10/18 WER PLC Meeting by Gianne Curry https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh Hey team! I am sensitive to the fact that we will be doing a lot in the afternoon Wednesday to set up, but we have a PLC meeting. Here is my suggestion : we have an asynchronous check-in meeting around the supports we are using for interventions. Add to the padlet using the plus button. Sign in using the login in the upper right hand area (login with Google) or you can just put your name at the end of your post to make it easy. Then, I will send an email out again on Friday for people to comment on other posts (like a dialogue). If there is an action point, I will follow-up next week. Anything I am forgetting or something we should add? Try to post to at least three of these topics before Friday (along the top). You should also be able to add your own. en-us 2022-10-18 17:45:16 UTC 2025-11-21 21:29:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Math tutoring sessions are continuing to be part of my weekly schedule. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345786991 2022-10-18 19:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345786991 It is working to provide specific assignment check lists for students who are behind which break the assignments down into short lists to complete that day. I then text these lists to students at the beginning of each day. My goal will be to involve them in making the to do lists and then have them monitor their lists as they're ready. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345790302 2022-10-18 19:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345790302 I find that the face to face meetings each month are helping make connections with the students. Talking about what they need to get done seems to have more impact when they see my expression with it. I have also started to use google voice to text bitmoji encouragements as well. ~Tamara https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345791763 2022-10-18 19:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345791763 I'm using the questions that Cindy shared with us at our in service day to start my Zoom meetings. This week's question is "What's made you smile this week?" and I'm getting great answers from kids that have led to deeper conversations about what's going on in their life. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345792718 2022-10-18 19:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345792718 After conversing with Jesse, I have made an offer in classroom (to check if they are reading it) that if there are multiple free responses in an assignment, that if they give an original response that completely answers the question, usually meaning more writing has occurred, I will give them full credit for that one and one other question. So far, I have only had two take me up, but since they usually skip the written responses altogether, I'm calling it a win. ~Tamara https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345798023 2022-10-18 19:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2345798023 Lots of help given to make progress in math--particularly in Proportions. gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347758139 2022-10-19 20:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347758139 Checked in with a student during Broadcast gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347758433 2022-10-19 20:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347758433 I am trying using flipgrid instead of my engagement questions. Robbin came up with this idea and I love it!! gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347759136 2022-10-19 20:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347759136 Many kids are using my drop in time for Math. gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347759632 2022-10-19 20:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347759632 Students are writing a lot more this year! Using Quetext and starting out with conversation about plagiarism has really helped. gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347760292 2022-10-19 20:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347760292 I have had a lot of success this year with kids playing review games during "Team Time" -- 5 or 6 each time! gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347760779 2022-10-19 20:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347760779 Students got help with Civil War research project and developed better presentations in Google Slides this year. gcurry6 https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347761780 2022-10-19 20:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347761780 Giving feedback and help through messaging on OW is going ok through Geometry, Alg 2 is more difficult because of the limited keyboard, but I have those kids in person and they are pretty great so we work through it online and in person. In person help has worked better, most of my kids just stop in during their meeting time or wait and I help them around student meetings. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347777905 2022-10-19 20:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347777905 Repeating the message that they need to give me a response of at least a few sentences so that I know they understand the concept and prompt along with reassigning their blank essays has gotten more responses than I was told to expect. Then for the students that are still struggling with a prompt we talk through it, sometimes write it out in person, and often I break the prompt apart so that they can follow steps 1, 2, 3... which seems to help with a lot of them. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347781964 2022-10-19 20:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347781964 Kids dropping in is great, we get to see each other, work through things together or just have some good conversations about their courses, khs classes and life :) https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347783344 2022-10-19 20:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347783344 Just waiting for my supplies to get here so we can start. https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347784336 2022-10-19 20:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gcurry6/iea1ma2osllxxjxh/wish/2347784336