Bird is the Word
This is What's STATPening
...There will NOT BE Choice PD on Monday
Things you can do instead of attending a Choice PD:
Bake some cookies, wrap some presents, drink hot cocoa, cuddle up with a loved one, call an old friend, take a nap, watch a movie...breathe.Love,
Your Admin
Belinda, Melissa, and Kerry
PS: January 4th will be BCPSOne Updates and January 11th will be a Faculty Meeting.
Looking Ahead...Professional Study Day on January 19th
check here to see what you will be attending that day
If your content or subject is not addressed above, there will be a school-based PD provided.
PARCC PRACTICE
- a lot more information will be coming on PARCC and our preparation for PARCC, but here is one website that you can use to begin familiarizing yourself with practice tests and sample questions
- WHAT I LOVE: you can create your own practice tests based on the standards you want to address and it provides the students with immediate feedback
Math Curriculum Enhancements
Primary
- Check NEWS and UPDATES folder periodically
- Click on Teacher Overview under each Unit to see everything you will need for the unit (Pacing Schedule, I Can statements, Everyday Counts calendar math activities, the Standards aligned with the Essential Skills- unpacks the Standard, and how the Standards will be assessed during that unit)
- Digital resources: Optional pre-assessments and proficiency levels for pre, assessment resources
- Vocabulary Cards
- Wixie Activities within BCPS folder in Wixie
- Videos for additional small group instruction
Intermediate
- Same file folder structure within BCPSOne: News and Updates- videos on how to assign Pearson digital assets, webinars
- Teacher Overview: Pacing Guide, I Can statements (One pager), Unit at a Glance: suggestions for assessments, Assessments componants
- Pre-Assessment is designed to give you real, meaningful info about what your kids know and what they don't know: answer keys can give you info on how the child might be thinking based on answer that they gave
- Videos on how to assign Pearson digital assets
- Long range planning documents, specifically, story problem routines
- Small group differentiated activities- ideas for what to use for different levels
Lesson Tiles Tips
Did you know that you can COPY LESSON TILES to other dates?
1. Hover over the tile
2. Click on COPY
3. Change the date in the box to the date you want to COPY the tile to
4. Click COPY LESSON
Bulk Reschedule of Lesson Tiles
You can ADD WIXIE as a tile...(not the activity, but Wixie itself)
This will add Wixie into your tiles, not the specific activity, but provide a more organized way across the day in your tiles.
^^^3 Credit Charlotte Danielson Course^^^
STAT Cohort meeting at Bear Creek
It is defined through Charlotte Danielson as:
· Coherent instruction brings together a teachers’ knowledge of the content, knowledge of their students, clarity of instructional outcomes, and knowledge of resources.
· Coherence means that there is alignment between the instructional outcomes, the activities, the materials, the methods, and the grouping of students.
JVES STAT
Thanks to Susie, Terri, and (soon to be Melissa) for spreading Christmas cheer through music! It really does brighten your day to hear the students singing and playing instruments.
Email: ncalhoun@bcps.org
Location: STAT FLAT
Phone: 732 322 0917