Our school uses Data Teams. We get together with a team of teachers. We develop pre-tests and post-tests. After we administer the pre-tests, we look at the results and choose instructional strategies and set SMART goals. After the post-test, we look at the results to see if we met our goals and to make decision […]
Archives for October 2012
A Tour of Ms. Cheng’s Room
I love looking around the classrooms in my school. I thought I’d share another wonderful classroom. This classroom belongs to Grace Cheng. I have the pleasure of supporting her as a new teacher. Last year we were on a grade level team together. She is still in second grade and has the cutest, well thought […]
Pink Background Freebie: Breast Cancer Awareness
The American Cancer Society calls themselves the Official Sponsor of Birthdays. If you’ve lost someone to cancer, you know why that is a meaningful slogan. My mom and I Today my mom would have turned 62. Unfortunately, she died in her mid-50s after a 20 year battle with breast cancer. In honor of my mom, […]
Currently
I’m officially a blogger I think now. This is my first time linking to Farley’s popular currently link. I really need to get a new copy of this book, In a Dark, Dark Room. My students have loved it so much over the years that it is falling apart. Which is ironic if you’ve read […]
Strategies for Dealing With Bullying
I used this video to start a conversation with my students about bullying. We had a fantastic discussion about this video. I loved listening in and hearing the students reaction. They were laughing and wincing. One of the students asked, “So, if someone bullies us, we should beat them up?!?” Isn’t that what a lot […]