This Week in Team
Week of November 9
Reminder: Common Assessment
Be sure to have your learners complete the common assessment (see below) this week. We will begin calibrating on Monday, 11/16. Please be prepared with samples for PLC next week.
Monday, November 9
Team Does NOT Meet
In order to honor the need to grade at the end of the six weeks, the team will not meet this week.
Questions to Guide Planning
- What should ALL learners know, understand, and/or be able to do as a result of this lesson? WHY should they know, understand, or be able to do this?
- What is enduring knowledge for all? What are the "have to knows" of this lesson? WHY do they need to know this?
- What do learners need to know to accomplish this objective? What background knowledge do you need to access or provide?
- What is your vision of success? What are learners doing if/when they learn this? What does successful reaching of the objective look like and sound like?
- What are the best vehicles for learners to attain the objective and practice the concepts/skills? What provisions have you planned for learners with special needs? (Direct instruction? Guided practice? Team learning? Individual task?) What opportunities for enrichment will you provide for advanced learners? These should be meaningful, engaging, and help learners to cement understandings!
- How will learners be assessed? How will they know and you know that they have learned - throughout the lesson and after you have taught the concept/skill? This is evidence of learning!
- How will assessment results guide future instruction? How will you use what you know of learner performance to plan the next lesson?
Tuesday, November 10
iLead Meets - Team Does NOT
Wednesday, November 11
Lockdown Drill
...during 3rd period.
Team Does NOT Meet
In order to honor the need to grade at the end of the six weeks, the team will not meet this week.
Thursday, November 12
Team Does NOT Meet
In order to honor the need to grade at the end of the six weeks, the team will not meet this week.
Friday, November 13
Team Does Not Meet!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Tech Tip of the Week
This week’s tip features a website that allows you to generate your own bogus newspaper clippings that look amazingly authentic.
How do you think this tool could be used for teaching and learning? Please brainstorm your ideas then then post them by clicking the “Add comment” button at the bottom of the page!
Creating an article of your own:
- Go to http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp .
- Fill in the fields for:
– Name of the newspaper
– Date
– Headline
– Your own news story - Click the “Generate” button at the bottom of the page.
Note – you can click this button at any time to see your article as you develop it.
Sharing the article:
Click the “Click here to save your newspaper” link to save your clipping as a .jpg.