Royals are Readers
Staff Book Club Calendar for 2019-2020
Staff Book Club Information
I am going to offer four book chats this coming school year. You will be provided a copy of the book and given approximately two months to read the book. We will meet after school to do a book chat with some guiding discussion questions and treats! If you are interested in reading the book, please RSVP YES so I can order enough copies.
Note: All Teachers will be receiving a copy of Relentless at the start of the school year. Please RSVP to that book chat if you want to come discuss it as well. I will only order books for the remaining three book chats for those that mark YES.
The math texts were chosen as a result of feedback from the writing PD that was provided this past spring and the desire for staff to fill their professional tool belt with more math resources. This is also in response to school improvement goal areas and achievement data.
About Relentless
Hamish Brewer (aka the Tattooed Skateboarding Principal) grew up in a home disrupted by poverty, addiction, and family dysfunction. He understands the feelings of fear, lostness, and desperation that overwhelm too many children today—because that was his life. That experience is what drives him to work relentlessly to empower people living in the toughest areas to envision and create a better future for themselves.
Disrupt the norm. That is the challenge Hamish, a Nationally Distinguished Principal, calls educators, students, families, and communities to accept. And as he authentically shares his life experiences and adventures in this book, you, too, will be inspired to . . .
- Believe that something bigger and better is possible.
- Pursue your best, whatever it takes.
- Transform your school.
- Become the educator you always dreamed of being.
- Leave a legacy that pushes others to achieve their best!
Relentless is more than a motto. It’s a mission of total passion and purpose. And it’s the only way to win at work and at life.
Relentless Book Chat
Thursday, Oct 3, 2019, 03:00 PM
Dunlap Grade School, 1st Street, Dunlap, IL, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
No More Math Fact Frenzy Book Chat
Thursday, Dec 5, 2019, 03:00 PM
Dunlap Grade School
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
About No More Math Fact Frenzy
"Pencils ready? On your mark...get set...begin!"
Remember flipping over a page full of unrelated fact problems and scrambling to answer as many as possible in a minute? Remember trying to memorize math facts by rote? Many of our children are still asked to learn this way-even though research shows this approach can harm student learning more than help.
Explore an effective, research-based approach to math fact instruction.
No More Math Fact Frenzy examines this research and concludes that our approaches to math fact instruction are often ineffective. We want our students to know their math facts. We know they're better mathematicians when they're comfortable with them. Yet the ways we ask students to learn them in many classrooms remain unproductive.
To address this, the authors outline three phases for helping students master their math facts.
- Building foundational concepts and strategies
- Learning more efficient reasoning strategies
- Meaningful, ongoing practice leading to full fact fluency
Then they share recommendations for all three phrases: activities and games that build number sense, strategies that lead to flexible thinking, and ways to create and sustain a classroom culture of fluency. This kind of teaching helps students learn their math facts more successfully-and with less stress and anxiety.
"When we emphasize foundation concepts and reasoning strategies as the path towards building authentic fluency, students can develop their number sense, articulate their thinking, and understand the reasoning of others."
About Teach Like a Pirate
You'll learn how to:
- Tap into and dramatically increase your passion as a teacher
- Develop outrageously engaging lessons that draw students in like a magnet
- Establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in your classroom
- Transform your class into a life-changing experience for your students
This groundbreaking inspirational manifesto contains over 30 hooks specially designed to captivate your class and 170 brainstorming questions that will skyrocket your creativity. Once you learn the Teach Like a PIRATE system, you'll never look at your role as an educator the same again.
TLAP Book Chat
Thursday, Jan 30, 2020, 03:00 PM
Dunlap Grade School, 1st Street, Dunlap, IL, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
About Math Recess
In the theme of recess, where a treasure chest of balls, ropes, and toys would be kept for children to play with, this book holds a deep and imaginative collection of fun mathematical ideas, puzzles, and problems. Written for anyone interested in or actively engaged in schools—parents, teachers, administrators, school board members—Math Recess by Sunil Singh and Chris Brownell shows math as a playful, fun, and wonderfully human activity that everyone can enjoy… for a lifetime!
Math Recess Book Chat
Thursday, Apr 2, 2020, 03:00 PM
Dunlap Grade School, 1st Street, Dunlap, IL, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.