MIS Navigator
November Edition
Our Goal: To help you navigate all the strategies and tools we have available within MGSD and Mooresville Intermediate School!
We are so thankful that each and every one of you are part of our MIS Team!
What are some things that you are especially thankful and grateful for this year?
Try out some of Padlet newer features by sharing an audio clip, video, or picture on the padlet board below!
november's m-powerment strategy: m3
- Use the NC standards and unpacking documents when designing lessons
- Use the District pacing guide and instructional support materials when planning
- Write the daily learning target/objective written on the board in student-friendly language
- Collaboratively discuss curriculum in PLCs to ensure Horizontal/Vertical alignment
- Plan units incorporating Backwards Design and M-Powerment Strategies
- Activate prior knowledge in daily lessons
- Post “I Can” statements on assignments and board
- Design technology lessons aligned with SAMR / ISTE Standards
- Provide real-world content application and examples to give meaning to learning
- Study your curriculum objectives to understand how they build on each other and the level of understanding
- Research best practices for teaching the standards
- Align curriculum materials from outside sources (Teachers Pay Teachers, Pinterest, etc.) to local standards
- Incorporate content from standards-aligned digital resources (iCurio, Discovery Education, SchoolNet, Mastery Connect, Study Island, etc.)
- Design remediation based on standards that need additional work, based on individual students
- Spiral warm-ups and assessment questions to review weak standards
Interesting Reads...
- Knowing Your Learning Target - Educational Leadership
- Learning Targets on Parade - Educational Leadership
- Every Lesson Needs a Storyline - Educational Leadership
- Making Connections: Objectives & Standards - Edutopia
- Start with Higher Order Thinking - Educational Leadership
- 9 Ways to Plan Transformational Lessons: Planning the Best Curriculum Unit Ever - Edutopia
A great new resource!
Brain Break!
Laptop Backups!
Ms. Dickens and Ms. Dillard will also be going over this information and answering any questions during your PLCs this week.
Tech Tool Spotlights
Google Expeditions! and Discovery VR
Have you heard about Google Expeditions or even Discovery VR? They are great resources to "take" your students places virtually that they have never been before. They are very easy to align with our standards and your students would love it!
Please let Ms. Dillard know if you are interested in trying this cool tool in your classroom!