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NEWS AND INFO FOR WILDCAT STAFF 11.5
AFFIRMATION OF THE WEEK
November is a great month to focus on gratitude. Now that we have entered the fall/winter holiday season, let's take a moment to remember that this time of year can include joyous celebrations, but also can be quite difficult for children and adults alike who are struggling with life's challenges. While we continue to move forward with rigorous instruction, let's also practice showing a bit more grace to those around us (and ourselves) who may be struggling to meet basic needs, away from loved ones, or grieving a loss. Find your most challenging students and challenge yourself to think of at least one thing about them that you are thankful for.
PBL TIMELINE - YOU ARE HERE
Should Already Be Complete:
- Qtr 2 Entry Event
- Project Planning Template and Project Calendar should be complete
PBL To Do This Week:
- Integrate student inquiry into daily instruction.
- Work on your project calendar with your team.
Instructional Resource of the Week
BoomWriter Tools:
StoryWriter inspires students as they conduct short, multi-chapter story writing activities. When finished, your class’s story can be published as a soft-cover book including all students’ names as participating authors! StoryWriter lets students develop and enhance their creative writing skills while focusing on key literary elements such as plot, character development, structure, and voice.
WordWriter engages your students as they demonstrate their understanding of key vocabulary words and terms. WordWriter facilitates the creation of original fiction and nonfiction content that is vocabulary focused.
ProjectWriter is ideal for conducting multi-section fiction and nonfiction writing activities, each section with it's own writing prompt. Break your Science or Social Studies units of study into into smaller sections, and let students focus on and demonstrate their knowledge of the key concepts being taught.
Click HERE to visit BoomWriter.
TO DO LIST
- Make sure lesson plans for the next 2 weeks are uploaded by Monday morning before school begins.
- Read the first quarter of your book club book. Complete your Literature Circle Assignment.
- Make sure that assignments are graded and entered in Mastery Connect.
THIS WEEK
IMPORTANT LINKS AND NUMBERS
Lesson Plans
- Facilities Request: https://purposebuiltschoolsatlanta.formstack.com/forms/maintenance_janitorial_request
- Supply Request: https://tinyurl.com/ybtnbpwg
- Absence Request: https://tinyurl.com/yas5tbze
- Field Trip Request: https://tinyurl.com/ydx6kr4d
- Media Center Requests: https://goo.gl/forms/DT5rVm8OdUtIzzWh1
- Tech Requests: https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/28827
- Digital Instructional Resources: www.portaportal.com Guest Access: dkemp
- Milestones Blueprints: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Test-Blueprints.aspx