Hawk Herald
News and Notes for Teachers- June 3
Dear Staff
Here we are in the home stretch. Keep to your routines and calm attitude. It helps. When you meet as a team talk about any plans you have that may deviate from the normal routine such as fieldtrips, rewards etc. Remember that students go to 6 different classes and watching movies in each of them or eating special treats all day may make the activity not seem so special.
You can also find the newsletter on the staff site: Staff Site
Mary
Band and Choir Concert
Conversations and evaluations
Academic Seminar-Wed
Video for Curriculum and Pedagogy (7:37 min.)
Sweeps continue
Supervision
Hilhi grads to visit
Meetings and Events
Monday-3 Advisory Calendar
Tuesday-4
- Team Meeting 7th
Wednesday-5
- Academic Seminar 7:50
- Attendance Meeting 10:10
- Homework Club ends
- Choir and Band Concert 7:00
- Team Meeting 8th
- AVID field trip (Gaspardis), 1st thru 3rd period
- Leadership Field Trip 9:00-1:45
- 8th Grade Initial locker clean out during advisory
- Hilhi grads visit
Friday-7
- SST 8:00
Last day of SBA (ELA-Math) and OSAS (Science)
Final News Team Broadcast
AVID and Superhawks students Field Trip (after 2nd period)
All 8th grade assignments are due
Student library books are due back to the library
Learning to Learn: Tips for Teens and Their Teachers
“Many teens today don’t have effective learning skills – and they need them more than ever,” says Ulrich Boser (The Learning Agency) in this article in Educational Leadership. Boser and his colleagues have found the following strategies especially helpful to middle and high-school students:
• Actively retrieve and explain. Re-reading notes and highlighting textbook material is too passive, says Boser. Much more effective is testing oneself or explaining material so it makes sense to another person. Low-stakes classroom quizzes also help solidify memories and pinpoint problem areas.
• Focus. Trying to study while listening to music, watching YouTube, texting, or doing Snapchat and Instagram is inefficient because short-term memory is compromised. Difficult though it may be, teens learn far more when they tune out distractions.
• Check for understanding. “Adolescents can be naively overconfident about what they actually know,” says Boser. Teachers should encourage them to regularly ask themselves whether material makes sense.
• Find the deep features. Learning sticks when students dig for concepts, connections, and underlying structure. Comparing and contrasting are good ways to probe these levels.
• Embrace feedback. Teachers should encourage students to get over their natural hesitation and seek feedback from peers and adults – something that’s common in sports.
• Being aware of feelings. Teens are subject to emotional and hormonal surges and downswings. Being aware of these and practicing meditation – or simply counting to ten before acting – can make a big difference. It’s also helpful if teachers break up intense academic work with short breaks.
• Reflect. Adolescent learners should be prompted to ask questions like, What are my assumptions about what I’m doing? How has my thinking changed because of this experience? What could I do next time to improve my practice?
Carnival
PRIDE Recognition
End of Year schedules and duties
South Meadows Middle School
Email: mendezm@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/southmeadows
Location: 4690 Southeast Davis Road, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Phone: 503-844-1220
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthMeadowsMiddleSchool