Friday, August 29, 2014

Region 3's Feature School System!
Arab City Schools

Arab City School district creates a newsletter periodically for their parents, students, and teachers. Each newsletter shares a glimpse into some of the learning that is happening across the district. Arab City Schools shared their "Back to School" newsletter with our team. We could not wait to share. Small group instruction and student collaboration is taking place in grades K through 12! Take a peek! 


RESPECT
Students discuss and post what respect should look and sound like in their classroom.



MATH IN ACTION
Students practice place value in math class.



AUTHOR'S TONE
Students identify and chart positive, negative, and neutral words.



NOTICE AND WONDER
Students work together to list things they noticed and wondered about a picture.



SENSORY BOX
Students enjoy time at the sensory box as they transition into the new school year.



CELL SIZE
Students determine how cell size affects the rate of diffusion.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

 Super Core to the rescue! 

"Author Mark Weakland does not ask you to abandon your core reading program. Instead, he shows you how to make changes in your instruction, narrow the scope of what you teach, decrease the time your students spend in workbooks, and increase the time they spend on reading and writing for real purposes—to turbocharge your teaching and your students’ learning."

"Super Core has been designed to boost your knowledge base and rev up your instructional and assessment skills so your teaching is more powerful—and your students are excited about reading, writing, and thinking on their own."