January 26, 2015

Parent & Student Led Conferences:

            February is approaching quickly and parent conference time is around the corner.  As I was discussing iStation with another Learning Liaison, she reminded me of this link on the HOME iStation screen. 

  

 

            This link takes you to the Frequently Asked Questions.  There are 4 sections that you will find great information:

            1.  Technical Questions

            2.  Classroom Management

            3.  Logging On, Using Student Program, and Report and Management

            4.  Reports- Under reports #5 “What report is best used in conferences”

Take a look at this and see how you can use this in your classroom to discuss with STUDENTS about their growth in reading.  This may be a great tool to use in student lead confernces as well. 

CALLING ALL BLOGS….I love learning from other teachers.  Please send me the name/link of blogs you read to gain inspiration and ideas.  I want to collect these and share them with the staff.  There will be FREE SONIC drink for each person who submits a BLOG resource to me by 4PM on Friday, January 30^th.    

September 15, 2014

Cannon Staff,

iStation Math/Reading Assessments are in full swing or crashing, it just depends on the moment.  (Just remember to keep taking deep breaths.)  

Language Arts:  Beginning of the Year (BOY) writing assessments should be completed and scored in two weeks.   The deadline for entering the data into Eduphoria is Monday, September 29^th. To help aid you in scoring your expository and narrative pieces, there is an e-course in Eduphoria (Workshop) listed under Language Arts called Scoring Student Writing.  This training is essential for new teachers and a great review for those of you familiar with the writing rubric.  Let me know if you need help but please do not wait until the last week.  Here is the link to the prompts if case you are having trouble finding them: 

https://drive.google.com/a/gcisd.net/#folders/0B0Pjat6z0vkVUzRQbmItTVVmZW8

(You MUST be logged into your GCISD gmail account for these to open.)

Collecting the data is an important and soon we will begin the process of using it to drive our instruction.  I leave you with two thoughts to ponder:

1.   Data is only valuable when we take ACTION through effective instruction. 

2.   The three characteristics of an effective teacher are: a) has good classroom management skills, b) teaches for mastery, and c) has positive expectations for student success.

Remember, I am your supporter and biggest fan!! If I can help you in any way, please let me know.

Lisa

My favorite Constitution Day Schoolhouse Rock Song for September 17th:  

http://youtu.be/FzAJyK0ovo8

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