This week, I am focusing on Consolidating which means connecting and integrating ideas to support learning. I have no doubt that I have wonderful teachers that teach lessons that focus on standards from the NCSCOS. What I believe we struggle with is the connection part of instruction. Students have to be able to integrate new learning into the their "storehouse" and it needs to be stored in a way that they can retrieve it when it's needed. If they're unable to integrate and connect ideas then all of that teaching just equates to a TIRED and FRUSTRATED teacher.
In Ronald Ferguson's Tripod Study, researchers asked students this following question to determine if teachers focused on consolidating during lessons. Researchers used this exact question, “My teacher takes the time to summarize what we learn each day" to assess this area. I know, based on data from our LF walk throughs, that this is something not happening in our school at a high level. Writing must used in conjunction with summarizing to ensure that consolidation of learning is taking place...daily!
So to that end...
Beginning Tuesday, December 9, 2014 STUDENTS WILL SUMMARIZING LEARNING AT THE END OF EACH MATH AND ELA LESSON BY ANSWERING THE DAILY EQ THROUGH WRITING.
Administration will be doing spot checks each day to read through a few student responses.
When meeting on Friday (12/5) with Mrs. Gay, we came up with the idea of encouraging students to answer to the best of their abilities by having you pick the best response and posting it with the student's name by the EQ. To help pare down the amount of work you'd have to do, have them work in pairs/small group and let them pick the best from those small groupings and then you narrow down to the class winner.
We need immediate change to ensure we leave 48.1% far behind in the rear view mirror.
If you have any questions, please see me!
Thanks for all you and remember...WE ARE ERWIN and...
only 10 school days until Christmas Break!!
Week of December 8-12, 2014
Monday, December 8
- Instructional Rounds w/ Callanan & Licary @ 1:40
- Santa Pictures in conference room from 9:00-10:30
- Reading Intervention regular schedule
- Backus Out at Testing Mtg
- Announcement Regarding Christmas Party Will Be Made
Tuesday, December 9
- Instructional Rounds w/ Skulsky, Hayes, and Parker @ 2:25
- 3rd and 4th grade PLCs- LF Day #3
- Mrs. Gay Baby Shower at 3:30 PM
Wednesday, December 10
- Instructional Rounds w/ Cowan and Alford @ 11:20
- LF Lesson Plans Due to Your Assigned Administrator or Instructional Coach
- THS Area Principal Mtg at CES at 1PM
- 5th Grade PLC- LF Day #3
Thursday, December 11
- Hill at Chamber Mtg at 12 PM
Friday, December 12
- Nothing on my calendar...kinda of scary :(
REMINDERS:
- Intervention time is INTERVENTION TIME! This time is important and a big piece of our SIP. Please make sure you have your students in place on time. If intervention time is not working you will need to see me immediately with a solution to the problem.
- Please make sure that no time is wasted...time is so precious and sitting at 48.1% proficiency should be push enough for us to not waste time. Everything we do should be aligned to the curriculum.
MOY Benchmarks: Before or After Christmas...that is the question?!? Need some input before I make a decision. If you care either way, email me by Wednesday, December 10th.
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