The Coach's Corner
Keeping Taylor Teachers in the Know- March 21-25
Calendar
Tuesday: 2nd Grade PLC
Wednesday: 1st Grade PLC
ITL Meeting after school- Heather's Room
Google Classroom post on Mindsets in the Classroom due TODAY!
Thursday: Kinder PLC
STAAR module certificates due TODAY!
Friday: NO SCHOOL! :)
ELAR PD- From Curriculum Department:
Please remind your Kinder and First grade reps to register for professional learning in Eduphoria Workshop. Also, please check in with them about what they are bringing as evidence. The details are listed in the course description.
Please note the change for first grade professional learning. This change has been made in Eduphoria Workshop and teachers who were already registered have been notified via email. Thank you!
- Kindergarten - Friday, April 1st - 7:20-8:20 AM - Admin Training Rooms (Click here to register.)
- First Grade - New Date and Location - Friday, April 8th - 7:20-8:20 AM - CTE Center(Click here to register.)
ELAR Updates:
- Writing: The K-5 4th Nine Weeks Writing is now available in Eduphoria Forethought. Writing samples and conferring videos have been added!
- Reading: We have created a document that gives teachers some guidance on how to use technology for grouping students based on the cluster pre-assessments; as well as how to use technology to create formative assessments. This document will be linked in cluster 7, however we wanted you to have it now. Please review Tools for Grouping Students and Creating Formative Assessments.
- The 5th Grade Testing Genre has been added to cluster 6 in Eduphoria Forethought.
Excellent Literacy Blog-
http://teachingmyfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Anchor%20Charts
Scroll down about half way for ideas on teaching vocabulary- Latin and Greek roots are so tricky for our students. All grade levels can use anchor charts like this one:
Math
NEW RESOURCES: 1st-5th grade- I would love to have 15 minutes of either your planning time or your PLC time to discuss new Math resources with your team. Please let me know what time will work best for your team. Thanks so much!
Personal Financial Literacy Blogs:
http://www.teachertrap.com/2015/11/personal-financial-literacy.html/
http://www.stepinto2ndgrade.com/2015/07/personal-financial-literacy.html
Great book to use to connect Literacy & Math: