Wildcat Roar
NEWS AND INFO FOR WILDCAT STAFF 3.4
PBL TIMELINE - YOU ARE HERE
At this point, you should ideally be deeply engaged in inquiry and research. Students should be engaging in critique, reflection, and revision. Remember to benchmark standards, as well as progress toward final products.
Should Already Be Complete:
- Showcase Plan
- Revised Scope and Sequence for Second Semester
- Project Design
- Entry Event Plan
- PBL Project-Planning Template
- Entry Event
PBL To Do This Week:
- Showcase plan should be submitted to Ms. Kemp by the end of the day 3/1.
Use the link below to have YouTube sites whitelisted.
Please contact Mr. Wright with questions.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only assessment that measures what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects across the nation, states, and in some urban districts. Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP has provided important information about how students are performing academically since 1969.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated project administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
NAEP is given to a representative sample of students across the country. Results are reported for groups of students with similar characteristics (e.g., gender, race and ethnicity, school location), not individual students. National results are available for all subjects assessed by NAEP. State and selected urban district results are available for mathematics, reading, and (in some assessment years) science and writing.
Only 8th grade will be tested. Lunch and connections schedules should not be affected, but as with any testing environment, please be mindful of noise and avoid disruptions on the 8th grade hall. Also, in the event that testing necessitates an unexpected change, thank you in advance for your flexibility and understanding.
Please click HERE for a link to a shared document that will track each of the required steps that need to take place PRIOR to a child receiving a failing grade on a report card. It is simple to use. Add a child's name to the form and an X to the boxes that are complete. You can also add any comments or notes that would be helpful for admin to know. Most importantly, we will use this information to make sure we are doing everything possible to support our students. Students should be held accountable for their own learning, but it also is up to us to maintain the belief that every child can succeed. Passively allowing a student to fail is not an option.
Instructional Resource of the Week
What is the Essay Map?
Essay Map is one of many interactive literacy tools available at Read, Write, Think. This tool allows students to organize informational writing. It's totally free. Students can print their organizers when done. You can also print a blank essay map.
TO DO LIST
- Turn in lesson plans for the next TWO weeks by 8:00 a.m. . Look for feedback regarding multi-sensory engagement.
- Make sure you have submitted your Showcase Plan to Mrs. Kemp.
- Make sure you have submitted your tutorial list to Ms. Mahan.
- Update the grade tracker (link above).
THIS WEEK
IMPORTANT LINKS AND NUMBERS
Lesson Plans
- YouTube Whitelist: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9VbhfNUemkJWYebOJtE5hF2H6hJF7Q2LCNa6_A9klUpKI5A/viewform?usp=pp_url
- Facilities Request: https://purposebuiltschoolsatlanta.formstack.com/forms/maintenance_janitorial_request
- Supply Request: https://tinyurl.com/ybtnbpwg
- Absence Request: https://tinyurl.com/yas5tbze
- Field Trip Request: https://tinyurl.com/ydx6kr4d
- Media Center Requests: https://goo.gl/forms/DT5rVm8OdUtIzzWh1
- Tech Requests: https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/28827
- Digital Instructional Resources: www.portaportal.com Guest Access: dkemp
- Milestones Blueprints: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Test-Blueprints.aspx