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Today I watched the first half of the "Making Room for Belonging in School". This webinar highlights the critical link between students’ sense of belonging and their academic success. When students feel included, they perform better; when they don’t, their performance suffers and inappropriate behaviors increase. With such little time in our class periods, I must remember to be intentional about getting to know our students better to help them feel better connected to school and build their sense of belonging.

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I've missed a lot of the Canvas training, so I started reading through that. Perhaps tomorrow I'll start getting my hands dirty!

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I am still navigating Canvas and playing around on the made up PE class. I have so far come up with a discussing question and added a course syllabus in a hyperlink.

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Played around with Canvas this morning. Was gone Thursday so trying to play a little catch up

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I am still trying to figure out Canvas. I wish there was a step by step for dummies! :)

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I am working on LETRS assignments.

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I looked at several Eduprotocols such as Think/Thick Slides, Sketch and Tell, and Cyber Sandwich. I am going to see how I can translate those into my math classes and make them math related.

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We discussed various methods for differentiating assessments from simple matching names to bones to more complex techniques such as how those bones work together for movement.

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Discussed assessments for skeletal system with Meyer.

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I am working through Canvas.

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I watched and learned about Eduprotocols. This is something I have never seen before, which is refreshing. I really like the Fast and Curious protocol. I think that the students would enjoy this. I also liked the idea of Mathreps. I need to spend some more time understanding the framework. Thinking about 20 years ago, lol. It reminds me of the mind maps we used all use to organize learning. Thank you for sharing.

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I made 10 positive parent contacts today. It was a nice reminder that even while things are overall very difficult right now, there are still students doing the right thing and even going above and beyond expectations. Additionally, this helps to build relationships with our families and make school a more welcoming place.

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I watched some of the videos about Edupro because I'm really looking to figure out ways to be more proactive and engaging with the students verses using a worksheet all the time. They have an iPad, why not make sure they use it for good. I think using it as classroom work, an activity, or a review is a great way to get them engaged and learning. I want to play around with the website more to learn what I can use.

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I watched the videos on the different strategies for engaging students. I really liked a couple of them and want to try them in my classroom. I spent time thinking about how I can use them for math related content like the iron chef. This can be used for an easy review or checking knowledge activity.

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I have never used Canvas as a system in the classroom. I am trying to create a mock class where I can use the system prior to executing it with an entire class. I am still a bit confused though but only because I never knew about the system and have only played with it for maybe an hour total. I am exploring curriculum development as well, and I hope the system will help support that effort. I will put that on tomorrow's training! :)

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I am working through the Tool Playlist to improve the structure and efficiency of my Canvas classes. I am hoping to see improvements in students taking responsibility for their learning and creating.

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Still working through Canvas

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Learned about the different eduprotocols. Throwing one or two of these in wtih my sub plans may help keep kids better engaged when I am gone. Maybe also adding these into my 10 minute typing practice at the beginning of class

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I uploaded missing work for students at home and missing work for students in ISS so that students will have easy access to any missing work they so choose to complete and turn in.

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I am working on uploading the band handbook to my canvas classes

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I am working on uploading the orchestra handbooks to the Canvas classes

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I am exploring Canvas some more after missing a couple of sessions. I am working on creating assignments and quizzes in my class and creating the welcome page.

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I continued to set up my classes in Canvas. I have all of them set up and a module set up of literacy games for students to play when they complete their Reading Plus. As students complete their RP this week I will show them the module and next week I will go over Canvas in each class to they are aware of what's available to them.

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Today, I started watching this video

about how to set up a class in Canvas. I got some of my settings put together and built my unit 0 (attached photo). I still need to set up the home page and figure out how the mastery paths work.

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Proactive Planning for Chronic Misbehaviors

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Proactive Planning for Chronic Misbehaviors

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I am going back to the basics of Discipline in the Secondary Classroom because what I am doing now hasd no impact on the small percentage of students who do the same disruptive things every day, regardless of intervention or outcome. -Sherman

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Eduprotocal that uses a simple drawing (not clipart) to explore a key concept, share it with a partner and then summarizing the concept. By having students draw out the concept, they are forced to slow down and think through their understanding of the concept

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I am working through the curriculum to see how I can adequately teach the subject matter.

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Jennings and I collaborated on a lesson for ancient Egypt next week.

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I am working in unit 5 in LETRS.

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I'm exploring the new features and resources in Reading Plus, so I can motivate and incentivize students.

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I'm exploring the new features and resources in Reading Plus, so I can motivate and incentivize students.

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Jennnigs looked at one of the choice board options called Eduprotocols. There are nine different options to choose from. They are very short and quick activities that you can use with students for every aspect of a lesson plan. I am definitely going to look further into these.

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Jennings spent this time in Ahrens room. We looked at ideas that we are using to teach our unit over Egypt. And as many times as I have to spell "Egypt" I have to look at the keyboard each time. LOL

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I continued looking through this Website. There are so many options for me to use in my classroom. I see that Miller talked about putting them in her sub plans and I think that's a great idea. I need to make my class more interesting and I'm hoping some of these lesson will help me do that and if it works, then I want to continue with it for the rest of the year. I do also think it could really help make things easier for me.

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I spent the time getting LETRS set up and log in was not working. I have a lot of catching up to do but I have really gotten a lot out of LETRS in the past.

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I spent the time getting LETRS set up and log in was not working. I have a lot of catching up to do but I have really gotten a lot out of LETRS in the past.

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Thanks for sharing! I understand the login issue can be frustrating, but it's great that you've found LETRS helpful in the past. I'm in the process of tracking down the LETRS manuals. Rachel Brown thinks that they got left at NEM. As soon as they are found, I'll get your manual. I'll see if I can find out to contact about your login issues as well.

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Met with team members for re-evaluation IEP.

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Met with team members for re-evaluation IEP.

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I am going to be honest; we had to set up the gym today for a new unit and I got finished at 8:20.

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I really enjoyed learning the FAST & CURIOUS method of instruction because it is a structure requiring very little change from the way we already do things in the classroom. However, I disagree that the thin slides method is useful because at the MS level we have not yet learned to take notes. Shortcuts should not be used until after you understand the process behind the shortcut. Notes are exceptionally difficult for cadets here at Hamilton. It's a great way to ease planning and give students repetition with content and technology.

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Still playing around in Canvas - trying to learn how to do stuff. Honestly - I probably won't use Canvas. I LOVE teams.

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Finished 2 out of 13 Flinn Science safety lessons.

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Figured out how to sign up for Flinn science safety classes.

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The videos provided great examples of the ideal learning environment for students. I liked how the teacher had a great pace and the class was actively engaged in the learning process.

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Still exploring Canvas and trying to set up a unit where students can access PowerPoint for projects.

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I explored the site and clicked on several safety lessons.

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I went over my expectations and classroom management. I made sure that I was still following through with everything and changing things if needed.

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Collaborative Planning - I worked on creating differentiated instructional materials for our upcoming unit (Unit 6: Europe & Russia). This will help all students reach our instructional target despite their current skill levels.

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The instructions were a little off, but I found the course I will need to complete by May 2025. There are 13 lessons that all middle school science teachers need to know well enough to pass 13 assessments. Once that is done, I will need to email my certificate to Swanson.

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Eduproticals: I particularly like "Thin Slides" and "Sketch & Tell" and plan to incorporate on of the two into my upcoming unit on the Constitution. Some of that material can get complex, so I like the idea of having the students research, put together information on their own, then sharing it with a partner.

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Looked at Intervention teacher and Tiers for math classes and found 36 deficiencies.

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Fastbridge scores and Interventions the students are placed in.  

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I had heard about EduProtocols before and like the idea of using similar lessons several times and changing the content. I already do this some because my students like routine. I also noticed that I do some of these activities in a variety of ways, but I like how they explained it. One of the lessons that stuck out to me was the Iron Chef. I liked how they described secret ingredients and gave choices for those ingredients such as an interesting fact. I also like the idea of having students do activities such as the Thin Slides. I think I would mix these with the idea of a gallery walk because my students would learn more from that than presentation style

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I used my time to create instructional videos to post on Canvas. This will help students be correctly and repeatedly informed on their art making instruction.

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Continued exploring the EduProtocols link and looked at the Sketch and Tell. Super easy activity that gets them engaged with each other over the content.

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So today I searched around for mass communication and I think I remember Josh saying that could be in the works?? I also was comparing it to Teams; I wish they had a part where classes could "chat" on the home page of the class. Like if they had a quick question, just post it on the class page...maybe I am overlooking that.

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I explored the CHAMPS choice board. Reviewing attention signal, expectations, transitions, non-contingent attention, and corrective procedures impacts my teaching and learning. I am able to focus on areas I may have forgot or sharpen up the CHAMPS system/implementation in the classroom. One area I have been a little too relaxed in and could revisit being more strict in is transitions.

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Still working on Canvas

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Started Canvas but was interrupted with a parent phone call on a behavior issue.

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I rewrote a TRP for a student in need. The student has a meeting soon and Lear and I discussed what might help the student most

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CHAMPS choice board- Transitions.

I reviewed the CHAMPS board, especially transitions as we have been doing station activities this week.

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there is nothing beautiful about it

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Its cute how they think we do all of this in middle school

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Still working on classroom management things and getting my lessons to have more structure.

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Today I watched a short walkthrough video that Ehret made for me about how to integrate EdPuzzle; I spent the rest of my time working on putting that learning into practice - I think I got it right, but I can't tell for sure without a real student account.

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It's amazing how much I know about lab safety after years of lab work as a student and as a science educator. Neat!

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I worked on LETRS volume 2. This information will help me be better with vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. I am still in the introductory part of Unit 2.

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Canvas - I didn't get to go far with creating quizzes on Canvas when Josh was here and took today's PL to look more into that. Specifically, open ended questions. I learned that there are multiple options for assessments on Canvas, as well as, self-grading on certain quizzes. Overall, my plan is to get to a point to where I'm comfortable enough on Canvas to use it as my learning platform at the start of next school year.

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I used the Teach like a Champion guide today. I spent most of my time looking at the Wicor Strategy cards. I did a lot with Wicor last year because I student taught at an AVID school, but it was nice to learn more about the specific strategies (and there were a lot to choose from!). The strategy that stood out to me was the Anticipation Guide. I liked the idea of having them decide whether they agreed with topics before reading or learning them and then seeing if they changed their opinions afterwards. Since I am trying to get my students to back their opinions, this goes with one of my main goals for the year.

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I got out my "Discipline in the Secondary Classroom" book by Sprick. I found a chart (Exhibit C.2) that is labeled, Misbehavior Recording sheet in a seating chart format. I am changing the title to "Positive Behavior Recording sheet." I feel that I have been focusing more on the negative behavior and less on the positive behavior. Pretty much back to the basics. : )

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I have been working on more organization in my classroom to help with classroom management. I have created a CHAMPS Classroom screen and have been fine-tuning it a little more each day, as I see what works and what doesn't. My goal is to get my class going at a quicker pace.

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Before setting up the gym, I went over the Canvas stuff with Coach Carter.

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Canvas- setting up my current events class on canvas.

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I am compiling the lists of students who need to make-up the Reading test, and figuring out which students I need to CBM-R test. This will impact my teaching by giving me an idea of which students need more help with decoding/fluency practice and which ones need more comprehension based instruction.

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Today I read the last section of unit 1 in LETRS. I refreshed my memory about different types of assessments and thier purpose. Just in time for FASTBRDIGE.

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I have finished 1-7 of the safety lessons. 6 more to go.

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I have been having a lot of trouble with student behavior lately, I went through and watched most of the videos about the CHAMPS and STOIC and about management of the classroom and students. I'm not sure if it will work or not, because most of these I have been implementing. I wish it would teach me more patience with these students, but I am trying to find better ways to reach them. Anyone has any other suggestions, I will take them. I had an incident with 3 students today and now I feel like I just lost all will to try. I want to be a good teacher as well as a teacher that can have a good relationship with students, but it's so hard when there's no respect. I wish there was more in CHAMPS and the STOIC about schools like ours where the kids are rougher than most places. These strategies might work on students in other schools, but they don't really work as well here.

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I explored fast and furious under the Edu Protocols. It is an interesting approach to taking a quick quiz to assess knowledge on a new topic and doing the same quiz everyday throughout the lesson or week. The goal is to get 95% by the end of the week. I could incorporate this into lessons each day to assess learning. While I did explore this, I am not sure I will include it into my teaching routine with students. It may be something another teacher would be able to use in their instruction.

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I continued working on LETRS.

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I worked some more on structuring my classroom and the things we do. I am working on creating weekly bell work so students have something to do when waiting for the bell to ring. I also want to work on some ways I can have smooth transitions from one activity to the next.

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I continued fiddling around with Canvas

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Ms. Zheng

I am currently working on creating an exam in Canvas and trying to decide the best way for my students to complete the assignment. I’m debating between using paper or Canvas. One concern is that when students use their iPads, they tend to get distracted, spending only a few minutes working and then a lot of time playing games. However, using Canvas has its advantages, such as auto-grading, which can be very efficient. I still need to experiment with both methods to determine which approach works best for my students.

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Today, I watched a video on the companion website for Teach Like a Champion 2.0 about spelling words. I appreciated the teacher’s structured approach and the students’ motivated responses, and I can see myself implementing this in my classroom.

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Reviewing aReading scores and preparing lists for AUTOreading and review for tomorrow's assessments. Analyzing data to determine student groups for future classes based on reading levels.

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evaluate IXL score update and looking at future IXL goals. Updating Fastbridge score as soon as information becomes available. 

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I continued to work on LETRS.

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Today, I decided to look through some of the WICOR strategies again. I did this last time too, but there were so many of them that I did not get through them all. I also adapted some of the skills I saw last time for a few lessons. I do a lot of drawing in my class and decided to look at some of those skills. I personally liked the "Sketch, Label, Caption" idea quite a bit and I think it could be useful in my class. I like the idea of not only having them draw what they have learned but also having them write a summary of why it is important and how it is shown in the picture.

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Wicor Strategies (I accidentally posted on the wrong day)

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Wicor Strategies (I accidentally posted on the wrong day)

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Today, I decided to look through some of the WICOR strategies again. I did this last time too, but there were so many of them that I did not get through them all. I also adapted some of the skills I saw last time for a few lessons. I do a lot of drawing in my class and decided to look at some of those skills. I personally liked the "Sketch, Label, Caption" idea quite a bit and I think it could be useful in my class. I like the idea of not only having them draw what they have learned but also having them write a summary of why it is important and how it is shown in the picture.

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I completed another lesson for my lab safety certification required by the district.

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Today, Stacy worked with me on some of the behind-the-scenes of Reading Plus and how to maneuver setting up the insight, changing goals, and resetting students' levels. We had a great conversation about how children's brains change due to technology and how young it is starting!

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I have been looking at planning lessons based on the strategies I looked at last week for PL. Trying to figure out how to incorporate new strategies in to math to make it more engaging for students. I have also been looking at aMath scores from the fall and standards taught to better prepare my students for aMath this week

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I worked on my Science Safety exams

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Continued my positive interaction seating chart. I found a really good one on TPT and it was free.

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I started with watching some of the Teach Like a Champion videos, but switched to TPTs after the first few didn't quite match up my classroom style and the work ethic of our student population. Many of the TPTs I looked at were ones that I already incorporate, such as, ranking, thumbs up/thumbs down, and various hold ups. I had never heard of the 3 Sentence Wrap Up and A-Z Sentence Starter activities, and can see using those as effective ways for students to share out after group works.

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I used this time contact parents about their students grade and behavior concerns. I also used this time to print report cards to highlight missing assignments. After students are done with aMath they will know what assignments to work on to bring their grade up. 

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I worked on creating and organizing content on Canvas for my classes.

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Creating content for Canvas, added a class discussion.