St. Michael's Middle High by Sarah Lasater Eiler

St. Michael's Middle High by Sarah Lasater Eiler https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh This is a place to record your goals and share artifacts of your implementation of DLC resources in your classroom. en-us 2017-01-04 02:22:09 UTC 2026-01-21 15:48:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png Your Coach slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145229060 Your coach is Sarah Lasater. She lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina and spent her career teaching ninth-grade World History in NC.

Contact info:
slasater.depd@gmail.com
(980) 225-6247]]> 2017-01-04 11:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145229060 Digital Tools and Apps slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145508519 Check out this article for 55 digital tools and apps to use in your classroom.]]> 2017-01-05 15:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145508519 Lauren Greer- 7th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145560233 January 5, 2017: Mrs. Greer's students reviewed the results of their latest lab through class discussion. They also reviewed a reading on the skeletal system and participated in an interactive game (Bone Arcade) on the skeletal system. They then answered the prompt: How do your skeletal muscles and bones work together to keep you strong? on the attached padlet. Mrs. Greer linked all resources for today's class on her class's Frog page.

Bone Arcade link: http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/gamesSkeletal.html

]]> 2017-01-05 18:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145560233 Action Plan slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145563971 We are going to focus on completing Learning Labs before our next meeting on March 1. In order to complete learning labs, you need to:

Edit the Learning Lab Intro document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOfOuxQ_CAWl9o7zm_5hDoIvqZf72eJaWcNFLstsMbs/edit?usp=sharing
Look at the T.A.G. feedback document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y_FS0kVEN0gKVwbraESglKY9mSofZ4S1iQ4jPTWc97E/edit?usp=sharing
Hold your learning labs with your colleagues.

After holding your learning lab:

Review feedback on your T.A.G. feedback document.
Review any fabulous finds your colleagues saw in your classrooms: https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsfabfinds

]]> 2017-01-05 18:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145563971 Shannon Beatty- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145576770 January 5, 2017: Mrs. Beatty's students took a quiz on the first chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Students then participated in a character gallery walk.
Students anlayzed the character traits of the characters introduced in the first chapter of the novel.

]]> 2017-01-05 19:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145576770 TPACK Strips slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145596432 2017-01-05 20:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/145596432 Shannon Beatty- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/150924368 February 1, 2017: Mrs. Beatty's students are creating boards for a cumulative project on To Kill A Mockingbird.

Students have to include direct quotes from the text as well as digital media resources and historical examples of prejudice.
The theme of the boards is prejudice.
Directions are attached.

]]> 2017-02-01 17:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/150924368 Robin Werner- Learning Labs lgreer4 https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/151868552 February 3, 2017: Attached is a picture of Robin with staff members teaching them about how to integrate padlet into their frog pages.... all while her AP Bio class were working interactively using different tech tools to create a product about different hormones. ]]> 2017-02-06 16:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/151868552 Shannon Beatty- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/156994382 March 1, 2017: Mrs. Beatty's students participated in an interactive for the trial scene from To Kill a Mockingbird.

The started class by using the Four Corners strategy with their bellringer.
The classroom was laid out like a courtroom and students played the part of each character from the trial scene in the book.
Students had a focus question: who makes a better argument? during the scene.
Students participated in an activity called Quiz/Quiz Trade. This required students to ask each other the question on their slip of paper and argue their answer with their partner then trade papers and move on to another partner and repeat.
At the end of the period, students completed a reflection via Shannon's Frog page.

]]> 2017-03-01 12:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/156994382 Robin Werner- 10th, 11th and 12th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/157065855 March 1, 2017: Mrs. Werner's Anatomy and Physiology students created boards on osteopathic diseases.

Each student chose a disease and reserved their disease on a Google Spreadsheet on Robin's Frog page.
Students then researched their disease and compiled their research and information in a board on Discovery Education.

]]> 2017-03-01 16:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/157065855 Lauren Greer- 7th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/157113423 March 1, 2017: Mrs. Greer's 7th grade science students used Board Builder for guided inquiry on weather and climate.

Lauren assigned a Discovery Education board on weather and climate to students.
Students completed the questions on her board after watching the videos.

]]> 2017-03-01 17:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/157113423 Lauren Greer- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/160771182 March 17, 2017: Mrs. Greer's environmental science class is studying pollution and it's effect on the environment.

Students completed an online interactive called Smog City today during class.
They filled out a physical worksheet while changing variables on the computer program.
Lauren asked for my opinion on a stations activity that she built on her Frog page.
Students will fill out a 'W' (who, what, when, where, why) chart for the Clean Air Act, Montreal Protocol, and Paris Agreement while inquiring into various digital media on atmosphere pollution.
The Volkswagen station, which includes a response board, is attached to this post.

]]> 2017-03-17 12:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/160771182 Shannon Beatty- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/160850326 March 17, 2017: Mrs. Beatty's 9th grade English class inquired into argumentative writing.

Students were put into stations and looked at various digital media.
They looked at the resource as a group then collaborated by writing what they learned on a class Google Doc.
Once all the groups filled in the information from their station, they jigsawed and shared the information with the class.

]]> 2017-03-17 17:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/160850326 Teacher Leaders slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/162425550 March 23, 2017: Lauren, Robin & Shannon led a staff-wide professional development session to share various resources and strategies for SMMHS faculty.]]> 2017-03-24 14:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/162425550 Lauren Greer- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/165860559 April 11, 2017: Mrs. Greer's 9th grade environmental science class inquired into the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Students created Cornell notes on water pollution using the textbook at the beginning of the period.
Students then collaborated in pairs to complete a handout using an online resource on the Exxon Valdez oil spill from Class Zone.
This required students to apply the knowledge the built during the Cornell notes.
Lauren used her Frog page as the home base for this lesson.

]]> 2017-04-11 12:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/165860559 Lauren Greer- PLTW MS slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/168121952 April 25, 2017: Mrs. Greer's PLTW middle school students finished creating windmills.

Students were tasked with creating the most efficient blade design for their windmills.
Students had to build the blades and test the windmills and change their designs based on what worked best.
Students also added weight to their windmills to see how much weight the wind power could carry.
Lauren also created workbooks for students to fill out with designs, data, and analysis throughout the project.

]]> 2017-04-25 14:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/168121952 Shannon Beatty- 9th slasater_depd https://padlet.com/slasater_depd/stmichaelsmiddlehigh/wish/169730226 May 3, 2017: Mrs. Beatty's English 9 students took a NearPod quiz on irony.

Students went to Nearpod.com and entered the code for the quiz.
Students then drew a scenario of verbal irony after taking the 10 questions quiz.
Shannon then had students go outside to participate in a game of Red Light-Green Light with statements exemplifying irony. (Click on pink link for video)

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