High Point News
Week of: May 4th, 2015
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PKES
All staff members who are evaluated using PKES will need to complete their self-assessment by Thursday, May 7th at the latest.
All summative evaluations will be completed by Pitchford or Alexander beginning on the 8th. The deadline for completion is May 29th. Meetings will be scheduled as needed. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process, please let us know. Thank you!
All staff members who are evaluated using PKES will need to complete their self-assessment by Thursday, May 7th at the latest.
All summative evaluations will be completed by Pitchford or Alexander beginning on the 8th. The deadline for completion is May 29th. Meetings will be scheduled as needed. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process, please let us know. Thank you!
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TKES
All staff members who are evaluated using TKES will receive a formative observation, a formative assessment, and get a summative evaluation. A summative conference is required immediately following your evaluation. If there is information that was not included in your formative or summative and you believe it's important information to either document or to change a score, please let your evaluator know! Once you sign-off, a score cannot be changed.
It's imperative that all lesson plans are posted and up-to-date (times, subject areas, etc...) as we are using those to create our observation schedule.
All summative evaluations and conferences must be completed and signed by May 15th. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process, please let us know.
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Think First Stay Safe for K-3
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TKES
All staff members who are evaluated using TKES will receive a formative observation, a formative assessment, and get a summative evaluation. A summative conference is required immediately following your evaluation. If there is information that was not included in your formative or summative and you believe it's important information to either document or to change a score, please let your evaluator know! Once you sign-off, a score cannot be changed.
It's imperative that all lesson plans are posted and up-to-date (times, subject areas, etc...) as we are using those to create our observation schedule.
All summative evaluations and conferences must be completed and signed by May 15th. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process, please let us know.
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Think First Stay Safe for K-3
You will complete your 1-2 lessons during this week. Please
remember the following information for these lessons:
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Please review any returned permission form from
the fall- Send any students not allowed to be part of a lesson to the media
center. Please send a student to pick them up when you are done.
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There needs to be 2 teachers in the room at all
times.
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Please let me know if you have any student
concerns or if you need help answering any questions.
PBIS This Week
Thank you to everyone who filled out a buddy brag this month and recognized a colleague!
As we have only 3 weeks of school left, please don't forget to reinforce the positive behaviors students display in class and in the hallways! Keep your routines and procedures as much as possible and maintain your high expectations!!
Thank you to everyone who filled out a buddy brag this month and recognized a colleague!
As we have only 3 weeks of school left, please don't forget to reinforce the positive behaviors students display in class and in the hallways! Keep your routines and procedures as much as possible and maintain your high expectations!!
Below is a picture of a great way to keep students motivated and behavior under control for the
last few weeks. This bingo board is a fun system that can easily be implemented
in your classroom! As you catch kids being good, let them sign
any space on the Bingo board. The students will aim to get on there as much as
possible during the week, and on Friday (or as often as you would like) you
draw a letter and number. Those coordinates show you a space on the board and
whoever's name is on that space wins a prize!
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Writer’s
Workshop PLU
If you have been attending
Writer’s Workshop meetings with me this year (all gen ed, ESOL, and SPED
teachers) then follow the steps below to get your 1 PLU:
Registration Instructions:
§ Log into the Employee
Portal
§ Locate the blue Edivate
icon in the My Apps section
§ Once you’re on the Edivate
homepage, click on Resources (upper left-hand corner)
§ Click on Learning
Targets
§ Click on Catalogs
§ Select High
Point catalog
§ Choose the title of the
course (click on the word TITLE in the grey bar to sort alphabetically)
§ Click REGISTER icon
§ The course will no longer
show in the Catalog. It will be listed under the Transcript
tab
**To receive
credit for the course, participants must register **
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What I've Been Thinking About…
As we begin to wind down our school year, we need to keep focused on how much impact we can still have on our students over the next 3 weeks. The learning is not over!!! This is a great article to help us stay focused and remind us that "students have to be prepared for next year and ultimately what we do in the months of April and May has a huge impact on that preparation."
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Students in Ms. Griffin’s and Ms. Bassett’s 5th grade team-taught math class were working collaboratively on converting units of measurement. The teachers gave the students a gallon of water and they were to discover and explore, as a group, different units of measurement using pints, cups, and quarts. This activity was used as an engaging unit opener that challenged them to take academic risks and explore new ideas.
F & P Scores
F and P scores will be due at your ½ day collegial (except 5th
grade) NOT on May 15th.
This will give, most of you, a few more days to get them
completed.
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*****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE******
Students in Ms. Griffin’s and Ms. Bassett’s 5th grade team-taught math class were working collaboratively on converting units of measurement. The teachers gave the students a gallon of water and they were to discover and explore, as a group, different units of measurement using pints, cups, and quarts. This activity was used as an engaging unit opener that challenged them to take academic risks and explore new ideas.
*******MATH CORNER*************
Strategies of Assessment for Learning: How Can I Close the
Gap?
Strategy 5: Use Evidence of Student
Learning Needs to Determine Next Steps in Teaching
With this strategy, we build a
feedback loop into the teaching cycle, checking for understanding and
continuing instruction guided by information about what students have or have
not yet mastered. After having delivered
a lesson and after students have done something in response, we use what they
have done to determine further learning needs.
Do their responses reveal incomplete understanding, flawed reasoning, or
misconceptions? Are they ready to
receive feedback? Strategy 5 includes a
repertoire of approaches to diagnose the type of student learning needs in
preparation for addressing them.
The answers to these questions should
tell us more than, “Do something.” They
should help answer the question, “Do what?”
Ideas for Helping Kids Correct
Misconceptions
Make a list
of major conceptual understandings you will address in a given unit, mixing in
statements reflecting misconceptions students typically have. Before you begin instruction, distribute the
list ask students to mark, “True,” “False,” or “Unsure” next to each statement. Periodically distribute a fresh copy of the list
and have students revisit the statements related to what you have taught up to
that point, marking the statements as either true or false, accompanied by an
explanation: “I think it is true/false because..” Here is an example of this activity.
Shapes Ahoy:
Geometric Measurements
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Name:
Date:
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Before Learning
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Statement
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After Learning
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True False
Unsure
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Area is
the measure of the inside of a two-dimensional figure.
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True False
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True False
Unsure
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Volume
is measured in square units.
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True False
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True False
Unsure
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The area
of a composite shape can be found by breaking the shape down into common
shapes.
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True False
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Find the Mistake
In this
activity, students receive a question and a solution that has a problem or
mistake embedded in it. The students work
individually or in groups of two to three to find the mistake, correct, and
solve the problem. Kids on left side of
the classroom and the right side of the room complete different questions on a
similar topic. The teacher walks around
the room to observe and gives support through questioning. She may stop the activity for a minute or two
to offer some global comments to the class.
After group members have worked the problem, the students switch sides
of the room and work on the other question.
This allows students to see the question and concepts in two completely
different ways. Both ways are
beneficial. Afterwards, kids share their
ideas, strategies, and new understandings with the whole group. This is a great use all of the Standards of Mathematical Practice.
TIPS for Formative Assessment
Traffic Light
Before or
during a unit of study, ask students to categorize their understanding of
concepts using traffic light icons. They
mark their work with a green, yellow, or red dot to indicate strong, partial,
or little understanding. Students can
discuss their judgements in small groups and explain their rationale. Students with green and yellow dots work
together while the teacher conducts a lesson for students with red dots. Kids can also mark learning targets this way,
so that the teacher can use the information to differentiate instruction, or
help the students create a study plan identifying what they will do for the red
and yellow highlighted targets.
Chappuis (2015). Seven
Strategies of Assessment for Learning
With new learning strategies, kids
tackle higher-level math:
New math strategies might frustrate parents but they prepare
students better in the long run
*****WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The writers' gallery/pledge is hosted by Ms. Spears' class this week.
The writers' gallery/pledge will be hosted by Ms. Kehn's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, May 4th
Meeting with Pitchford during Specials
Tuesday, May 5th
Cinco de Mayo
1:45 - Leadership Meeting
Kindergarten Registration
Talent/Art Show @6:00
1:45 - Leadership Meeting
Wednesday, May 6th
College Spirit Wear DayKindergarten Registration
Talent/Art Show @6:00
Thursday, May 7th
Kindergarten Registration
5th Grade Field Trip
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principal's Meeting
Hess to CST Meeting
5th Grade Field Trip
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principal's Meeting
Hess to CST Meeting
Friday, May 8th
E-I-E-I Oops by Kindergarten @8:30
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
E-I-E-I Oops by Kindergarten @8:30
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Benita Bearden and Michelle Nobles on the 5th!! We hope you both have a wonderful birthday!!!
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