Update from THIS I.F.
Happy Spring!
Schedule
April 11th PLC for 1st and 2nd
April 13th PLC for 3rd
April 14th PLC for K, 4 and 5
Please see Benchmark Schedule for these dates. K-2 will be doing a county level benchmark for math, 3-5 will have a reading and math benchmark that is similar to the EOG. As a school, we would like you to do SRI and STAR Math before April 15th.
Reminder that CBM and Reading 3D Window opens on May 2nd and will close on May 20th. This is a quick window so you need to start discussing how you want to test students and books you are using now so you are prepared to get started quickly.
Teaching Annotation
Students upload a video or are given one and they annotate their thoughts, comments, interactions with mood, characters, Big Five, etc. as they watch. This models the thinking that happens as you process information. It is VERY user friendly.
Making annotation and your thinking as you learn CONCRETE is important especially for our struggling learners.
Try it Out!----Annotation of a Video and then move on to short text.
Book It
MTSS Flowchart
Take a look and see what you think. This might be a good resource to laminate and have in your filing cabinet with MTSS clerical information
Spring Benchmark Schedule
TA PD
I will have lunch ready for you by 11:30.
Summer Reading Camp
If you are interested in working at Summer Camp--contact Dr. Curry.
Guidelines for who will attend are changing and more details will be coming forth.
4 days a week for three weeks
July 18-21st
July 25th-28th
August 1st-4th
Making Literacy Concepts REAL
Video clips are a great way to ensure students truly see the skills we are asking them to do with text by applying those skills to video. With Spring arriving, this is a great video to review the Big 5. The video has no speaking or sound--but certainly still tells a story.
You can explore ideas such as inferring, graphing mood change to see how a character develops through a story, how events impact the mood of a character, and how setting/description affect the ;mood of a story. A great video for sequence of events, connection to farming/growing/seasons, and drawing conclusions. I see poetry lessons here with figurative language descriptions of the wind. You would need to stop this often for young students.
If you would like to talk specifically about a lesson plan--please talk to me!
3-5 Video Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGRIj0teDM
This would be a great video to start a review of Figurative Language. Think of the similes and metaphors this video could jumpstart!
A great analogy for boring vocabulary and writing. You can certainly inspire imagination with this quick clip!
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Kelly This
Email: kthis@alexander.k12.nc.us
Website: http://www.alexander.k12.nc.us/domain/1123
Location: Taylorsville, NC, United States
Phone: 828-632-3072
Twitter: @This1This