested? Sign up here: https://www.birdvilleschools.net/site/Default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=2759&PageID=16345&ViewID=ed695a1c-ef13-4546-b4eb-4fefcdd4f389&FlexDataID=110701