I am working to update/create Personalized Learning Plans with your student. Please talk about this at home. Some students have great ideas...and some are really stuck. The PLP works best when it is something that connects home and school--when families know what their student is doing, asks about the PLP work on a regular basis, and supports with ideas and materials. Things on the PLP can be outside of school events and activities.
Email me any ideas you have, items you would like to see on the PLP plan, or questions about the PLP time.
Thanks.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Ice Skating/Lego Robotics Friday
Students will either attend the Lego Robotics Competition at the Convention Center or go Ice-skating (their choice). In either case, please send in Chinook Book or Entertainment coupons for ice skating. This helps keeps costs down and stretches our advising dollars farther. Even ask your neighbors, friends, etc.
Bring coupons on Thursday or Friday!
Students should wear active clothes for this PE adventure (and can bring in skates if they have them). Ice, Ice, Baby!
Bring coupons on Thursday or Friday!
Students should wear active clothes for this PE adventure (and can bring in skates if they have them). Ice, Ice, Baby!
Tobie Gone all Next Week
Next week I will be attending a conference in Denver, CO. I will be attending workshops on portfolios, alternative assessments, thematic learning and other exciting teacher-topics.
I plan on taking Monday and Tuesday as personal days, and attend the conference on Wednesday-Thursday (road trip!).
Quincy Chance, our PE and Health teacher, as well as our advising's adopted teacher (and my student teacher), will be my substitute for the week. Quincy has been with us since the camp-out, teaches with me in our math class, and works in small groups and one on one with students during advising. He has great relationships with the students and a firm grasp on things. I am sure everyone will have a great week together. He will be your contact if you have questions, although I will be checking my email all week and will be reachable by cell phone Wednesday-Friday.
Remember that we need rides for Friday, March 7th. Contact Genieveve White our liaison id you can help. Without rides, we can;t go...and the whole MS is attending. I will be sad to miss it.
I plan on taking Monday and Tuesday as personal days, and attend the conference on Wednesday-Thursday (road trip!).
Quincy Chance, our PE and Health teacher, as well as our advising's adopted teacher (and my student teacher), will be my substitute for the week. Quincy has been with us since the camp-out, teaches with me in our math class, and works in small groups and one on one with students during advising. He has great relationships with the students and a firm grasp on things. I am sure everyone will have a great week together. He will be your contact if you have questions, although I will be checking my email all week and will be reachable by cell phone Wednesday-Friday.
Remember that we need rides for Friday, March 7th. Contact Genieveve White our liaison id you can help. Without rides, we can;t go...and the whole MS is attending. I will be sad to miss it.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Testing
We are working on the first round of our computer based state tests. This first attempt will give us data to target reading support for those students that need extra focus. Any student that does not pass their test this round, will have other opportunities.
Over the next two weeks, we will also begin our math tests. With the math test, it is important for students to work slowly, write out the problems, and use the math tools that will be available.
While testing is not the only reflection of student's learning, teachers use it to help identify students that need extra support, classes that may need to be offered, and possible test-taking skill focus groups. Getting set up and started with the tests is always a little rough due to technology issues, but then things smooth out and the testing environment has been mellow.
Jess is our US testing coordinator. Thanks Jess!
Over the next two weeks, we will also begin our math tests. With the math test, it is important for students to work slowly, write out the problems, and use the math tools that will be available.
While testing is not the only reflection of student's learning, teachers use it to help identify students that need extra support, classes that may need to be offered, and possible test-taking skill focus groups. Getting set up and started with the tests is always a little rough due to technology issues, but then things smooth out and the testing environment has been mellow.
Jess is our US testing coordinator. Thanks Jess!
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