sanford book pushers
feb 10
UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb 15 Share Day PD 315
Feb 16 100th day of school
Feb 20 President's Day-no school
Feb 22 Behavior Buck Celebration-details to be emailed by Behavior Buck Committee
Feb 27-March 2 Dr. Seuss week--theme day each day (info now on SharePoint Calendar)
March 8 Surry Siren test scheduled (loud siren sound)
March 9 K-5 Student Led Conference Night (all teachers attend)
March 10 Early dismissal for students
March 13 Picture Day
March 13 Share Day 315
March 23 PTA performance 2nd grade 6pm
Please be prepared for visitors in the building on Monday who may visit your classroom. Please have Learning Targets posted. Learning targets should be evidenced in the work the students are doing. We let you know when we expect visitors because we know you take pride in your own room and would want to put your best foot forward. Sanford Book Pushing teachers are awesome!
Entry Question
All third graders must respond to an entry question posted at the door as they arrive each morning
Laura Archer guiding a student on the entry question in third grade
Challenging, SOL Formatted, and each student stops and does their very best on the Entry Question
BOOK PUSHER ACADEMY-third grade after school reading
Barbara Brinker leading a group with high interest Safari reading material
Completing their Anticipation Guide before reading at Book Pusher Academy
Book Pusher Academy
Manipulatives for Heather Olson's 4th grade math Intervention Group
Great Science Enrichment conducted by our AmeriCorps team
First grade learning about game activities to build number sense. Ashley Good is sharing what she learned at a first grade curriculum meeting.
Observational Look Fors:
- 40 Book Challenge displays have clear evidence that they are 'live' and up-to-date
- Formative information being recorded (ala the clipboard or a notebook)
- Learning Target posted that includes a student action to demonstrate student progress on the LT (sometimes this is a 'by' statement)
Formative assessment being recorded in first grade
K Formative Assessment being recorded
Research in Virginia Studies in Georgia Estes classroom.
Small Group in Alyssa Johnson's room. Reading a poem and answering SOL formatted Thunks questions
Functional Text idea
Kristie McCray got a hold of this poster before it was discarded--can I hear WHOLE GROUP functional text lesson.
Another tip: functional text items in our Thursday folders. How do you review them. You can have students review at dismissal and ask them to write two questions they have or two things they noticed.