Campus Connections
January 28, 2018
Message from Jeff and Yolanda
Coaches' Corner
Reciprocal Teaching
Improve students’ reading comprehension, scaffold learning, guide metacognition, improve retention of material read, utilize the social nature of learning, incorporate cooperative learning, and provide skills for lifelong learning…sounds just like a commercial for the latest and greatest teaching program. Yet, these goals describe an old tried and true reading strategy, Reciprocal Teaching. The reading strategy of Reciprocal Teaching, which was first introduced back in 1983 by Annemarie Palinscar and Ann Brown, nicely packages all of the goals listed above into one easy to incorporate teaching strategy.
The basic format of Reciprocal Teaching is simple; it integrates the four metacognition strategies of prediction, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. Reciprocal Teaching works because it utilizes these metacognition strategies employed by good readers, and makes them visible to students as they read. As students learn to use these strategies, they begin to utilize them when reading on their own. This helps students improve their reading comprehension ability, as well as retaining more of the information they read.
During Reciprocal Teaching, students work in groups to help one another use the four metacognitive strategies. With the original model students were placed in groups of four and rotated through the roles of leader (asking question), clarifier (clarifying confusing words or information), summarizer (summarizing information read), and predictor (predicting what the text will be about or where the text will lead). While there are many modifications that build on this original model, the basic premise remains that students are integrally involved in leading the discussions centering on these metacognitive strategies.
Here is how it looks:
- Teacher models by previewing, reading, annotating, asking questions, and summarizing a text.
- Students are placed into groups of four with one of the assigned roles: discussion leader, predictor, summarizer, or clarifier.
- Students read and lead discussion.
- Rotate roles and repeat.
High School Humanities Class: http://raisingthebar.wested.org/resource/reciprocal-teaching-high-school
Middle School Science Class: https://vimeo.com/144756379
Documents from Effective Educators: https://www.effectiveeducators.com/attachment/show/504e257ce4b05569cc2b2c4b
Wellness Corner
Wellness Check 1.29
Working out with a group will hold you accountable for meeting your health goals for 2018! Great opportunity available through teacher recommendation to meet every Thursday from 3:00pm-4:00pm with a personal trainer, Jamie DePaola who teaches group Boot Camp. Boot Camp class will be held off campus at the little park by the airport. Classes will be $10 for an amazing 1 hour of exercise! Beginners welcome because Jamie gives different variations of the exercise to meet every individual need. Grab a friend and let’s meet up to tone up!
First Class starts Thursday, February 1st! Don’t forget to bring a towel and/or a mat! Text/call Jamie at 410-241-2559 to let her know you are going to attend.
**Don’t forget Veg Fest!! http://www.swflvegfest.org/**
Staff and Student of the Month for January
Please show your Lorenzo family spirit and vote in the links below for our Staff and Student of the Month. This is your opportunity to give kudos by nominating a staff member. Of those nominated, the leadership team will select a staff member and a student from each category to honor through a certificate and special lunch in the dining hall.
Nominating a Staff or Student of the month is quick and easy. Just click on the Padlet links. Type the name of the nominated staff or student in the "Title" portion of the Padlet and post and your reasoning in the body of the post.
- 9th grade student Link
- 10th grade student Link
- 11th grade student Link (both academic and dual enrollment students)
- 12th grade student Link (both academic and dual enrollment students)
- Career and Technical Education student link (adults only)
- Adult Education student link
Happenings
On Monday January 29th:
- NHS meeting from 10:15-10:45
On Tuesday January 30th:
- Health screening off campus at OES from 7:15-1:30
- Green Club meeting in Mrs. Barr's room during lunch
On Wednesday January 31st:
- PLT reflections due
On Thursday February 1st:
- Core Wellness Club facilitated program in room 4-232 at 10:30-11:15
- LWTHS Department meeting in the conference room at 2:00
- Parent graduation's meeting in cafe A, and B from 5:00-6:30 Tara Barr
On Friday February 2nd:
- Hockey game in Germaine Arena from 5:00-9:00. Mrs. Neiman
Kudos to . . .
- Rocko Meyers, Larry Croy, Fay Warfield and Kim Chinnery for doing an innovative job planning and conducting the HVACR spring advisory committee meeting.
- Armando Padilla, Timothy Hall, Fay Warfield and Kim Chinnery for doing a great job preparing for the NATEF re-accreditation visit of our automotive service technology program.
- Lynn Bruce and Heidi Duff for doing an outstanding job working with our instructors to implement successful student success plans.
- Scott Schnappauf for doing an amazing job getting students, instructors and employers to use College Central Network to manage successful internships.
- Vanessa Alvarez for her successful "Collaboration and Co-Teaching in the Makeit Lab" presentation at the FETC conference!
Happy Birthday!
2/1 Sara Nelson