Mustang Musings
March 17, 2019
ARC Focus of the Week
How is your equitable conferencing going?
- Emergency students must be met with at least 3 times in a two week period
- At risk students must be met with at least 2 times in a two week period
- Students who receive SPED or Title 1 services must be conferenced with by BOTH the regular ed teacher AND the SPED and Title 1 teacher.
On Target for IRLA Reading Level
At this point in the year, our students should be at these points:
K-.60
1st-1.60
2nd-2.60
3rd-3.60
4th-4.60
HES creates readers!
On Target for Reading Practice
Steps calendar for this month
Turnaround Tuesday
Time management ideas that aren't just for folks in grad school!
Teach the Teacher
Here are some multi-sensory methods to help teach summarizing
Here are some tips to help teach summarizing with direct, multi-sensory approaches:
Introduce Sammy the Summarizer (Lori Oczkus’ Reciprocal Teaching at Work). He speaks in a southern accent and summarizes the story.
To reinforce Sammy the Summarizer use a piece of rope or yarn as a lasso for an object or make a lasso hand gesture when you summarize a story.
Use the “Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then (SWBST) strategy (see below for template). Students write one or two sentences with those 5 keys words. For example, Buzzy (somebody) wanted to fly, but he read in a book that his body was too big for his wings. So, he walked home where his parents told him to believe in himself. Then, Buzzy could fly again. Create an anchor chart and have students write their ideas on post-it notes to place at each spot, or create a foldable with flaps for each title.
- As a follow up to the SWBST activity, have students write a paragraph using each part piece. This helps structure their summary.
What can I do for you?
- Modeling
- Side-by-side coaching
- Coaching and modeling of using the IRLA
- Round up resources
- Assist with differentiating lessons or materials
- Cover your class so that you can observe a colleague's class
- Cooperatively plan a lesson or series of lessons that meet best practices
- Serve as another pair of hands for a lesson
- Offer strategies for classroom management
- Help you connect with other teachers in the district
- Lend an open ear for a topic of your choice
- Reflect on student learning in your classroom through conversation and observation
- Work collaboratively to bounce ideas off one another to address a concern
- Evaluate new students to guide instruction
Confusion with short e and i? Try these great suggestions!
Which mistakes have you made? I know I have made a few in my time!
Looking for a safe search engine for your students to use?
Great idea, Mrs. Ciaston!
This is the board behind Mrs. Ciaston's conferencing table.
Here is a chart that helps Mrs. Ciaston's students remember the sounds of e.
These charts help students remember r controlled vowel sounds.
ARC Swimming Pool
Hardy Elementary School
Email: lhenk@iwcs.k12.va.us
Website: http://hes.iwcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 9311 Hardy Circle, Smithfield, VA, United States
Phone: 757-357-3204
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