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Task vs Ask: In dyslexia class, we do a lot of tasks instead of asks because dyslexic's learn by doing multisensory tasks. If students do not complete the task, then they are not learning. Most commonly, I have them talk and write or read at the same time. But any combo of VATK is fantastic.

Visual - procedures with pictures

Auditory - syllable type chants or T call's out the sound and S listen to the sound and write the letter for that sound

Tactile - manipulate alphabet letters or sound pictures

Kinesthetic - verb charades

Any combo of VATK is more likely to be stored in their dyslexic brain.

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I couldn't pick just one Marigold! We have TOO many to choose from at Tadlock which is what makes Tadlock a GREAT place to be! I really believe we can all have marigold moments and walnut tree moments because we are human. But the true question is, over all, when you think of someone, do you think Marigold or Walnut Tree? I loved the analogies or metaphors.

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I tried out Chat GPT to look for a rubric for a 2nd grade STEM challenge. The first response was ok, but then I changed by question to include 2nd grade TEKS from Texas. I received a better result. Businesses have positions now called prompt engineers. A position specializing in the best way to ask questions using AI. A neat thing to do with older kids would be an activity where the kids generated questions to ask AI and see how they can refine the questions in order to get better or more specific information.

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Enneagram- Catherine and I don't officially belong to a team like grade levels, so we took the test and compared our results.

Guess what? We were both a 9, THE PEACEMAKER. Both of us are identical twins. We discussed by sheer nature that we have learned how to be supportive and get along with others from the womb. We do not like conflict, but will stand up for others and our beliefs if we feel that it will make a difference. I also learned that 9s are spiritual seekers. She and I have a lot of discussions about how our lives are shaped by our spiritual beliefs. I call her my work twin, but more importantly, a good friend.

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My marigold is Dr. Rapp! A marigold principal is a real blessing!

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I used ChatGPT to create a small group lesson on decoding nonsense CVC words.

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We orally rehearsed our sentence for writing by using the structure stand up, hand up, pair up.

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I went to a conference at the end of November and learned more about AI. I have been reading and asking people in the tech industry all about it. I even found out today that one of my 5th graders has been using this to write papers that her teacher thought she had been writing. So diving into uncharted waters with AI! Talking about growing as an educator, this is really stretching my thinking and knowledge level!

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Rachael came into my room and modeled a math small group using the math toolkit. We also set up a strategy group lesson for January. I love seeing others teach to see what areas I can grow on and/or continue! :) THANK YOU Rachael! (we were too focused on the lesson.....we didn't take pictures)

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Small group STEAM learning. The engineering process in action.

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Learner- Centered Practices- Kagan Structure 5th grade Quiz, Quiz, Trade

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Anecdotal Notes continued: I do different types of anecdotal notes depending on the subject. :) For writing conferences, I prefer a google form so I can quickly see my class list and those that I haven't met with yet.

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A treat for the Purple Crew...inside was purple skittles...GO Purple CREW!!! We've got GRIT inside of us! 

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I do different types of anecdotal notes depending on the subject. :) For math, I prefer paper notes to see the small groups that I need to meet with and stay on track.

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Nearpod Lesson for 5th Law Unit- Hot Coffee-https://app.nearpod.com/?pin=EAA4CD86926D470476B98937EA711B9E-1&&utm_source=link

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Anecdotal Notes for Tadlock kinder testing- I removed the names and ID numbers.

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A little Sparkle for a teammate that is always prepared and awesome!

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5th grade did a 3 reads in math. I like doing 3 reads and modeling how we slow down our thinking by visualizing the math problem first, really understanding what is happening.....not just jumping into a problem.

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A little Sparkle note - I am SO grateful for Melissa and the friendship that we have. I don't know what I would do without her. The days she is at Tadlock are my favorite days. Her wisdom is a huge gift. She definitely helps me to shine brighter each day. I am so blessed to get to work with her!

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This year, I have been working with my students on setting a goal for dyslexia class. I gave them a few goals to choose from. A couple have very specific goals to them. Each student had a planning sheet to help them think thru how they will reach their goal that included:

1. action steps needed to reach the goal

2. what could get in the way of reaching the goal

3. How they will solve what gets in the way and push thru to accomplish it

4. Why is this goal important?

Then we check their progress every 6 -9 weeks. These chart attached were given away at the end of last school year (I think) have come in handy. Not all students need one, but it a great quick goal check page.

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This is how I keep track of each students rate practice. It comes in very handy. They read each page out loud to me fives times on different days. It's great to see the progress. More repetition (practice) increases the and speed growth.

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My dyslexia class uses total response signals (thumbs up, down, side) during our lessons regularly. I have them use this for if they understand a skill or if they are ready to read outloud or not. At times, they complete work on their own and then I wait to have students choral read together. So, they give me a thumbs when they know all the words and they're ready to read. Other times, for those that need an extended wait time, I give them a question I want them to answer and tell them to show me a thumbs when they are ready to share.

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Tea from HTEAO for a Tea-riffic admin team - Jenny, Kellie, Rachel, Kristen

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Thank you for all that you do for us...the BIG and Small things!!

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Enneagram 9 w 1 for me. I love learning things like this about myself and others.

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Technology Tail today during lunch bunch! Our group learned a lot about our digital footprint.

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My class used total response signals (thumbs up/down/side) during our morning meeting when we discussed our character strength of honesty and reflected on how well we feel we are doing with our strategies to keep going strong with our goals.

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Thank you to Kim who let me come watch her small groups!! It was so amazing seeing the growth of some of my students from last year.

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Here are the anecdotal notes used for writing which includes a part to note of a glow and a grow to improve.

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For reading small groups, I love looking in Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategy for a quick tip and teach point.

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We did a talk-read-talk-write over family traditions. It was really cool to see the class connect over similar traditions and share different traditions with each other.

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We listened to the story "Chicken Clicking". We had a great discussion about online safety and stranger danger.

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Students using a Total Response Signal in math.

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I made a video working out the first problem from our homework this week for parents to better help their students with the math homework and explaining the big 7.

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Thank you to Lisa London for letting me sit in on a small group lesson! They read a passage, talked about what a strong short constructed response is, and then sorted different short constructed responses to decide if they were strong or weak!

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My self-directed learning for this week. This book has given me such great tips!!

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The universe planted me right beside a Marigold 5 years ago! Thank you Lucy Ng for helping me continue to grow professionally and personally <3

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Thank you for being my Marigolds!

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Lesson with Instructional Coach Rachael on decomposing!

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Talk Read Talk Write in class!

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We started our Poetry unit this week, so I used ChatGPT to create a fun list of Hink Pinks (rhyming pairs) for the students to complete with partners. Students will then create their own Hink Pinks.

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Thank you, Rachael, for coming and demonstrating an inferencing small group! It gave me so much to think about and I took away a great idea for book clubs in the future!

Coach Model

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Brought my team brownies so that we can have a sweet start to our week!

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TGIF Donuts for my wonderful team. Even our preferred subs are treated like family. #9morewakeups

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My 3rd graders had so much fun by learning how to communicate with other students by blogging on a Seesaw activity about adverbs which included different interactive assignments as well as responding via video or voice recording. They refreshed their memory about being a good digital citizen when blogging too. They are set up to blog with another Tadlock 3rd grade class.

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My 3rd graders had fun when they completed an adverb review on Nearpod. They had to read a word, process which kind of adverb it is, and then drag the word to the correct column.

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Brought my team a strudel from the oldest bakery in Tx to enjoy today and help get over the hump of Wednesday!!

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I made a video giving some examples of fun ways to practice spelling words. Some examples are: rainbow writing, building the word with legos, painting with paint or with water on construction paper, using sidewalk chalk, etc.

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Rives and I completed instructional videos going over the transformation day packet students completed so parents can review students work with them before our snapshot on Friday.

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Using Chat GPT to assist me in creating scenario cards for our Social Skills Group. It really cut my planning time significantly!

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Today Rachael came in and modeled a lesson on representing multiple step word problems with 2 strip diagrams and using labels in their equations. So many of my students were then able to go put this lesson into practice! My class has been wanting to rush right to finding the answer and I love that this makes them slow down and fully understand the problem, what it’s asking, and how to solve it before ever doing operation.

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4th Grade took the Ennegram test Friday as a team! I love learning about the strengths of my team! Together--we rise! I was a type 9.

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Rachael came in and modeled a wonderful lesson about short constructed responses. The students read an article and then looked at sample responses to find strong and weak ones. Then they created their own responses. Thanks Rachael!

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I have recently pulled this book back out because what I was doing last year during math workshop, is not working for this new group of kiddos. This book gives so many different resources from how to set up math workshop to learning station ideas and sentence stems, everything!

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Today in math we did a Think Pair Share. I presented them with a word problem involving comparing fractions. I gave them 'think' to work out the problem using their own strategy and then share time to explain their strategy and their answer to their partner. I love this strategy because it opens up academic conversation and gives them a chance to see the same problem worked out in a different way. I also got to hear some students they got different answers work through why they were different and which was correct.

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Today as a team we did our Enneagram! It was so wonderful to learn about our amazing team!!

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Our team took the Enneagram test today! It was wonderful to see all the different types we are and how it makes our team complete and work so well together! I was a type 9 and swing to 2.

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We took the Enneagram test today as a team! It was so fun to see all of our different types! I was a type 7 swing 2.

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London and I provided breakfast for our team today! I loved getting to connect before starting the day! it was such a great way to end the week.

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Yesterday we tried out nearpod in science! We did a review game for Weather, Erosion and Deposition. It was difficult to get into but the kids loved it once we were able to start.

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Scott and I provided breakfast for our team today! It was great to be able to talk and connect before starting our day! Happy Friday!!

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3 reads- Woodrow and I did a room transformation yesterday around dissecting word problems. We created this packet using the 3 reads method. Student "understand their patient", "prepare for surgery", and "conduct surgery". Students did a great job and were super engaged.

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Here are the anecdotal notes I use for writing conferences. One is for individual students and the other is for whole class lists and the skill that is taught.

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We tried Task vs Ask today in reading. The students were definitely engaged in the task. One thing I took away from the article was the higher level of engagement when students are given a task vs just answering questions. Students are held more accountable.

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We did a TRTW for our fractions unit to continue our practice in adding fractions in word problems. This has been a bit of a struggle for my students but using this strategy really helped it click.

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Today for our math warm up I used my knowledge from the task vs. ask article. I gave them a unit fraction and they had to write as many equivalent fractions as they could think of in two minutes.

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Stand up, Hand up, Pair up-

In social studies we are talking about different cultural celebrations. Student did a hand up, stand up, pair up to share a cultural celebration they celebrate with their family. They had so much fun sharing about their special traditions.

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We are using ChatGPT to generate questions for a short constructed response during Writing. Loving how they generate questions based on skills!!

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These are what I use to take notes during small groups and to keep track of what each student needs. I use the calendar sheet to keep quick notes on what I am focusing on with each student and th small group page to make more detailed notes of how they did during small group time.

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I am just realizing that this is a really blurry picture but I used ChatGPT to create multi-step word problems using addition and subtracting to use for small group for students still struggling with that skill.

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Today in math we did a 3 reads routine that focused on comparing fractions that will help better prepare us for the snapshot that we have this week. I love this strategy because it really slows the students down and makes them evaluate the word problem entirely so that they do not miss any important information.

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We are using the Seesaw Blog to post our extended Constructed Responses and then also responding to others work that they liked!

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Our class is using the Seesaw blog to read each other’s extended constructed responses and then make a comment about what they liked about the response!

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So thankful for my marigolds in my life!

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Task vs. Ask-

When reading the article and examples I was inspired to do a task related to math. When we switch classes Minor and I typically take the chance for each of us to go to the restroom. While she watched my class I tasked students with drawing a multiplication problem. I loved seeing the variety in drawings and equations! I think I will try more tasks like these before my mini lessons.

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Had to give some SPARKLE to Hooper! She is always such a positive and supportive teammate and friend! She is such a deep well of knowledge! I am so thankful for her always cheering us on and praying us through all of life's ups and downs. So thankful to have her in my life!

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Yesterday we used the hand signals of thumbs up, thumbs to the side and thumbs down to express how we were feeling about our knowledge on Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition in science. This is a really easy and quick way for me to see what students understand it and what students need more support.

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Was able to pull a report and check for accuracy on Nearpod!

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Taking out Enneagram test as a team! Love this willing group of ladies

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Shoutout to Mrs. Sykes for rocking PD and representing our team flawlessly!!!! Great job! #tadlocktailgate #tadlocksparkles

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We used Hand Up, Stand Up, Pair Up to share our thoughts about character relationships during our reading lesson.

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Thankful for my Marigold inside and outside of school!

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Hand up, Stand up, Pair up- to share new information that we learned in our reading on the Texas Revolution.

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QSSSA- We used QSSSA during our reading lesson about character relationships and character change. Students enjoy getting to turn and talk and using a signal to show when they are ready.

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Talk Read Talk Write- During LEAP we used the TRTW. Students were engaged in reading, conferring, and writing about how nonfiction text features help support us when reading nonfiction text.

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TRTW- Yesterday in social studies to start our culture unit we did a TRTW. Student had great conversations around cultures

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Today I used a strategy lesson from the small group toolkit. We have been working on multi step word problems for awhile but adding this next step of creating the equation to organize their work, gave the students a bit of an aha moment!

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Today we listened to the Read aloud Technology Tail. We had a great discussion about our digital footprint, what it means and how important it is to be intentional when using technology.

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A little sparkle for my amazing team!!! I love working with these amazing ladies every day!

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Saving time with ChatGPT

I used ChatGPT to help write two step multiplication and division problems for our review this week! It was awesome!

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Our class read Technology Tail and had a wonderful discussion on their digital footprints and how to use kind, helpful, thoughtful comments to add presents to their technology tails instead of hurtful or mean comments that add bruises or holes. We talked about using the THINK method before posting, commenting, or texting something.

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Self Directed Learning

This was an amazing training I was able to attend! We learned about behavior management, tracking behavior, and implementing strategies to use in the classroom.

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Digital Citizenship- I read Cell Phoney to my students the day before break. We talked about spending time with family and friends and unplugging from our devices!

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Coach Model- Racheal came and modeled small group lessons around multiplication and dividing! I loved getting to learn and grow my small groups.

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TRTW- In Social Studies today we started our exploration of cultural and ethnic celebrations. We kicked off this unit with a TRTW. Students loved being able to collaborate and work together to formulate their ideas starting off this unit.

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Coach Model: Rachael came to my room and modeled how to label and correctly model word problems. Our third graders have really been struggling with visualizing a word problem so this was super impactful and student's were able to learn a lot from this.

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Purple crew 3rd grader and a 1st grader enjoyed doing Kagan structure "Stand up-hand up-pair up" to share their Thanksgiving paper with 2 things that they were thankful for.

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Marigold

Lisette,

I love you and appreciate our friendship more than anything!

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Marigold

Tracy,

You are incredible! So lucky to have you at Tadlock!