William Wirt Middle School Staff Meeting by Kia Reed

Testing Office

2025-02-26 20:51:59 UTC

We are over 90% complete on WIDA!

RELA 7

2025-02-26 20:53:40 UTC

My students are writing narratives and have some great ideas!

ALL of my students have completed their WiDA testing.

2025-02-26 20:53:58 UTC

Italiano

2025-02-26 20:54:07 UTC

We were able to practice our writing skills while learning all about "Carnevale" and then made Venetian inspired masks.

We are using diverse learning tools and hands on activities.

2025-02-26 20:54:11 UTC

Student Growth

2025-02-26 20:54:37 UTC

Most students in grew from Fall to Winter as measured from the MAP-Growth and IReady Math diagnostics

Comp Sci/S.T.E.A.M.

2025-02-26 20:54:39 UTC

8th graders seem to be excited about learning HTML and over 80% of MOD1 scored 90% or better on their Problem Solving Assessment; Grades 6 and 7 enjoyed using Plicker cards to complete their Chess Assessment

RELA 7

2025-02-26 20:55:04 UTC

The kids did a book tasting and are now excited to do their daily silent reading.

Smith - Art

2025-02-26 20:55:07 UTC

My students are excited about art and are doing well on our first project

Fields

2025-02-26 20:55:45 UTC

Students are putting more thought and effort into DBQ and CER prompts.

ELD Science

2025-02-26 20:56:01 UTC

Students are improving by using Brain pop ELL, and Speak Agent.

AVID Excel

2025-02-26 20:56:04 UTC

Students are putting forth a great deal of effort to do their best on the WIDA Access Test!

Science

2025-02-26 20:56:12 UTC

Our kids are writing and creating models of energy transfer.

Journals

2025-02-26 20:56:13 UTC

Scholars are coming prepared, they are all bringing journals

Phys. Ed

robertrandolph — 2025-02-26 20:56:49 UTC

Students are noticing that they're getting stronger and gaining more stamina.

2025-02-26 20:56:52 UTC

Most newcomer students show improvement in reading and speaking.

Science

2025-02-26 20:56:52 UTC

Students are putting more effort/thought into writing CER.

ELD Social Studies

2025-02-26 20:56:53 UTC

My students participating more in class, and not having the fear to share in front of their peers.

Digital Studio - Painting Fruits (Gervacio)

2025-02-26 20:57:01 UTC

My 8th graders have been very meticulous when it comes to following along with digital painting of fruits. They were attempting to make sure they did EXACTLY everything I was doing, even trying to use the EXACT same colors I used on my IPad.

Boddie USH1

2025-02-26 20:57:08 UTC

The "Emerging Learner" Benchmark category of my lowest performing GenEd class decreased by from 93% in Benchmark 1 to 66% in Benchmark 2!!

Amarkhil- Science There's so much good news happening in my classroom! The students are clearly engaged and excited about the lessons.

hajera2amarkhil — 2025-02-26 20:57:21 UTC

2025-02-26 20:57:27 UTC

Drama is Feeling Drama Free to Be whatever we imagine to be. We are creating scripts and acting them out instead of acting out. Bringing Stories to life

RELA

2025-02-26 20:57:35 UTC

Mr. Johnson and my students are mastering the digital annotation tools.

Social Studies

2025-02-26 20:57:41 UTC

Some of my students are turning in good essays

Schellin - Art

sarah_schellin — 2025-02-26 20:58:12 UTC

Classes have been super focused as we start our first project, to the point that students are voluntarily taking it home to work on.

HEALTH/J JONES

2025-02-26 20:59:28 UTC

Students especially 8th graders are really engaged in our lesson on Nutrition. They can now meet the standard about goal setting/decision making.

Band/Orchestra

2025-02-26 20:59:59 UTC

Students are becoming more assertive about learning their music as he county Assessment Festival is approaching.More students are taking their instruments home for individual practice.

Grade 8-ELD

2025-02-26 21:00:01 UTC

Students are taken more ownership over their behavior and productivity in classes. We have witnessed more effort to engage in discussion protocols/opportunities

All

2025-02-26 21:00:39 UTC

The classes I've been in have been using Scaffolding Skills, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Group Work, and having conversations.

Media Team

2025-02-26 21:01:11 UTC

Students are excited about learning photography, so they can join the media team, as they see other scholars who are currently active with cameras. The scholars on our media team are growing exponentially with their photography skills.

PE Stiteler

2025-02-26 21:12:01 UTC

Students are excited for the new semester in the gym. I've noticed physical growth as the workload increases. Many share that they enjoy having our class and I enjoy their positive energy.