Mustang Musings
September 8, 2019
ARC Focus of the Week
We want to positively showcase reading to our students every day!
On Target for IRLA Reading Level
Students who are at risk will need to make at least 1.25 (one year and 2 and a half months) years of growth.
Students who are in emergency will need to make at least 1.50 (one year and 5 months) years of growth.
HES creates readers!
On Target for Reading Practice
Teach the Teacher
The importance of building good routines now!
More on building routines and procedures and the value of involving the students....
Flocabulary
Do you know about this great resource?
Flocabulary supports all grades and subjects! When you join our schoolwide subscription, you will gain access to our vast K-12 hip-hop video library and all of the dynamic lesson resources.
Here is the activation link so you can create your account: http://flocabulary.com/signup/join/school/hardy-elem-7/
A visit to our How to Use page is a great resource, too. Let me know if you have any more specific questions on how to get started!
Spelling City
Visit the link to Spelling City and check out the tools that are available!
This is a great tool to help our students with reading, spelling, and vocabulary. There are already lists created with ARC words and levels!
Let me know how I can help you get started! I have already created accounts for our new third and fourth grade reading teachers.
What can I do for you?
- Modeling
- Side-by-side coaching
- Coaching and modeling of using the IRLA
- Round up resources
- Assist with differentiating lessons or materials
- Cover your class so that you can observe a colleague's class
- Cooperatively plan a lesson or series of lessons that meet best practices
- Serve as another pair of hands for a lesson
- Offer strategies for classroom management
- Help you connect with other teachers in the district
- Lend an open ear for a topic of your choice
- Reflect on student learning in your classroom through conversation and observation
- Work collaboratively to bounce ideas off one another to address a concern
- Evaluate new students to guide instruction
Hardy Elementary School
Email: lhenk@iwcs.k12.va.us
Website: http://hes.iwcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 9311 Hardy Circle, Smithfield, VA, United States
Phone: 757-357-3204
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hardy-Elementary-School-205065852892284/
Twitter: @Mrs_Henk