Friday Focus
Amy Parks Heath Elementary
Your Hero Opportunity This Week-- Be More Dog
Dogs think everything is amazing. They approach each adventure full speed with great hope and willingness to play. Let's be more dog.
This Week's Important Info
- Mon 28th Hoe Down Store Begins
- Tue 29th Bluebonnet Stomp, Staff Meeting, Chick Fil A Night
- Wed- Fair Day
GE Life Principle -Effort
Literature connection:
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
The Little Red Hen
The Hare and the Tortoise
Quote:
"All things are difficult before they are easy." Thomas Fuller
Effort- video options
Little Red Hen K-1
http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/124-finish-line
Don't Give Up K-6
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/228065168605097900/
4-6 Sports Reference
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/praising-student-effort
For teachers
Still Focusing on: Enriched Vocabulary -Practice 8
Step one: The teacher explains a new word, going beyond reciting its definition (tap into prior knowledge of students, use imagery).
Step two: Students restate or explain the new word in their own words (verbally and/or in writing).
Step three: Ask students to create a non-linguistic representation of the word (a picture, or symbolic representation).
Step four: Students engage in activities to deepen their knowledge of the new word (compare words, classify terms, write their own analogies and metaphors).
Step five: Students discuss the new word (pair-share, elbow partners).
Step six: Students periodically play games to review new vocabulary (Pyramid, Jeopardy, Telephone).
Marzano's six steps do something revolutionary to vocabulary learning: They make it fun. Students think about, talk about, apply, and play with new words. And Webster doesn't get a word in edgewise.