February Book Study

In this chapter we discuss how to help our middle schoolers grow into confident learners. Knowing that standardized tests raise students' anxiety, what do you do as a teacher to calm their fears and make them more confident?

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom-Jan

From the reading we know that students want their comments/opinions heard in your classroom. How do you make sure that you are not like those teachers discussed on page 76?

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom - Ch 2

Answer the following question:

Compare and contrast teacher-student relationships in your classroom now to when you were in middle school as a student.

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom-Oct

Respond to the following quote from page 35:
"By asking what they already know a lot about, noticing what they respond to, and asking what they wish they knew more about, teachers invite learning on several levels."

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom

Reflect on the statement from page 6: “But the more you learn how to listen to students---hearing the range of their worries, doubts, questions, and longings---the more effective you will be in finding your own methods to support the students you teach.”

Curriculum mapping

Science teachers please take a moment to comment on the staff development activity yesterday. This will let others know what to expect, what you got out of it, and possible next steps.

Based on our faculty meeting powerpoint, what is the key to success with RtI and how will East look differently after it is fully implemented?