Learning Walk News
Solana Highlands, January 13, 2016
Language Arts Observations & Celebrations
- Powerful word work charts
- Daily 5
- Anchor charts and instructional posters for reading comprehension
- Anchor charts for Lucy Calkins writing
- Extensive libraries with leveled readers
- Writing Celebration walls and student portfolios
Math Observations & Celebrations
- Small group instruction and participation
- Manipulatives (cubes, Versa Tiles, rulers, miniature objects for sorting)
- Technology (Zearn, Dream Box, Number Pieces, Educreations)
- Garden array to represent Distributive Property
- Differentiation (tiered assignments, questioning techniques)
- Problem Solving (conceptual learning and reasoning)
- Math Vocabulary (charts, math journals)
- Peer collaboration
- Fluency practice (counting graphs, blocks)
- Questioning strategies (reminding students to "back it up like a truck, eeh, eeh...")
Discovery Labs Observations and Celebrations
- Active engagement with singing and drama
- Weather exploration in STREAM
- Art evident throughout the school
- Engineering weather hazards project based learning
Thank You!
Thank you for opening your school to us. It was wonderful to experience such a high level of commitment and dedication to student learning evident in every classroom.
Cheers to Solana Highlands!
Thanks again from Solana Santa Fe,
Becky Gauthier, Ruth Foley, and Allison Lazerus