Independent Reading

How do your kids read?

How about this way?

Or maybe this way??????

How about like this?

Common Core Learning Target Management

Here is how I have managed the Common Core Learning Targets. I typed them all for each module and then put them in an envelope. I put the envelope in a plastic sleeve with a piece of card stock for durability. Then they are all put into a binder labeled LEARNING TARGETS. That way, I can get to them easily and quickly tape them on the frames on the front bulletin board. AAHHH... organization and evidence for APPR all in one!!!

Rochester's Native American Resource Center Visit

Mr. Perry Ground, from the Native American Resource Center came in to share a workshop called "Life in a Longhouse". This was an amazing presentation.

He explained to the stduents that he is a member of the ONONDONGA nation. The kids were facinated by all he had shared with them. He brought many artifacts that support the beliefs and traditions of the HAUDENOSAUNEE people.

This is a wampum belt that tells the story of the Iroquois Confederacy. The class will participate in the Wampum Workshop this week. Picture to follow.

Here is a deer skin that has been cleaned and stretched and oiled.

These are pelts that would be worn in the winter.

These are the 5 arrows bound together to symbolize what the Great Peacemaker told the Council Leaders concerning their need to join together in a peacful way (creating the 5 Nations of the HAUDENOSAUNEE).

Finding that Evidence for APPR using the CCSS

This is one of the protocols in the New York State curriculum. students are taught these and then they practice them. I take a picture and then put it on the wall for a while and the picture goes into the ANCHOR CHART binder.

One of the evidence pieces for Domain 4.C is Communicating with families. I keep this binder next to the phone so that each phone message and/or call can be logged. It takes time but the evidence is vital.

 This is the log sheet that I use. I think I found it on www.teacherspayteachers.com.

It has worked nicely so far this year.

The  next step is evidence for Domain 3.A : Instruction. In this domain, evidence for Expectations for Learning are the Learning Targets themselves. I found this idea on PINTEREST. I found that writing the learning targets each day in wet erase marker was a bit tedious so, one weekend at the cottage, I typed up the learning standards, printed them out and laminated them. Now I can just tape them up quickly. A new picture to come soon.

To keep myself organized, I made binders for CCSS for Math and ELA. All the materials are hole punched and put in the binders. Life is so much easier now!

Math plan

I loved this and copied it off of PINTEREST. This is what hangs outside my classroom door. I just love it. I find the kids stopping on their way into my room, and just walking, taking the time to read it. 

So, with all this done for the week, I am hoping to do more of this, THIS WEEKEND! Closing the cottage soon!!