4-8-2016

The 5th students are participating in the  Amazing Race as they travel around school getting information from different countries.  Seeing smiles and hearing comments like "this is hard" tells me that the activity is both engaging and a challenging for the students!  Nice job 5th grade teachers on  the extra effort for an innovative project.  

Great information and resources on Teen Media Use on Common Sense Media.  I've shared parts of this before but this is a good link to bookmark when needed.  

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/the-common-sense-census-media-use-by-tweens-and-teens?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=csm

Michelle Fiorini has been working hard organizing and preparing for the summer reading program.  This years program will have a few changes and will hopefully be more motivating for the students.  

Thanks to Lynette and Courtney for putting in extra Lunch duty hours to help cover for 5th grade.  It is appreciated.   

Huge resource list from a reliable source on Project Based Learning.  Take a minute....you do have one minute...click the link....go ahead...:)

http://cybraryman.com/projectbasedlearning.html

I was  listening outside his band door Tuesday morning and was very impressed with the formative instruction John F.was delivering throughout the period.  He is doing a great job of helping us out in Mark's absence.  

Interesting, short article on why sharing a screen in a 1:1 environment is important:  

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/sharing-screen-in-1to1-classrooms-monica-burns?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Sherry Anderson did another great job working with the 3rd trimester students on their Ruth Goldberg projects.  Check out the video below.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0B2Oy3NVXM&feature=youtu.be

Thanks to Lynette, Lyn, Michelle F, Sherry and Melissa for serving time on the instructional load committee.  Working together to improve the overall student experience is an important goal.

A very Happy Birthday to Dr. Ehrhardt tomorrow.  I know we all appreciate the expert leadership he provides our district. Personally, I am grateful for his mentorship he has provided me in District 25.

Cool video on habits of original thinkers.  15 minutes long.

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." - Elbert Hubbard