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Faculty Meeting March 25, 2015
Summer School
Criteria for Summer School
1) Math, reading, science/social studies (grades)
2)STAAR reading test in 5th or 8th grade
3)Failing any STAAR test and needing required acceleration
If you want to teach summer school, submit your application to Tankersley by April 14th.
LAMM Summer Work
Friday PLC with Dr. P
Gather, Check, Recheck, and Check Again testing materials
Friday, Mar 27, 2015, 08:00 AM
Testing Room
Classroom STAAR Sweep-Friday
Remove/Cover
- Instructional displays
- Anchor Charts
- Bulletin Boards
- Number lines
- Posters
- When in doubt...Cover it up!
STAAR Pep Rally April 17th
Educational Twitter Chats
Click for list of Twitter Chats
https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-official-listThank you Mrs. Garrett for the resource!
Never chatted on Twitter...Let #engsschat be your first one!
March 30th 6-7pm
Dr. Glinksi and Lisa Monthie from Waco ISD will be guests
Questions for chat
Which writing strategies would lend themselves to both English and social studies?
How can both English and social studies teachers use writing as a tool for learning content material?
How can both English and social studies teachers increase how much/often students write?
What are some models of good writing both English and social studies teachers could use for students to emulate?
How can social studies teachers quickly and easily assess writing?
Which technology tools help support writing in both English and social studies?