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K-5 ILEARN Resources for the Classroom

Amy has these available in her office to checkout and make copies!

TBRI- Nurture Group Cheat Sheet

Are you wanting to begin holding nurture group/community circle once a week? Not sure how to do it or what to include? Click HERE for a 2-sided, Step-by-step guide to holding a nurture group in your classroom.

"Reading Books is the best predictor for reading achievement." -Anderson, Fielding, and Wilson, 1988

I was able to attend a workshop this month on literacy and some of the workshop components. As teachers, we know the importance of having students read independently. It is critical that students are being given the time at school to have sustained reading for at least 20 minutes each day. The study below shows the different reading volumes of fifth grade students (in and out of school reading logs), and the affect it had on their achievement. We can't control what they are and aren't reading at home, but we can give them access to independent reading while they are at school. Happy Reading!

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Amy has these available in her office to checkout and make copies! Are you wanting to begin holding nurture group/community circle once a week? Not sure how to do it or what to include? Click HERE for a 2-sided, Step-by-step guide to holding a nurture group in your classroom.

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*For lower and upper elementary: language arts, math, science, and social studies

Materials: Whiteboard
Set-Up:

In advance, create a list of vocabulary terms and phrases and corresponding "clues".

The object of the game is for the students to use these clues to find the correct term or phrase (for example: assume you want students to understand the term "astronomy". You might provide the following clue: "The study of objects in space is called _______". Or, if you are looking for a term such as "Wednesday" that comes in a sequence, you might provide the following clue " Monday, Tuesday, _______". Synonyms also make good clues!)

Along with the clue, provide students with the "magic letter". The letter is another clue to the term or phrase you are looking for. To make the game simple, each magic letter might be designated as the initial letter of the term. You can also designate the magic letter as the last letter in the correct term.

Play

Break students into small groups

Write a magic letter and a clue on the board

Students must find a word that fits the clue and utilizes the magic letter in the way you have designated.

When they have found an answer, they signal by raising their hands or a flag you provide at the start of the game

You can set up point systems to designate winners if you choose, or you can leave the game open-ended with the fun of it being simply finding the right term.

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For lower and upper elementary: language arts, math, science, and social studies Materials : Whiteboard Set-Up: In advance, create a list of vocabulary terms and phrases and corresponding "clues". The object of the game is for the students to use these clues to find the correct term or phrase (for example: assume you want students to understand the term "astronomy".

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Smore Resources From Your Coach - September 2018 by Elementary Coaching Crew CGCSC | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more

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Life Lesson #3 "Test the Waters, Then Dive In!"

Did summer seem to fly by to anyone else?! I don't know about you, but it was hard to step away from the pool and the Oreos with this little dude. I hope you all had an amazing summer, and that you were able to relax and recharge!

I am ready for another GREAT year at CGES! As your building instructional coach it is my focus to provide you with researched based best practices and resources. Through this work, I am able to help connect you with your colleagues, to learn and grow from one another. In our work together, I am able to provide you with a fresh outside perspective, and cater the learning to you--making it personalized! If you are interested in receiving more information on how I can support you in your professional goals, or implementing something in your classroom, please do not hesitate to reach out to me!

Also, please take time to fill out the quick 2 question Google Form below. I will use this to drive the content for future monthly S'mores!

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Did summer seem to fly by to anyone else?! I don't know about you, but it was hard to step away from the pool and the Oreos with this little dude. I hope you all had an amazing summer, and that you were able to relax and recharge!

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Math-What Can I Do with My Level 4 Students??

Are you currently spiraling through your Math ELs these final weeks of school? Are you wondering what to do with your Level 4 students so that you can still have time to work with your level 1,2, and 3's? Choice Boards may be a solution! These can be used in a variety of ways, but one way could be to use them as an option for your Level 4s (3rd grade example)! If you are focusing on a specific EL on a given day(s), allow your level 4's for that EL complete an EL specific level 4 activity!

Is there a group of students that are level 4's in multiple areas? Maybe having a choice board focused on just a couple of ELs and having students complete multiple boxes of their choice. Here is a 2nd grade example. Here, the teacher focused on reaching multiple learning styles so students could openly choose what interest them to complete!

If you'd like help creating , let Amy know--she'd be happy to help create! FILE--> COPY if you'd like to use either of these templates!

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Are you currently spiraling through your Math ELs these final weeks of school? Are you wondering what to do with your Level 4 students so that you can still have time to work with your level 1,2, and 3's? Choice Boards may be a solution!

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Simply read, view, listen, and learn. Email me and let me know you viewed the S'more and I will get a badge to you! :)

What percentage of time are your students actively engaged in their learning?

If you feel like some of your kids are "checked out" or aren't involved in their learning, you can make some simple adjustments that will increase engagement and higher level thinking. You can change your classroom from having just a few students raise their hands to getting everyone involved by using Total Participation Techniques (by Himmele & Himmele) This book has fantastic suggestions of way so to get all kids engaged in higher level thinking!!! Check out this video (4 min.) that explains what it's all about and then click on the links for ideas. The authors suggest that you have "10-15 strategies that you rotate through over and over so the kids learn and expect them, and then you're not wasting time in class explaining and trying to make sure kids know what to do." As with all great strategies, remember that explicitly teaching the expectations is the key to success!

Click here for the Mystery Doug website. This is a really cool site for short science/health related videos. Great for conversation starters, debates, writing prompts, or for those times you just have a wondering. It does require you to sign up, but it's FREE! You will receive an email with a new video each week. Videos are about 5 minutes each.

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Simply read, view, listen, and learn. Email me and let me know you viewed the S'more and I will get a badge to you! :) If you feel like some of your kids are "checked out" or aren't involved in their learning, you can make some simple adjustments that will increase engagement and higher level thinking.

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March Madness - March 2018 by Elementary Coaching Crew CGCSC | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more