Middle School Math
May 2016
HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!
Lesson Ideas!
The Curse of Knowledge
Just a little summer reading...
Embedded Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam is an excellent resource for your professional library! Amazon.com says this: "Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it's viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in-depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students."
Buy it here!
"Skills students develop through questioning and discussion are critical to academic achievement, career success, and active citizenship in a democratic society. They also have great potential to engage students at the highest levels of thinking and learning. The extent to which this potential is realized, of course, depends on individual teachers who embrace these practices, make them their own, and realize that this process requires a true partnership with students. With that in mind, Questioning for Classroom Discussion presents and analyzes the DNA of productive discussions—teacher-guided, small-group, and student-driven."
Purchase it here.
Upcoming Events
Resource Center Summer Hours
July 18-20, 25-27
August 1-4
You are welcome to come and work during those times.
You may also email Pam Minyard at pminyard@blountcountyschools.net for requests (posters, die-cuts, laminating, etc).
MDC New Teacher Training
Wednesday, Jul 20, 2016, 08:30 AM
Blount County School-Resource center, U.S. 231, Cleveland, Blount County, AL, United States
7th Grade Math PLC
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016, 08:30 AM
Blount County School-Resource center, U.S. 231, Cleveland, Blount County, AL, United States
Math Instructional Coach
Email: mholt@blountcountyschools.net
Website: http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/bcsmiddleschoolmath
Phone: 205-625-4103