24-25 MRMS School Improvement Evidence by https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne Focused Notes; Writing Process; higher level questioning; structures of inquiry such as Socratic Seminar and Philosophical Chairs; structured collaboration (jigsaw, numbered heads together, think-pair-share, carousel, fishbowl, inside/outside circle, etc.) ELD Goal: Stand Share Sit, A/B Partners, Sentence Frames & Word Banks. en-us 2024-03-05 18:18:44 UTC 2025-05-15 14:39:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 6th Grade Science- Collaboration lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3092450465 Students worked together to collaborate and sort the lunar phase cards in order. Then, each student had a higher level question to answer about why the moon changes phases.

]]> 2024-08-28 16:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3092450465 6th Science- Marking Up the Text lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102457231 Students were introduced to marking up the text in Science today. I modeled one page and then students practiced on another page while reading about the Sun, Moon and Earth system.

]]> 2024-09-04 16:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102457231 Science 7th grade Writing/Marking the text/Socratic Seminar cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102841030 Quick write quick draw about Henrietta Lacks and her cells being used without permission. First read was to mark the text. Second read aloud to draw. Third read to decide if it is ok for doctors to take your cells without permission if it is to find a cure for a disease.

]]> 2024-09-04 20:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102841030 Science -Socratic Seminar cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102848376 Should doctors be allowed to take your cells without permission if it is to find a cure to a disease? (Reading about Henrietta Lacks)

]]> 2024-09-04 20:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3102848376 AVID gglennon https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3104457672 2024-09-05 15:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3104457672 6th Grade Science- Lunar Phases lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3104615363 Students used Oreos to create models of the lunar phases.

]]> 2024-09-05 16:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3104615363 Science 7th grade cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3106655646 Marking the text levels of organization to answer comprehension questions.

]]> 2024-09-06 17:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3106655646 Collaboration https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3123493650 Students worked together to match vocabulary, terms, images, and definitions for our genetic unit.

]]> 2024-09-17 12:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3123493650 Grade 8 inquiry https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3123505695 Students randomly chose genes and pasted them on their chromosome. Then they drew the dog that resulted from the chosen genes and traits. This helped to reinforce vocabulary as well as explain how traits are randomly inherited.

]]> 2024-09-17 12:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3123505695 Collaboration https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3124656968 Students worked together in pairs to analyze student A and Student B's work to decide and support who was correct and why

]]> 2024-09-18 02:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3124656968 Science 7-Student Engagement pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3128387132 Students summarized the Excretory System in a 10-15 word GIST independently, then collaborated their postings into one cohesive GIST showing understanding of the Excretory System using a placemat format.

]]> 2024-09-19 18:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3128387132 Grade 7- Student Collaboration pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3128572926 Students took their understanding of the Excretory System, after viewing multiple videos, collaborated together to combine their thoughts into a 10-15 word GIST using the Placemat/Stick It process.

]]> 2024-09-19 22:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3128572926 6th Grade Science AVID strategy- GIST lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3133633924 Students were learning about the concept of Gravity. Through a song and song lyrics, they pulled out 10 GIST words. Then, using those words created a GIST summary explaining Gravity.

]]> 2024-09-23 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3133633924 6th Grade Science- Vocab Review lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3133653874 Students reviewed key vocabulary terms in Science with a fun review game. In groups, one student had the work taped on their back so they could not see it. The other students in their group knew the word and had to give hints for the student to guess.

]]> 2024-09-23 15:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3133653874 AVID Quick Draw/Quick Write- True Colors https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3134089828 Students created a visual to demonstrate their understanding of vocabulary definitions.

]]> 2024-09-23 20:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3134089828 mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136888321 2024-09-25 01:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136888321 Collaboration--Spanish 1B mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136891278 2024-09-25 01:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136891278 Reading, Marking the Text, Collaboration--Spanish 1B mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136892587 2024-09-25 01:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3136892587 Grade 7 -Collaboration pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3143207047 Students perform a chicken wing dissection lab while comparing the similarities of human Muscular/Skeletal structures to poultry. This ends the Muscular/Skeletal System(s) unit.

]]> 2024-09-27 22:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3143207047 Grade 8- ELA https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3143732029 "The Tell-Tale Heart" marking & annotating the text.

]]> 2024-09-28 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3143732029 6th Grade- Collaboration lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146891624 Students worked together to match the planet with its description. Then, they completed an analysis chart for the characteristics of the planets using their card facts.

]]> 2024-09-30 18:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146891624 Models-6th Grade Science lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146894998 Students created Playdoh models to differentiate between the 3 types of galaxies.

]]> 2024-09-30 18:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146894998 6th Grade Social Studies https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146975051 Students worked in groups to plan, create and teste irrigation systems such as the Ancient Sumerians may have used.

]]> 2024-09-30 19:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146975051 6th Grade Social Studies https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146977261 Students used higher level thinking and peer collaboration in a list, sort, label activity where they categorized laws from Hammurabi's Code.

]]> 2024-09-30 19:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146977261 6th Grade Social Studies https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146981049 Students tried to write their names in Cuneiform like the ancient sumerians.

]]> 2024-09-30 19:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3146981049 Grade 6 ELA- Vocab Acquisition https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3161667024 Students used a frayer model to define a word in the text as a group, then they created skits to show the word in action. The rest of the class played charades to guess the definitions of the words.

]]> 2024-10-09 19:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3161667024 Spanish1A- Quiz quiz trade https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3171096160 2024-10-15 23:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3171096160 Spanish1A https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3171097642 2024-10-15 23:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3171097642 7th Grade Digital Palette hmurphy66 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3179990844 Students worked with A/B Partners to brainstorm for their upcoming project.

]]> 2024-10-21 18:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3179990844 6th Grade Digital Palette hmurphy66 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3180004703 2024-10-21 18:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3180004703 Science 7 pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186526195 Students used this strategy in the CER Review lesson. After watching a video, students had to share one EVIDENCE piece supporting the CLAIM, My Dad is an alien.

]]> 2024-10-24 23:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186526195 Science 7 pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186533212 After researching a provided Patient Caseload, ’research doctors’ were given an opportunity to create a presentation of choice. Post presentation- the class was given opportunity to asks clarification questions.

]]> 2024-10-24 23:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186533212 Science 7 pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186536751 Students were given a random Patient Caseload. Through their understanding of Body Subsystems each set of ‘research doctors’ worked together researching leading to a presentation style of choice. Some examples were standard report out, poster visuals and Google Slides.

]]> 2024-10-24 23:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3186536751 Science 7th grade collaboration and engagement cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3188432957 Student’s collaborate to identify organs in organ systems during frog dissection.

]]> 2024-10-26 12:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3188432957 Science 7th grade hands on engagement while making a model of the digestive system. cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3188437281 Students create a digestive system model. This picture represents the food leaving the mouth that was broken mechanical and chemically entering the esophagus where food is propelled into the stomach to further be broken down.

]]> 2024-10-26 13:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3188437281 AVID 6 gglennon https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3196356755 Students use a word bank and sentence frames to complete their warm up.

]]> 2024-10-31 14:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3196356755 AVID gglennon https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3196360758 2024-10-31 14:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3196360758 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3211276267 Students in Media collaborating and providing feedback to one another on their WeVideo creations.

]]> 2024-11-11 14:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3211276267 6th Grade Collaboration lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215882649 Students used articles, evidence and images to work together to create a geologic timeline of events.

]]> 2024-11-13 20:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215882649 6th Grade Science Readers Theatre lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215883621 Students acted out a play called Plate Tectonics to show how scientist Alfred Wegener came up with the continental drift theory.

]]> 2024-11-13 20:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215883621 6th Grade Science lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215884655 Students used candy bars to model tectonic plate movement. Pictured is the result of a convergent boundary (2 plates coming together over time to form mountains)

]]> 2024-11-13 20:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3215884655 Two-Voice Poem (Collaboration) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219258864 2024-11-15 16:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219258864 Consensus Map—Central idea (Collaboration) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219275652 2024-11-15 16:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219275652 Novel Socratic Seminars (Collaboration, Inquiry & Higher-order thinking questions) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219280509 2024-11-15 16:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219280509 Philosophical Chairs Debate—Insanity https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219287573 2024-11-15 17:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219287573 Word, Phrase & Sentence Strategy https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219293321 2024-11-15 17:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219293321 Station Rotations-4 groups https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219297543 2024-11-15 17:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3219297543 AVID gglennon https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3222222962 2024-11-18 13:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3222222962 Writing (pre-writing) mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226618327 2024-11-20 17:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226618327 True Colors 6 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226644076 Students peer critiqued rough drafts using a checklist from the rubric for their Illustrated Recipes painting.

]]> 2024-11-20 17:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226644076 Writing & Collaboration with movement mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226662254 2024-11-20 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226662254 True Colors 8 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226685554 Visual Arts C.E.R. with higher level questioning. Sentence starters were projected on the smartboard for ELD.

]]> 2024-11-20 18:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226685554 Presentational Writing mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226722511 2024-11-20 18:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226722511 After taking notes on the past tense of the infinitive "to go", they used their notes to write about an experience/vacation they had. mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226725644 2024-11-20 18:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226725644 Word Bank of connector/ transition words mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226727043 2024-11-20 18:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226727043 Collaboration with grammar concepts mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226735561 2024-11-20 18:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226735561 Explaining grammar choices mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226737541 2024-11-20 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3226737541 Science 7th grade cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227108916 Hypothesis writing with a sentence starter … If then because

]]> 2024-11-21 00:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227108916 Science 7th grade engagement cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227115857 Students sifted through a beach to tally trash found. These items were collected from local beaches in the area. Styrofoam and plastic was the most abundant.

]]> 2024-11-21 00:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227115857 Science 7 Engagement cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227123899 Students had to problem solve and collaborate to determine the order that items would break down and decompose. They had to line up from fastest to slowest.

]]> 2024-11-21 00:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227123899 Science 7 grade cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227140142 Creating eco-friendly plastic and changing the malleability and density by testing with different amounts of glycerin. How does changing the amount of glycerin affect the eco-friendly plastic? The students followed step by step directions, created plastic with a chemical reaction using natural resources, and completed qualitative data table, and learned new vocabulary to answer the question while working together in lab groups.

]]> 2024-11-21 00:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3227140142 True Colors 8 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3228820774 Essential Question: Can art be functional?

Students tested out their ceramic mugs and bowls with an ice cream party.

]]> 2024-11-21 20:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3228820774 6th Science Making Models lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3229323279 Students created seafloor spreading models to help understand how new seafloor is formed when tectonic plates move apart.

]]> 2024-11-22 03:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3229323279 Causes of WW II https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244618535 Will add student examples and blank documents to see what they did

]]> 2024-12-03 13:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244618535 Causes of WW II Note taking https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244626677 2024-12-03 13:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244626677 7th Grade SS (EBAS) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244630966 Students write a 3 paragraph persuasive essay that includes a claim, evidence, and reasoning from a document. Student also select a counterclaim and include relevant evidence. Students also writing a concluding sentence that may include a long-term impact of the topic.

]]> 2024-12-03 13:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244630966 Social Studies 8 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244631065 Students practiced Focused Note Taking working in collaborative pairs while learning about Washington's presidency and the precedents that he set for term limits, foreign alliances, and political parties.

]]> 2024-12-03 13:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244631065 7th Grade Social Studies https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244637668 In small group, students were provided sentence stems and a word bank to complete the EBAS.

]]> 2024-12-03 13:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244637668 6th Grade Social Studies msduncan1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244638826 Sixed Grade Social Studies used Mark-Up the Text strategy to find evidence for a Philosophical Chairs activity. "Do mummies belong in museums?"

]]> 2024-12-03 13:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244638826 Math 6 jtthompson1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244643897 Students working together through a sequenced math curricular task. Students worked independently and then shared their thinking in order to come to a consensus before moving on to the next problem.

]]> 2024-12-03 13:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244643897 7th Grade SS Russian Revolution https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244646325 Students completed a self paced activities based on the Russian Revolution

]]> 2024-12-03 13:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244646325 Social Studies 8 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244653542 Analyzing Washingtons farewell address by breaking into major topics. Students travel around in groups to analyze and each primary source from Washingtons farewell address

]]> 2024-12-03 13:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3244653542 Placemat Activity-Science 7 pcrews https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3245183977 Students have discussed articles and watched videos addressing the topic: Excretory/Urinary System(s). Today students jotted down personal GIST summarizing their understanding and collaborated to create a combined 10-15 GIST summarizing their understanding after viewing two particular videos on this topic.

]]> 2024-12-03 19:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3245183977 7th grade Science- word bank and peer feedback cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3246364558 When completing a lab on the law of conservation of mass, students used glow sticks to mass before and after the chemical reaction occurred. The students used a word bank to explain what happened. They students also peer reviewed, gave feedback and edited each other’s responses. The most well written response won the glow stick.

]]> 2024-12-04 12:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3246364558 6th Grade Science Making Models lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3248561970 Students used playdoh to create models of the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains in order to show the differences between the 2 mountain ranges. This was an introduction engagement activity into our weathering unit.

]]> 2024-12-05 17:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3248561970 Box Scores - Fantasy Football https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250189850 Students enter the statistics of their FF team against other students. Students check each others box scores and earn bonuses for finding mistakes.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250189850 Algebra - Graph Characteristics https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250192142 Students battle by taking turns describing the key features of various functions. Bonus points for rhyming.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250192142 Tech Ed 6 - Fuel Powered Rockets https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250193896 Students construct rockets with fuel powered engines and launch 1000 feet into the air.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250193896 Tech Ed 7 - Catapult Games https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250196356 Students created custom carnival style games using student built catapults.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250196356 Tech Ed 8 - Tech Deck Skateparks https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250197882 Students used a circle radius to create various sized ramps for a tech deck skatepark.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250197882 Tech Ed 8 - Weather Disasters https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250200684 Students researched weather proof housing elements and built their own model house to withstand unique weather disasters that were simulated outside.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250200684 Tech Ed 6 - Robotics https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250203530 Students build Vex IQ Clawbots and compete in various events including obstacle course, mars rover mission, and battle bots.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250203530 Box Score https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250205947 Students write functions/formulas in Google Sheets that are used to calculate weekly Fantasy Football scores.

]]> 2024-12-06 20:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3250205947 Computer Science - App Development https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3254125667 Students identify a problem and develop/code an app to solve the problem

]]> 2024-12-10 13:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3254125667 Computer Science - App Development https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3254132972 Students tested their app with other students using paper prototypes

]]> 2024-12-10 13:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3254132972 6th Grade Science: Categorizing and Sorting with Collaboration lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3262966922 As an introduction to the Rocks unit, students worked together to categorize and sort a random set of rocks into different categories.

]]> 2024-12-16 20:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3262966922 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278869857 8th Grade Math- word bank and visual examples

]]> 2025-01-02 20:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278869857 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278870075 Math 8 Word bank with keywords

]]> 2025-01-02 20:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278870075 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278870449 Function/ non function gallery walk

]]> 2025-01-02 20:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3278870449 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3294371546 Students created real life data to create a scatterplot

]]> 2025-01-17 03:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3294371546 Collaboration-Escape Room mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302439811 2025-01-23 20:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302439811 Using notes to practice conjugations mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302441174 2025-01-23 20:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302441174 Scaffolding to help build conversation proficiency mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302442871 2025-01-23 20:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302442871 Reading & Collaboration mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302443573 2025-01-23 20:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302443573 Practicing Pastime Vocab by playing Memory mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302445091 2025-01-23 20:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302445091 Access to English translation as a Scaffold and Reflective Tool mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302445938 2025-01-23 20:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302445938 End of Unit one-pager of Places mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302446888 2025-01-23 20:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302446888 Coach/Player (Mangold, Philips, Grahe) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302447361 Students coached their peers through a math problem

]]> 2025-01-23 20:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302447361 Fan & Pick mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302449697 2025-01-23 20:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302449697 mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302450297 2025-01-23 20:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302450297 Spontaneous Speaking mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302452311 2025-01-23 20:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302452311 Responding to an Email mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302453608 2025-01-23 20:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3302453608 Science 7th grade cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3313556358 Engagement, collaboration, modeling balanced forces and unbalanced forces.

]]> 2025-02-03 12:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3313556358 7th grade science Engagement and collaboration cmccallister2 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3314205146 Exploring with magnets. Creating force fields. Testing attraction and repelling

]]> 2025-02-03 20:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3314205146 6th Grade Dodecahedron Novel Study (On-Grade Level) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315534742 Students independently synthesized a semesters worth of fiction analysis skills and standards to generate a 4 dimensional visual representations of their chosen novels.

]]> 2025-02-04 16:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315534742 Advanced Power Poem https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315547184

]]> 2025-02-04 16:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315547184 Generalization Sort https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315548952 Students used their annotated text to match generalizations to direct quotes from the text. Students then expanded on their understanding and created their own generalization to match a given quote from the text.

]]> 2025-02-04 16:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3315548952 Art Critique - Peer Feedback https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3320466805 At the midway point, students shared kudos and kind critiques about their classmates' work based on the grading criteria on the rubric.

]]> 2025-02-07 21:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3320466805 True Colors Collaboration https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3320468967 Students worked in teams to sort colors into color theory categories.

]]> 2025-02-07 21:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3320468967 Wilson Reading (Reading Intervention) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3327847935 Students partnered and asked each other to identify sounds and letters. (Warm-Up Routine)

]]> 2025-02-13 18:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3327847935 Novel Engineering Project https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3328069109 After reading “Hatchet” students were tasked with designing and building something that would help Brian survive the wilderness.

]]> 2025-02-13 22:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3328069109 Collaboration https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3328070632 Students were given close reading questions for their text “Fearless Photographer” they had to work collaboratively to answer them.

]]> 2025-02-13 22:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3328070632 Questioning mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3361402086 2025-03-11 19:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3361402086 Explicit Teaching & Collaboration mcjohnston1 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3361408550 2025-03-11 19:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3361408550 ELA 8th Grade-Consensus Maps, Gallery Walk, and 30-Second Experts https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385013841 Students collaborated on a consensus map to determine the most impactful artifact in their historical nonfiction novels (3). Then, on a gallery walk of all classes' consensus maps, students individually identified the most significant artifact, completed an analysis of the artifact's purpose, audience, impact on audience (mood), etc. Finally, students partnered with a student reading a different novel and engaged in a 30-minute expert discussion.

]]> 2025-03-27 12:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385013841 Depth & Complexity Questions https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385295504 Students answered a total of 6 depth and complexity questions to further than discussions of the novel. Students recorded their answers and group discussion in their Writer's Notebook.

]]> 2025-03-27 15:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385295504 Strategic Grouping - Writing Process https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385303179 After teacher review of each students rough drafts, students were placed into strategic groups to aid in students individual needs to meet the requirements of the writing rubric.

]]> 2025-03-27 15:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3385303179 8th Grade ELA (Parsons & Heiserman) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393086516 Students prepared for their Socratic Seminars by individually generating four higher-order think questions using HIIS stems and by responding to a novel specific essential question. Socratic Seminar guidelines were reiterated and students effectively engaged in a 20 minute session. Finally, student reflected in their Writer’s Notebook (metacognition) regarding what they learned, what was successful and what could be improved.

]]> 2025-04-02 17:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393086516 8th Grade ELA (Heiserman & Parsons) https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393095940 Students began by individually crafting “what if?” scenarios pertaining to their nonfiction novel choice. Then, small groups of students cooperatively worked to analyze the different scenarios and outcomes to gain a deeper and richer comprehension of the text.

]]> 2025-04-02 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393095940 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393209098 Corona's 8th grade ELA students engage in Socratic Seminar to discuss their own HIGHER-LEVEL ANALYSIS questions related to the nonfiction reading we just completed. The discourses I observed exceeded my expectations and based on their feedback; the class was also pleasantly surprised at the results.

]]> 2025-04-02 18:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393209098 ELA- grade 8 https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393526038 Nonfiction Novels: Socratic Seminar

]]> 2025-04-03 01:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3393526038 6th Grade Science Vocabulary lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3431871955 Students used the game of Go Fish with their Unit 14 vocabulary words to review for a quiz.

]]> 2025-04-30 15:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3431871955 6th Grade Science Modeling lebersberger https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3431873142 Students used a balloon to model the Coriolis Effect and rotation.

]]> 2025-04-30 15:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3431873142 ELA Novel Engineering! https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3452669533 Students use the engineering process to design/create solutions to conflicts in their choice novel.

]]> 2025-05-15 14:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gglennon/b286ir8pbgjuoxne/wish/3452669533