JJH IRS Update
What's Been Going On?
Visible Learning
I was fortunate to be able to attend a Visible Learning Institute with the other Instructional Resource Specialists. I came away with several new insights into how we might continue to improve the learning of our students here at JJH. As we work together on developing curriculum, I will embed these into our time together! You can check out the website: http://visible-learning.org/
Twitter!!
I love Twitter and find a lot of great information there! As a matter of fact, the alternatives to traditional homework was found on Twitter!! So, check out these two links about how you can use Twitter!
Continuing our Homework Discussion
To spur on our conversation about homework, perhaps you might like this short video from Rich Wormeli! It is about 7 minutes and might spark a few questions, thoughts or wonderings!
Talking Chips in ELA
Jenny's class used the Talking Chips structure to discuss multiple pieces of text.
Genius Hour Research
Students in Meg's 7th grade science class began finding resources in the LRC to help them answer their questions for Genius Hour.
Pumpking Carving at the Neylons
My kids pumpkins this year! Not bad, and I didn't do any of it, nor did I have to clean it up! One good thing about having two teenagers!