Praxis What You Teach
Barton Middle School Teacher Newsletter
Wow! It's So Awesome to Be a Bobcat!
SIM-ply Marvelous Start
Theater Kids are SIM-art
Ms. Sanders started off the class period referring back to the student created expanded map. 6th graders didn't need the expanded map graphic organizer. They created it on their own.
FRAME as a Quiz
6th grade social studies teachers are using a FRAME as a way to assess student knowledge. No multiple choice quiz here. Students are using higher order thinking skills to express their knowledge. One student said "this is kinda fun."
Barger Student's STEM
GTT students use science, technology, engineering and math to build and test their tower project.
Barton Student's Staying on Course
Homann's Science Class
Timber's ELA Class
Harvey's Math Class
Linking 4 Success!
Door Display 4 Success
Homann displays her student's linking up for success.
Growing Linking 4 Success
Ms. France has a Linking 4 Success Origami tree her students created. Her student's said "The tree is coming alive."
How to Create Your Success
Ms. Haffner wants to know "What is your goal for this year?"
Her student's wrote their response on sticky notes and is displayed in the classroom.
Farmer's Students Sing About Photosynthesis
Building Atoms
8th grade science classes spent the day in lab building atoms from the periodic table. They had to create and identify the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Interacting With Interactive Notebooks
In Stan Fleming's class, students were cutting and pasting scientific instruments note cards into their composition notebook.
Math Student Shines in Mr. Taylor's Class
One of Mr. Taylor's math students created a math poster converting fractions into percents AND put a QR code on it to check your answer. Way to DYOD!
Social Studies DYOD their PBL and SIM
DYOD and Writing
Joiner's student is writing about Iran while DYODing. 6th grade social studies students are researching and creating a book on different countries.
DYOD with Course Organizer
Yount's student had his interactive notebook open to the Course Organizer.
Yount's Makes His Expectations Clear
The student's know their project based learning goal for their booklet.
{It's All About the Stache}
Barton embraces the mustache. Mr. Taylor... we are waiting for the {{Mustache}}
Talk Read Talk Write and the Kernel
Combining TRTW with Kernel Essays
In Talk Read Talk Write, the teacher facilitates structured conversations, holds students accountable for active participation, and supports them to move toward successful independent reading and writing. It can be paired up easily with the kernel essays. Homann's students were doing TRTW along with the kernel essay writing for Lab Safety this week.
Where to Place My ELLs?
The way students are arranged in the classroom can affect the dynamic of each lesson taught. Take a look at your classroom. Your classroom is most likely crowded with students whose primary home language is not English. If you need help with your ELL seating chart - let me know. I will be glad to help.
"I just wanted to share with you that your seating chart is working miracles. The ELLS sit across my front row and I call on people randomly. When they are called on, they seem less embarrassed to answer to answer because they are in front. My "Smart Kids" are in the back, but yesterday one of my ELLS answered a question a student in the back students couldn't answer... I'm seeing an increase in participation and confidence."
- JoAnn Goynes