Stafford CT. K-2 CKLA Pilot Collaborations by Colin Gibney

cgibney1 — 2023-12-20 14:55:26 UTC

Grade 2

2024-01-23 18:59:27 UTC

Today I taught Skills 2 Lesson 11 where students drafted their first book report! We also did a close reading activity with a fiction/fantasy story - The Pancake Part I.

Grade 2

2024-01-23 19:00:19 UTC

My students are really engaged in the Knowledge read alouds and participation is high!

They also cheer when I say, "It's time for skills/It's time for knowledge!"

Grade 2

2024-01-23 19:02:43 UTC

The next Knowledge Unit is Greek Myths, which seems to build on a previous unit in the scope and sequence (The Ancient Greek Civilization), yet we haven't taught that yet. What is the best way to fill in the gaps?

What's the best way to balance "Take Home Materials" with nightly reading and/or math homework? Should I be monitoring what gets returned/completed?

Grade 2

2024-01-23 19:03:59 UTC

Writing a list of knowledge vocabulary on chart paper for the unit by lesson and posting it in the room to reference! This helps all of us use the words more in conversation and in our writing.

I also made a large version of the story chart (Skills) and laminated it so I could fill it in with Expo marker for the different stories and erase it as needed.

Grade 2

2024-01-23 19:04:31 UTC

"This is FUN!"

Started skills 6 today and first lesson of Knowledge 4. Kindergarten

2024-01-23 20:33:20 UTC

Kindergarten

2024-01-23 20:35:27 UTC

LOVED Stories unit....very engaging. Most of the families are enjoying the homework we are sending home.

Kindergarten

2024-01-23 20:36:47 UTC

Why is it /n/owledge and not /k/ /n/owledge?

Plants in Kindergarten

2024-02-07 19:15:33 UTC

We have been talking about the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees! Students are really grasping the vocabulary terms associated with these types of trees!

Knowledge ~ K

2024-02-07 19:16:27 UTC

My students are SUPER engaged in the knowledge topics and have been using the vocabulary that they are learning in appropriate ways!

Assessments in K

2024-02-07 19:18:19 UTC

Modifying the assessments a little. The thumbs up and thumbs down choices are VERY close to one another on the page and it was very confusing for my students when completing this assessment. I had to do small groups and even 1-1 for some that struggled with this. I thought of maybe copying and cutting out a large "thumbs up" and large "thumbs down" so that students would just tap the choice and we can mark on the assessment tracker if they got it correct/incorrect.

Grade K

2024-02-07 19:20:36 UTC

What should we do for students that are absent a lot and have missed many lessons when it comes time to assessment?

I had a handful that were out and missed some of the Stories when we were in Knowledge 3. We tried playing the read alouds in "spare time" so that students who missed, could hear some, however they still struggled with the assessment portion on the ones they missed. There's just not enough time in the day to make up all the stories with each individual student.

-Mlyniec