Cougar Nation News
Week of February 12, 2018
WE ARE COMSTOCK!
Our Mission
Our vision
The vision of Comstock Middle School is to promote every student each year with the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in high school and beyond.
Comstock's Key Actions: CIP
- Key Action #1: Advance teacher effectiveness and improve the quality of daily instruction aligned to TEI rubric
- Key Action #2: Ensure student academic achievement.
- Key Action #3: Develop and maintain a positive campus climate and culture.
22 Powerful Closure Activities
Closing a lesson is an effective instructional practice because students need a way to summarize and wrap up the lesson for the day and teachers need to able to check whether learning goals were met so they can plan for future instruction. In Dallas, we call this a demonstration of learning or DOL. While there is a format that is widely used in this district, there are many ways that a lesson can be effectively closed and teachers can check for understanding. The article linked below lists and describes some of those ways. Notice the level of thinking required for many of these lesson closures and consider how they would impact student learning.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/22-powerful-closure-activities-todd-finley
Week-At-A-Glance
February 12
~Monday
- BIC 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Valentine Day Pictures (Lunch Periods)
- Tutoring Math & Science 3:45-4:45
- Mock STAAR (8th~Math, 7th~Writing) 8:45-12:45
February 13
~Tuesday
- BIC 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Valentine Day Pictures (Lunch Periods)
- Tutoring ELAR/Social Studies 3:45-4:45
- Mock STAAR (8th~Reading) 8:45-12:45
February 14
~Wednesday
- BIC 8:25
- ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION DAY!!!
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Tutoring Math & Science 3:45-4:45
February 15
~Thursday
- BIC 8:00- 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Tutoring ELAR/SS 3:45-4:45
- Session #12 7th Grade Writing Training 4:00-4:45
- Lesson Plans Due by 4:15
February 16
~Friday
- BIC 8:00- 8:25
- RTi~PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Valentine Day pictures/Valegrams sold
- College Spirit Day
- Friday Night Lights
Be On the Lookout!
- February 12-16~ Common Assessments (6th thru 8th)
- February 12~Read Across America
- February 15~United Negro College Fund Kickoff
- February 19~Staff Development
- February 22~Session#2 Moving Compositions a Score Point
- March 8~Detailed Generating Questions (7th Writing) Seagoville Middle School 4:00-4:45
TEI NEWS
April --Student survey administration Students in grades 3-12 complete surveys during one class period
MAY -JUNE-- Mid May Teacher roster verification process
Teachers verify students to be included in calculation of student achievement metrics
May 11th--Teachers submit SLO Goal Accomplishment in Schoolnet
Administrator approves, scores, and completes by May 18th
May 18th-- Last day to enter extended observations, summatives, and SLO scores into Schoolnet
Leadership Quote of the Week!
~Audre Lorde
WE ARE COMSTOCK!
Email: gbennett@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/comstock
Location: 7044 Hodde Street, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: (972)794-1300
Facebook: facebook.com/ebcomstock
Twitter: @ebcomstock