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I observed early childhood age students exploring instruments in the music classroom. The procedures were clear and the students were successful.

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I observed Mrs. Hargrove at Summit Parkway. It was great to see another Google Basics class. The class was well structured and ran very smooth. I will definitely be using the "Surfing the web" pdf. It clearly outlines all he important points from the Internet Safety standard.

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As a first year high school counselor, I have learned so much. While the experience has been quite overwhelming because of the number of students and parents we serve, the experience has been rewarding as well. I have a great support team that makes sure that I am well taken care of. I am happy to be a School Counselor.

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THANK YOU for posting in our padlet!! I can't wait to see what ideas and strategies you are considering for your own classroom!

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THANK YOU for posting in our padlet!! I can't wait to see what ideas and strategies you are considering for your own classroom!

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I loved that the art teacher at CFK had a table of the week. The students who sat there were the helpers that week.  S.Krause

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Mrs. Speas at Summit Parkway has multiple analogies for introducing concepts to students. Today, she introduced accents by explaining that playing them is like squishing roaches - and it was very effective!  

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Mrs. Speas at Summit Parkway has multiple analogies for introducing concepts to students. Today, she introduced accents by explaining that playing them is like squishing roaches - and it was very effective!  

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Students can also keep rhythm by tapping on their instruments instead of clapping their hands or tapping their feet.

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There were many phrases such as, "Helper table of the Week", "Tip toe to your seats", "personal best with rug rules", "Think and respect", "I want quiet hands,", "I love first time listeners". The main strategy that I will take back will be creating sketchbooks for each student. If not this year, I will definitely have each and every student create their own sketch book to plan ideas for current lessons.

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Today I observed Coach Shirmer, I was very inspired by him. It was a blessing to see what he has going on over there(great choice Mrs. O'Quinn). Procedures were established, cue words were used, high expectations for students. The atmosphere there was exciting, the students responded well. We bounced a lot of ideas off of each other, and it was refreshing to be able to know that he has the freedom and flexibility to teach in an instructive way and still meet/exceed the standards. I observed 3 lessons
k-football(handoff)
1- gymnastics-simple rolls, and jumping on the trampoline
2- balloon control- using the hand/body parts to hit the balloon and control it
The lessons were great and I learned a lot.

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Ms. Jones at Gilbert Middle has student leaders take role at the start of each class so that she can jump right in to warming up the students. She incorporates a pop song into the "wake up and stretch" routine and it gets the students working together right from the start of class. Singing in a choir requires students to be in sync with each other and this was a fun way to  help them "sync up" from the beginning. Students also got the opportunity to be the leaders in the physical warm ups during the pop song.

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In my previous experience with orchestra, there has not been much technology incorporated in the classroom. Today, I was introduced by Mrs. Dobyns at Dent Middle to different musical games and ways to test students on musical knowledge. I can't wait to try these out and show them to my students!

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Students had to create a Valentine's Day eCard. In order to receive points, they would have to give  the eCard to their teachers on Valentine's Day - they have the option to be anonymous. This was a FUN activity for the students.

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Coach Jones at Polo Road does a great job with incorporating games into his fitness-gram testing. He sees classes for two days in a row. The first day he introduces the importance of the fitnessgram component and they play a game related to it, the second day he tests them in that fitnessgram component.
For example:
Today they talked about the heart and cardiovascular endurance and played two games that got their heart rate up.
Tomorrow they will run the PACER for fitness-gram. It keeps students actively engaged and gives them a reason to want to do their best in the PACER.

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Conder:
1. The first teacher that I was able to observe had a great acronym posted in his classroom, which was consistently referenced. The acronym (M.U.S.I.C.) was broad enough to where it could cover a variety of behaviors, but specific enough to where there is no confusion. The expectations are very clear.
2. For the second half of the class, students were to work in groups to start a project. I liked that the teacher gave students the chance to pick their own groups, and if they were not able to do it in 30 seconds (first class could not, second class could) he assigned them groups. I thought this was a good chance for the students to take some leadership and synergize.
Round Top:
1. I was so impressed with how many procedures the kids immediately recognized with silent hand signals.
2. The teacher introduced a bassline to kindergarten with a song they had been working on, which I have never thought to do!
3. Student leaders led the warm-up, coming up with their own moves for the class to mirror to music that the teacher played form her computer (All You Need is Love).

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Students have the opportunity to receive a letter of "MYSTERY BOX" by earning 45 minutes a day. When students talk during instruction, they lose a minute. If a student misbehaves, the whole class loses the opportunity to earn their letter for the day. When the students earn all 10 letters, a student picks a surprise out of the mystery box (the prizes are things such as karaoke day)

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Having the students who don’t turn in homework or assignments complete fitness exercises while the rest of the students participate in a free day.

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Students must catch up the assignments they have gotten behind on.