Hawk Herald
News and Notes for Teachers- April 1
Dear Staff
Hope you all had a restful and rejuvenating break. This month we have two big evening events; our welcome night for next year's 7th graders(required),April 17th and our AVID Family Night, April 23rd. SBA testing begins for LA. Let students know that it is important to eat and sleep well so they can do their best. Third quarter ends the 11th and Grade Prep day is the 12th.
Have a good week back.
Mary
You can also find the newsletter on the staff site: Staff Site
Academic Seminar- Wednesday
Bring a task or lesson you are currently working on.
Conversations and Observations
SBA begins
Meetings and Events
Monday-1 No Homework week
- Advisory Calendar
- ELL meeting 1:30
Tuesday-2 Oregon Educators Fair
- Team Meeting 7th
Wednesday-3
- Academic Seminar 7:50 in 229
- Attendance Meeting 10:10
- Team Meeting 8th
Friday-6
- SST
Language Central
We will be looking at this site during academic seminar on Wednesday
A place to understand, create and support language for access to learning.
Link: Language Objective Generator
Sample:
Scoring 6th Grade CAR Assessments
Receive extended contract AND provided dinner to score our HSD 6th grade CAR (algebra readiness) assessments. HSD employees (certified or classified) can commit to one or two or three of the nights. They DO NOT need to commit to all three nights. Contact Kellie Petrick, Andy Byerley, or Brooke Vilante with questions.
Dates this year are:
Monday, April 22nd from 4pm to 7pm
Tuesday, April 25th from 4pm to 7pm
Monday, April 29th from 4pm to 7pm
Building Literacy Skills in Secondary Content Classrooms
“Secondary-school leaders are uniquely positioned to support teachers in creating the next generation of artists, authors, historians, mathematicians, and scientists,” say Jacy Ippolito (Salem State University) and Douglas Fisher (Health Sciences High and Middle College) in this article in Educational Leadership. “But they need to shift away from the well-intentioned (but sometimes harmful) instructional rhetoric of ‘every teacher is a teacher of reading.’” Instead, say Ippolito and Fisher, school leaders should focus on the discipline-specific literacy work of each subject area, ask good questions, provide shared and differentiated PD opportunities, support teacher leaders, and observe perceptively in classrooms. Here are some questions for teachers in four key areas of literacy:
Reading:
- In your classroom, what does it mean to read like a historian/literary critic/ mathematician/scientist? Have you made this explicit to your students?
- Which texts might students read that mirror what professionals in this field read?
- What supports might students need to read such texts?
- What real-world problems, tensions, phenomena, or discoveries might these texts address?
- What’s the best balance between easy, challenging, and complex texts to help students improve their reading skills in this field?
Writing:
- In your classroom, what does it mean to write like a historian/literary critic/ mathematician/scientist? What kinds of writing are common in this discipline? Have you made this explicit to students?
- What are some good mentor texts for students to study – for example, argumentative essays, infographics, writing from sources, technical reports?
- How might what students are reading inspire their writing?
Oral communication:
- In your classroom, what does it mean to speak and present like a historian/literary critic/mathematician/scientist?
- What types of public presentations are common in this discipline?
- What exemplars might students watch – for example, TED Talks?
- How is vocabulary used in oral communication in this field?
Group work:
- In your classroom, what does it mean to collaborate in ways similar to professionals in the discipline?
- What language structures and communication norms are common in the field?
- What roles do members of this discipline play when working with others?
Meadows Principal Feedback Form
South Meadows Middle School
Email: mendezm@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/southmeadows
Location: 4690 Southeast Davis Road, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Phone: 503-844-1220
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthMeadowsMiddleSchool