INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #10 (23 mins)
Develop a literacy identity that promotes lifelong learning.
• Provide opportunities for students to view themselves as lifelong learners who take an active role in their literacy development, understanding they impact and are impacted by their interactions with text
• Carole Mullins, NBCT and Reb…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #9 (31 mins)
Apply high level cognitive processes to think deeply and critically about text.
• Help students must move beyond basic comprehension and interact more deeply with the text
• By applying synthesis, analysis, reflection and other higher order thinking skills, students are equipped to examine text cri…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #6-7 (37 mins)
#6: Collaborate with others to create meaning. #7: Utilize digital resources to learn and share with others.
• Help students learn to interact with others in order to confirm, challenge or shape their views and ideas
• Know how to effectively produce and critically consume digital information
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INTRODUCTION TO THE 10 INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICES (18 mins)
• Understanding the purpose and function of the practices
• Carole Mullins, NBCT

We created a google doc that we will be sharing tomorrow with some of the videos that we have created and information that we have collected from the survey we conducted. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19HbQLElYHlEmZAF8ShuWN7GWDQ_np1gnohvxTP_aT2M/edit?usp=sharing

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #1 (32 mins)
Recognize that text is anything that communicates a message.
• Expand traditional knowledge about text to include visual, auditory & digital sources
• Use sources across disciplines to provide increasingly rigorous opportunities for students to interpret messages communicated through different med…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #2 (29 mins)
Employ, develop, and refine schema to understand create text.
• Through the use of multiple texts and interdisciplinary content, activate students’ schema. Provide opportunities for developing new connections, applying specialized vocabulary and reflecting on new understandings
• Appropriate for K…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #3 (30 mins)
View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• When students’ literacy experiences cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, their knowledge is expanded and relevant
• Students’ interactions with text become transformational when they are motivated to purs…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #4 (30 mins)
Utilize receptive and expressive language arts to better understand self, others and the world. View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• Experiencing both receptive (i.e., listening, reading and viewing) and expressive (i.e., speaking, writing and v…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #5 (38 mins)
Apply strategic practices, with scaffolding and then independently, to approach new literacy tasks.
• Help students to strategically approach literacy tasks in order to make intentional decisions about when, where and how to apply thinking and learning processes
• Independence and tra…Read More

Another board we have done

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Some bulletin boards we have done to spread the “kindness”

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Spreading kindness and encouraging words throughout the school.

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Composition Video Resources Link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vIg6dkOjgATOSbQCosjIiKQFMGGIqzs1?usp=sharing

KAS for Reading and Writing Video Series: EPISODES 1-5 RESOURCES LINK:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XaizNuJf-tWqMK0CLJU86EZ08xzOabfI

We are getting a lot of donations for our clothing closet for our students in need.

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We have continued to work with administrators and our student council project to choose a specific location in the main hallway for our mural. Previously we discussed that we would be releasing a survey to our student body to receive additional input from stakeholders. We have created the survey and plan on releasing and examining the data in…Read More

As of now our schools Student Council has received permission from the Breathitt High School administration to begin our project to paint the lockers in our main hallway and we have a survey that is expected to be released in the near future.

More Growth Mindset materials!

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Growth Mindset materials have arrived! Get ready for a paradigm shift!

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Wanted to give a shout out to Mr. Andrew Castle at KVEC for all of his help with our 2019-20 Phelps High School Student Senate plan. He is always there with an answer when you need it. Thanks to him, we are now implementing our School ID Program. All freshmen will receive a school ID along with all school personnel. #ProtectThisHive

Trajon Campbell, KVEC Senior Student Senator was sworn in tonight as the new student representative on the Hazard Board of Education by the board attorney. Student representation/student voice was a primary goal of the HHS KVEC Student Senate three years ago. Trajon Campbell is the fourth student to serve on the board. Congratulations Trajon!…Read More

Excited to share the numbers from our Grab ‘N Go breakfast program. This project was a huge hit with our students. With this program, we have experienced record high breakfast participation. For the first time all school year, we served over 300 breakfasts. Many of the items we have served on the cart as “second-chance” reflect the preferences…Read More

Our sponsors standing proudly before the CATmobile. Major thanks to Marathon Petroleum, Braidy Industries, Lighthouse Collision, Area Advertising, King’s Daughters Medical Center, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Foundation for the Tri-State, Ashland Optimist Club, Ashland Credit Union, and KVEC.

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Pictures from our ribbon-cutting ceremony

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Pictures from our ribbon-cutting ceremony

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Our ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday was a success! We were joined by members of the Board of Education, Board of City Commissioners, Representative Terri Branham Clark, Senator Robin Webb, and our sponsors. This was the first time our sponsors got to see the finished work. They were as excited as us!

We are looking ahead to this summer, when…Read More

One of our 4th grade teachers uses a “graffiti wall” to assess students’ knowledge of content such as identifying figurative language, text structure, and main idea. I have also utilized this strategy with Social Studies content. Use chart paper or the whiteboard as a space for students to respond to a topic or question. I have most often…Read More

Kahn Academy is a great resource our Middle School teachers are very fond of given our participation in a grant utilizing the PSAT to measure progress. This provides an individualized path for students to progress through skills.

One resource that teachers in my school utilize is the website Prodigy. The site has over 1200 math skills for grades 1 – 8. Students have avatars in a virtual world and compete against each other but must first correctly answer math related questions.

In my paperless classroom I utilize Google Apps for Education every day. Google Classroom is our “home” where they receive and submit their work. Google Forms is great for assessments, especially now because they have a lock down browser enabled to prevent cheating. I am also a big fan of Google Drawings which allows students to get creative with…Read More

I run a paperless classroom in all of my courses including Advanced Placement World History. I have found Fiveable and Get A Five have both been great for students to be able to learn concepts. They incorporate videos and assessments for students, which are instrumental in student success because our content ranges from the dawn of mankind to…Read More

A resource that I would like to start incorporating into my classroom is PearDeck. I had not heard of it until a training a couple weeks ago. It is a Google app that allows you to have interactive Google slide presentations and embedded assessments. Students are given a code to enroll and participate. It is to my understanding that other students…Read More

A resource that I use as well as several other teachers at my school is quizlet.com . This site allows you to create vocabulary “cards” for the topic of study. Then you provide students a link and they can use it to study as flashcards, write them, spell them, and/or do a practice test. You can also provide a given code with quizlet live and the…Read More

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One resource that has been extremely helpful to my classes this year (and one I had not explored yet) has been Google Classroom. With the on-demand writing test moved online, Google Classroom has allowed students to get in much needed typing practice and has made one-on-one work much simpler for myself. When I create a new assignment,…Read More

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I have been a big proponent of case studies throughout my teaching career, as it develops students’ understanding of content through their own research and active problem solving skills. The following link is for a data base of case studies related to the subject of science. These are great and students actually enjoy them.…Read More

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My teachers have been using quizizz.com and they love this resource. It has quizzes that are already created by other educators as well as the option to create your own quiz. I also have been using this with my teachers in our weekly interactive agendas and they log in and answer their questions for me.

We, as a school and our literacy team in particular, have been looking for the best way to keep student writing folders with writing samples. In the past there have been those paper folders that follow the student along and materials are added each year. This year we have tried to develop electronic writing folders that can also follow the student…Read More

I wanted to share a site that was shared with me concerning Kentucky’s academic standards. As many of you may already be aware, there is a site available to explore the newly adopted Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) and standards resources. If you look on the “Explore your Standards” page, you will find a downloadable PDF and a critical fact…Read More

I tried to start my own challenge since so many are silly these days. I was calling it the Formative Assessment Challenge. You do a challenge then get pics of your students engaging in it and post online. Thought it would be a great way to share strategies with each other. I had a tiny bit of success but if anyone on here would like to…Read More

Someone said that the 8th and 10th On Demand was all online? Is this accurate?

I think I heard that the TCT’s were no longer being required to send to the state?? Is this accurate?

Season 1, Episode 1 of “Hawk Talk.” The show also airs on EKB-TV every Monday and Wednesday evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSCflNpkY3o&t=6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW6Fn2U0K0g
Season 1, Episode 2 of “Hawk Talk.” The show also airs on EKB-TV every Monday and Wednesday.

Achieve the Core (achievethecore.org) is an outstanding resource that shares free open-source resources to support common core implementation at all levels. It helps educators improve instruction and increase student achievement. The actual site has 3 tabs that include professional learning, planning and reflection and classroom resources (which…Read More

I have always found it difficult to understand the Common Core Math Standards. Sometimes I feel like I have no clue what the standard is asking for. Therefore, it makes it difficult to plan and assess. A book I have found super helpful this year is called, “The Common Core Mathematics Companion: Standards Decoded.” In this book it explains the…Read More

Here is a good resource for integrating formative assessments into your daily instruction and feedback. This PowerPoint “56 Examples of Formative Assessment” offers up some quick and easy formative assessments some using technology resources and others as easy as using the fingers on your hand. This is a great one to add to your “Teacher Toolb…Read More

A resource I wanted to share is called, “Visible Learning For Literacy.” I have always found it challenging to assess reading. It is different than assessing math. There are certain math problems students can work tied to a particular standard that can give you insight into whether or no students have master that standard. However, there are…Read More

https://ldc.org/

This is a great website to use for combing reading and writing in the content areas! Also, each module comes with a rubric for helping you assess student work/writing! I always find it hard to find the materials I am looking for to correctly assess student writing! This is a plus with this site!

Is a school’s attendance going to impact this year’s test scores? I remember hearing that average attendance would be taken into consideration when calculating performance.