Meat & Potatoes
October 2 - October 6
Questions & Concerns
October 9 Staff Development
Up & Coming Events
Wednesday - AVID College Day
Saturday - GDP Owls
Sunday - ProEthica Modules 1 & 2 Due
Library - Next Week
Social Dues
Counselor's Corner
Also, please let me know if there is a student who could benefit from a group lunch bunch or individual lesson.
Picture Day Information
Kurzweill
Fall Fest
IMPORTANT: PTO will ask for parents to donate items on your list, so BE SPECIFIC about what you want/need and they are happy to help. All items needed should be listed on the document by Wednesday, October 11th. Please also include room number, etc. so StuCo can make posters, etc. with accurate information.
Another way you can be involved in Fall Festival is by offering a special activity with students. For example, lunch with the ____________ team for winning bidder and a friend. Here's the link to sign up. https://docs.google.com/a/csisd.org/spreadsheets/d/1kCr2VovufTadp7zrcnRg86UDiHouLtgJ-xxjiZAUW0g/edit?usp=sharing
Rocco's Corner
It is a "Goal-Setting Worksheet" that requires a student to explain in five steps, a long-term goal and identify how they will achieve it. These goals should be something positive that students can achieve here at OW.
Please include this page in your Success class lesson plans for early October. I would like to see them completed in every student's planner before Halloween. This is a great exercise in Social-Emotional learning that we have provided for us.
AVID
McDermott's Weekly Tech Tip
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Martin's World
Level 1 questions/information deal with fact and recall. That’s a big one for us this year because of our emphasis on vocabulary.
One of my great teaching memories is a year with sophomores and juniors. We were working on Greek roots for test prep. I put them on flash cards and while I took roll every day, the students took turns quizzing the whole class, their row of desks, a small group or …? I made it different every day. If I even tried to skip a day, those big high school boys wouldn’t hear of it. Why? Because they felt successful. When we moved on to writing essays, well, that required the next level of thinking and it was hard.
The challenge? Finding engaging, creative ways for students to learn Level 1 information. The other challenge. Stop trying to use Level 1 information to generate a class discussion. It won't. And when the discussion falls flat, I'm left wondering why. Don't ask me how I know. Level 1 information does not engage the brain or further the thinking process. However, it does lead to smiles of success when students master the facts and it’s part of the learning process. Our students need to know the Level 1 information (vocabulary/math facts/steps in the Scientific Method) as they move on to Level 2 questions and playing with the facts.
So, how are we making Level 1 learning engaging for students? What strategies are working for you and your students? Share out with a colleague. It will make learning fun for you and them.
GT
StuCo
I will seek teacher input after I receive apps.
Because we do not have reps yet, each homeroom needs to designate/create/decorate a container to collect Boxtops.
Boxtops collection will run October 2 - 23.