• Challenges
    My grant project, “Personalized Learning: Engagement on Fire” is underway. I have definitely encountered some challenges. I had found kindle fire tablets on Amazon for $49 each, but was required to order them through a technology company our district uses. The tablets were more expensive, and it took much longer to order and receive…Read More

  • LMS has created a Parent Support Group in an effort to encourage parental involvement. Our first meeting was not the response that we envisioned. After reflecting on our first meeting, we concluded the time needed to be changed so more parents could participate. We felt that the plan we had for it was strong so we did not revisit our initial idea.

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    • Our second Parent Support Group meeting was much more successful because of the time change. Participating parents expressed their gratitude towards the time change.

    • I hope we have a big turnout of parents for our Polar Express night. It’s tough to get parents in to middle and high schools.

    • Family engagement is a struggle, but meeting parents where they are has helped us. We find success in getting folks engaged through home visits that are friendly and consist of topics outside of attendance.

  • A great tool we utilize in our district and school is our district walk-through document and the ewalk website used during our daily classroom observations. We use this document to monitor classroom activity and teacher effectiveness. The website provides useful information and data that reflects what is happening in our classrooms. As the…Read More

  • Okay folks, I need a little help. I’m trying to attach some media files, but it won’t let me. Thanks.

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  • One resource that has been extremely helpful for me in adjusting to standards based for grammar is the app zipgrade. I and the students get immediate results and it’s a great tool for data collection.
    I have also recently looked into noredink as a great resource for English. It breaks down parts of language into various sections for students…Read More

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    • Zip Grade is a quick and efficient way to grade lots of papers and allows students to start bubbling in answers on answer sheets (which is a skill in itself). And you get so many scans free. 🙂

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