CPUMS
Week of March 6
Quotation of the Week-We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.-Carl Sagan
Dr. Paula Kluth-spotlight activity-CUBE IT
"Cubing is a versatile, easy-to-use instructional strategy that adds a bit of interesting unpredictability to your lessons. To cube a lesson, put students in small groups and give each group a six-sided die with a different direction, question, or prompt on each of its sides. Then, have each student roll the cube and respond to the roll in some way."
I remember trying this after Paula Kluth presented the idea. Here are some sites that further explain the activity:
Teacher Toolkit
1. Read
Assign a section of text and ask students to find three to five quotes from the text that they think are particularly interesting. The quotes may be something they agree or disagree with, something they find interesting, something they didn’t know, something they would like to tell someone about, etc.
2. WritePass out index cards or slips of paper to each student, one card for each quote they have found. On one side of the card, ask students to write down the statements from the text. On the other side, instruct them to write any comments or feelings about their statements.
Divide the class into groups of 3-5 students. All students in the group are allowed to share one of their quote cards. The first student reads one of their quotes to the group and shows where to locate it in the text. However, the student isn’t allowed to make any comments about his or her quote until the other members of the group give their reactions. Therefore, the student gets the last word in the discussion of the statement. This process continues until everyone in the group has shared at least one quote and has provided the last word in the discussion.
Calendar
Monday 3/6/17
- No School
Tuesday, 3/7/17
- Literacy meeting GWAEA-AM only
- Working with students and staff
- Student led conferences
Wednesday, 3/8/17
- Staff meeting
- Working with students and staff
- Meeting with Jennifer B., website, PM only
- Working with students and staff
- Team Learning Meetings
Friday, 3/10/17
- Working with students and staff
- IC Meeting-PM
- If you would like to see my Google calendar search my name while in Google Calendar.