CPUMS
Week of February 21
Quotation of the Week-"It takes practice to learn how to open up each moment of your life. But we have lots of moments, and each one gives us a brand-new chance to learn again."
Student -Led Conferences
10 Good Reasons for Student- Led Conferencing
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Opens up communication between school and home
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Practices real life skills - communication, organization, leadership, etc.
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Teaches self-evaluation, self-reflection skills
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Focuses on learning
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Goal setting process has buy-in by all involved
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Easier scheduling - easily accommodates late arrivals, walk-ins
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Provides quality time between parent and child
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Students are the center of the conference
Rigorous Reading by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
I had the privilege of hearing Nancy Frey talk last week. Her presentation focused on these 5 access points. I have an extra copy of the book if you are interested in further learning on her ideas.
The 5 Access Points Toward Proficiency
- Purpose & Modeling: Teachers think aloud to demonstrate critical thinking and how good readers always know why they are reading.
- Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction: Teachers engage students in repeated readings and discussions, with text-dependent questions, prompts, and cues to help students delve into an author’s ideas.
- Collaborative Conversations: Teachers orchestrate collaborative learning to get students in the habit of exercising their analytical thinking in the presence of their peers.
- An Independent Reading Staircase: Teachers artfully steer students to more challenging books, with strategic bursts of instruction and peer conferences to foster metacognitive awareness.
- Performance: Teachers offer feedback and assessments that help students demonstrate understanding of text in authentic ways and plan instruction based on student understanding.
Calendar
Monday 2/20/17
- No School-Presidents' Day
Tuesday, 2/21/17
- Work with students and teachers
- Cover class
- Subject area meetings
- First night of Heart and Sole
Wednesday, 2/22/17
- Mindset presentations at high school
- Work with students and teachers
- Setting up email groups-after school
- Work with students and teachers
- Early Dismissal-No team meetings
Friday, 2/17/17
- Out of the building-All day
If you would like to see my Google calendar search my name while in Google Calendar.