Learning Coach Corner
Volume I Issue 10
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
-Albert Ellis
Great Things Happening in Our Classrooms at West Middle School!
Assessment and Learning: Stop Light
Many teachers have a "stop light" in their classrooms to indicate which collaborative level students may use whether it is speaking/moving around freely, working with a partner and/or individual work. Click on the following link to see how it is used as a formative assessment at the end of the lesson!
Stop LightStrategies, Strategies, Strategies
Ci3T/Connect with Kids and facilitating discussion.
Getting students to participate in group discussion can be a challenge at times. Here is a strategy that will help student participation.Mindset
Classroom management is not just having strategies to manage students but also a mindset. The following article touches some very interesting points when considering classroom management.
Why I've 'Softened' My Classroom-Management Style
Think sheets can modified to meet your needs!
Tech Bytes!
Plickers: "Plickers is a powerful simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices."