Fantastic Finds at FHES
Being intentional everyday
Collaborative Practices
Each week the instructional team will be highlighting great things we're seeing at Forest Hills. When you see something you would like to know more about and implement in your classroom please collaborate with that teacher. If you would like to see this practice in action, the instructional team will be glad to help you schedule an observation with that classroom.
Engagement Everyday
Our focus for the year is student engagement. These are some engagement strategies we're seeing at Forest Hills.
- Learning targets
- Think time I & II
- Quality questioning
- Formative assessment
Some of our fantastic teachers:
Mr. Bradford's Class
Students are engaged making anchor charts for main idea.
Ms. Farrar's Class
Ms. Farrar uses formative assessments to asses sight words and fluency at the same time. Then, she provides parents with this feedback.
Ms. Alexander's Class
Students are using red, yellow, and green cards to self-asses where they are in meeting their learning target. This is also a great way for Ms. Alexander to formatively assess.
Ms. Ryan's Class
Ms. Ryan uses equity sticks in an interesting way. She asked students to collaborate with other students at their table. She then drew a stick to call on a table to share their discussion with the class.
Ms. Woodard's Class
Students collaborate together to add and take away 10.
Ms. Linville's Class
Students work in small groups to sort verb tenses.
Tools for engagement
Each week the instructional team will be giving out one gift for teachers to use in the classroom to foster engagement.
This week our winner is Mrs. Alexander! She won the self-assessment cards. Each student received a set of red, yellow, and green cards to use on their desks to display where they are in meeting their learning target.