Don't forget to comment!
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Dana Ford
2/8/2019 02:24:33 pm
Don't forget to try a Jigsaw activity by the end of February and comment on the post below (you may have to scroll down a bit to find it). Let me know when you are doing it; I'd love to stop by and see how the students do!
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Drew Smythe
2/8/2019 03:01:32 pm
It's good to see teacher attendance has improved from last year. Also good to know about Winter Break.
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Ashli Solinger
2/8/2019 03:10:30 pm
Winter Break - Yay! It will be a first for me, in all of my years of teaching I have never worked in a system with a winter break.
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Breann Dooley
2/8/2019 03:11:40 pm
Definitely glad we will be getting our full break!! Also, looking forward to learning new literacy strategies. Differentiation is a hard thing to plan out on paper (always part of my professional improvement goals) because you never know who is going to be where, BUT it is most definitely important and absolutely effective!! We probably all differentiate everyday without even realizing it, but I am glad we are all working on learning and improving planning it out! :)
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Andrew Bowen
2/11/2019 08:41:33 am
Keep up the good work!
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Shannon Perry
2/8/2019 03:15:55 pm
Illnesses have hit us hard this year! It'll be good to get rejuvenated during Winter Break! I have seen a marked improvement in tardies to my class in the last few weeks. :)
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Heather Atkins
2/15/2019 10:50:02 am
I've seen a marked improvement in tardies to my class, too!
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Chad Thornton
2/8/2019 03:18:30 pm
I am surprised there haven't been more out in January given the flu season.
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Terri Lynch
2/8/2019 03:21:05 pm
I would like to see more students held accountable for repeat tardies. It is always the same ones.
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Kurt Napier
2/8/2019 03:21:35 pm
The students have enjoyed improving their ability to interpret graphs in literacy time on Wednesdays. It's been a good change-up from the reading passages, but still effective.
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Ruth Brooker
2/9/2019 06:57:52 pm
The science department asked for this, because it is a necessary skill for passing the EOC in Biology! I know it helps y'all too! Cant wait to see that baby!
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Natalie Bruce
2/8/2019 03:23:14 pm
Looks like teacher attendance in January was better than past years--even with the flu!
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Katy Sane
2/8/2019 03:23:47 pm
I’m excited to try the jigsaw activity as Dana mentioned. I hope to incorporate this after Winter Break. Also, it appears that tradies are staying relatively low compared to months past.
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Lori Townsend
2/8/2019 03:33:36 pm
Happy about Winter Break! Regarding the slides on the seasons:
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Carl Koneman
2/8/2019 03:40:29 pm
All this great information about improving literacy and increasing rigor, and all you'll can think about is the Winter Break!! Come on people!
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ERIC WEAVER
2/11/2019 11:39:57 am
Yes I agree! We should be more upset about the momentum being interrupted than a few days out of school!
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Scott Moat
2/8/2019 03:49:36 pm
Good to see teacher absences and student tardies decreasing. It would be interesting to find the root cause that causes the repeaters to be tardy.
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Jessica House
2/8/2019 05:21:22 pm
Jigsaws are always fun! This is a great differentiation strategy that I learned while getting my gifted endorsement last year! Having Ms. Pankey help with the ESS babies part in this lesson was instrumental. Their Biome Dioramas were fantastic. I'm sure they would love doing this again. :)
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Lisa Oakes
2/8/2019 05:41:31 pm
I am sooooo looking forward to break after doing 150 oral exams over a six day period. Please do not laugh at me if I enter the wrong room by mistake, lol. I am spent. I built in three different places in the Oral exam where students have to think on their feet. The possible ways to respond were differentiated. The placement within the exam allowed me to adjust by the third situation to either to either give them something on his or her level or to challenge them if they were breezing through the exam. I feel this is one way that I have incorporated rigor based on an individual basis, in the moment of the exam.
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Dana
2/10/2019 04:31:25 pm
I love this!
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Jim Miller
2/9/2019 10:38:16 am
I look forward to learning some quick tips on literacy strategies that can be easily implemented. Anything that can cross the curriculum and be implemented easily is something that I want to learn about.
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Sandra johnston
2/9/2019 05:24:50 pm
Agree that students are liking the change in the literacy
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Shelby White
2/11/2019 07:16:28 am
I know it is hard to assign lunch detention slips at the front office in the morning when there is a line going out the door and we need to get students to class.
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Jennifer Plemons
2/11/2019 10:22:27 am
I like this idea, I have the same 2 or 3 students that are late everyday to first period and they are coming in with breakfast from the fast food restaurants too!!
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alderdice
2/11/2019 08:20:32 am
"thanks for all you do..."
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Andrew Bowen
2/11/2019 08:40:26 am
Flu stinks!
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Aiken
2/11/2019 08:46:58 am
I have tried the jigsaw with my students and they seem to enjoy it. I thought it helped them to remain refreshed on the transformations in geometry. I also gave the groups a chance to switch papers and correct the other groups to make sure they both remember both parts.
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Jeff Williams
2/11/2019 09:48:39 am
Good to hear about winter break.
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Josh Zeigler
2/11/2019 10:21:13 am
It is great to see that tardies are down from last month and attendance is not falling off because of Flu season
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Brittney Adams
2/11/2019 11:32:49 am
Great to see faculty attendance! I see a lot of student discipline issues in January, they seem to be getting more restless.
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Katie Davis
2/11/2019 11:37:24 am
Glad to hear that tardies were down! Maybe winter break is just what everyone needs to get healthy! Flu and other sicknesses have been rough this year!
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Marco Burgueno
2/11/2019 11:39:37 am
Good to see about the tardies, teacher absences, and winter break.
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Randy Baggett
2/11/2019 12:54:32 pm
It is good that teacher absences are down. I am looking forward to the literacy training.
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Ginger
2/11/2019 01:40:09 pm
I am looking forward to learning new literacy strategies. I am glad see tardies are down. Woo hoo! Bring on winter break!
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Wendy Owens
2/11/2019 02:42:25 pm
I am happy to see the staff absences down. Thanks for the rigor, differentiation, and literacy reminders. Hooray for winter break!! (and NOT having to make up the days!)
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Matt Harris
2/12/2019 07:53:51 am
Glad for the full break!
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Longmire
2/12/2019 10:14:36 am
I am surprised about teacher absences in January. February will not look good I fear.
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C Wheeler
2/12/2019 04:14:18 pm
Glad to see teacher attendance improving!
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Cheryl W Owens
2/13/2019 09:18:55 am
I am seeing a greater interest in the literacy assignments but will be interested to learn the new strategies later this month.
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Pam Puryear
2/13/2019 10:02:06 am
Maybe Winter Break will offset some of the flu we have started seeing. I am glad to see teacher absences down. Hopefully I am one of the ones who won't be absent so much going forward now that I seem to be "fixed."
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Zach Talley
2/13/2019 03:12:16 pm
I agree with C. Longmire: nice faculty attendance stats for January; this month doesn't look so great though, if covering classes is an indicator.
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Avery Hamilton
2/14/2019 08:07:49 am
Glad to hear about the snow days and I am looking forward to the break. Did the school board ever vote on the calendar options for next year?
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Bill Steele
2/14/2019 11:01:33 am
It was my assumption that a student with a 1st period late pass was assigned LD before they came to class.
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Ashley Pankey
2/16/2019 03:01:34 pm
I'm glad to see absences and tardies have gone down. It was also nice to hear about winter break.
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Anne Childers
3/1/2019 03:09:36 pm
Literacy is critical in helping us make sense of our world. Literacy development occurs not only in school but in every aspect of daily life. From the time we wake up to the time we go to sleep, we are constantly making meaning of the world around us. Every single activity we can provide to our students will lead them a little further on the path to better literacy. The jigsaw activity was great; students were engaged and hopefully it made an impact on them! The graphs were suggested by the science department; graphs are something that students are supposed to have mastered by middle school so the skills are part of the standards after that, but you can bet those graphs will be on the milestones! If other content areas have specifics like that they would like to try to incorporate into Wednesday Literacy, please just contact me!
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