Mustang Musings
May 5, 2019
ARC Focus of the Week
How is your equitable conferencing going? Are you noticing any trends? Have you had any ah-ha! moments?
Please let me know how I can best support you as we seek to help all of our students become successful readers.
On Target for IRLA Reading Level
At this point in the year, our students should be at these points:
K-.80
1st-1.80
2nd-2.80
3rd-3.80
4th-4.80
HES creates readers!
On Target for Reading Practice
Steps calendar for this month
Turnaround Tuesday
Teach the Teacher
What can you accomplish in 6 minutes?
Can reading practice help transform struggling readers into successful readers? And by doing so, can we change the trajectory of their long-term educational careers—perhaps even influence their odds of graduating from high school and attending college? The following ten statistics about struggling readers and reading growth show how even a small increase in daily reading practice could make a huge difference for all students. Click here to read this eye-opening article and find out how simple changes can make a big difference in the lives of our students.
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Practicing the skill of inferencing is as easy as...
Fun ways to practice those power words!
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
ARC Swimming Pool
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