2024-2025 Reflections by CARRIE PEDERSON https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj en-us 2025-05-06 14:26:35 UTC 2025-05-06 17:58:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f60a.png mwalusimbi https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438433368 The use of DOK to elicit more student driven responses and research

]]> 2025-05-06 17:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438433368 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438433716 One way my teaching has evolved this year is that I have focused on student-centered learning.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438433716 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434195 One way is that I was able to utilize Socratic Seminars,TRTW w/ DOK and Learning stations most times.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434195 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434243 One way my teaching has evolved this year is by incorporating more student-centered activities and discussions. I noticed that students were more engaged when they could interact with content in a collaborative way, so I moved away from lecture-heavy lessons. This has led to increased participation and deeper understanding of the material.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434243 mwalusimbi https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434430 Students' ability to build their own connections from the text to the real world.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434430 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434727 One way my teaching evolved this year is through increased patience and learning new strategies, especially for supporting EB students.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438434727 mwalusimbi https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438435355 Getting more comfortable with AP teaching strategies with AP Lit and AP Seminar.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438435355 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436026 My ELDA kids can now hold a conversation. Some of them started with zero english knowledge/word.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436026 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436071 Students participated in presentations, jigsaw exercises, poster board activities, Cafe Presentations, and, of course, ECR's. We are reading The Alchemist right now and ending the year with a Multimedia ECR reflecting on a "Personal Legend."


]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436071 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436086 learning new strategies for my students to better understand the material we read.


]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436086 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436415 Is the use of SAY, MEAN, MATTER. It helped me and the students organized their ideas and express more about the text evidence they are reading.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436415 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436533 The greatest satisfaction I get from student growth is seeing them truly learn and appreciate their progress.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436533 mwalusimbi https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436626 Just more plan/collaborative time with coworkers during our plan periods. Even to just grade, lesson plan, or decompress.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436626 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436976 I plan to implement more proactive classroom management strategies that promote student ownership and positive behavior.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438436976 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437170 Be able to start phonology and make IMs for EBs especially the newcomers.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437170 mwalusimbi https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437267 More strategies/activities to build student research skills.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437267 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437487 Next year, I would like to make certain all students feel engaged, active, and proud of their work in class.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437487 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437783 One goal for teaching next year is to involve the students' interest in the curriculum. For example, I would use those articles to make PACE responses if they like sports.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437783 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437900 One goal I have for teaching next year is to implement more effective strategies to support diverse learners.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438437900 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438138 One way my teaching has evolved this year is through the use of more close-reading passages within full novel studies. It forces both me and my students to slow down and really get to know the text.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438138 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438174 It satisfies me to see that they can express outside the box.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438174 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438638 One way my teaching has evolved this year has been trusting my students to lead conversations and have student centered learning, as well as having college level discussions and learning from peers.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438638 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438664 More training on maximizing IXL

]]> 2025-05-06 17:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438664 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438708 I believe my Emergent Bilingual students have experienced significant growth in language acquisition. Also, my Pre-AP students are definitely ready for AP classes next year!


]]> 2025-05-06 17:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438708 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438777 Now that my first year as a classroom teacher is over, next year I can implement more activities and strategies for the students and better ways to support them as learners

]]> 2025-05-06 17:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438438777 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439459 IXL training

]]> 2025-05-06 17:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439459 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439594 The evidence of growth that gave me the most satisfaction was hearing my students feel confident about what they read. They were more engaged in discussion and felt safe to ask questions.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439594 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439704 More training for ELDA IMs.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438439704 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440114 My students' increased knowledge of literary genres and enhanced writing styles.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440114 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440303 Encourage students to think beyond the box so they will be able to give sensible and meaningful responses.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440303 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440533 Coaching or professional development topics that would help me next year include strategies for student behavior management

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440533 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440682 Students have shown a big amount of growth in finding textual evidence, quoting that evidence, and being able to explain.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438440682 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438441135 One goal I have for next year is finding natural ways to differentiate a lesson in order to meet the needs of all learners in my classroom.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438441135 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438441301 Goal for next year is to set up a new course that would become a template for a hybrid course in AP Seminar for the charter!

]]> 2025-05-06 17:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438441301 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438442050 I want to increase the consistency and effectiveness of my classroom / behavioral management.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438442050 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438442114 Getting comfortable with teaching AP since it was my first year, and teaching those strategies.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438442114 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443342 I believe continued support on comprehensible input/output strategies will most definitely help for EB students. Also, more instructional activities on teaching novels / selections from novels will help with AP students.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443342 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443380 IXL training.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443380 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443968 When the light bulb goes off in their brains and they make connections beyond the classroom; when other teachers' notice how well they can write extraordinarily well! That's the best feedback I can ever get...

]]> 2025-05-06 17:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438443968 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438444604 I survived my first year of teaching! Most importantly, despite the challenges I faced this year, I managed to build positive relationships with many of my students. Also, I'm finally able to say that the teaching profession is for me.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438444604 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438444812 I like the way how the reading of the novels and the writing of the essays was implemented in the curriculum, because it gave the students more time to write and revise their work.

It also give ample time for the students to read the novel and digest everything they have read.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438444812 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438445724 Next year would be my swan song, so I hope to enjoy it to the hilt! :)

]]> 2025-05-06 17:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438445724 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438446587 More strategies to help motivate reluctant readers and writers.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438446587 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438446813 More simple strategies for the students to develop their research skill.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438446813 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438447671 L Etheridge

Seeing students understand and verbalize the perspective of the audience has been a big breakthrough for all of us. It has been great to see them use the sentence frames and then launch from the sentence frames in their commentary.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438447671 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438447821 My teaching is still evolving.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438447821 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438453130 Having a bunch of my students end up in prestigious universities with the work that they have done for me, and earn scholarships etc., is probably a feather in my cap! ;)


What was challenging is having to do busy work, to display student work every cycle just to take it down shortly thereafter, was a hitting my head on a brick wall moment for me.


Surviving a personal heartache of my father's home call and then a spinal surgery that I underwent and by God's mercy and grace have overcome!

]]> 2025-05-06 17:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438453130 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438455522 A few students who were goofing off and disrupting earlier in the year are now writing well!


When I regrouped them, I said, "You're not reaching your potential there." Another student said, "He has a lot of potential!" :D

]]> 2025-05-06 17:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438455522 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438457176 Having PDs that are clearly SHOW and not just tell teachers how to navigate the many student learning platforms would be a start.


Perfection Next would be one area...

]]> 2025-05-06 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438457176 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438464710 Happy with the students' progress. They are trying to incorporate all the components we have practiced for the essays. It's exciting to see the students' pride in their work.

]]> 2025-05-06 17:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438464710 https://padlet.com/cpederson16/t3lvtcaq5iyw8ohj/wish/3438467444 More students speaking. Maybe giving their argument papers as a speech, and more contests. Charts on walls.

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