• I implemented ZooPhonics in the resource room with kindergarten and first grade students with disabilities. The phonics program uses animals to help children remember the shapes and sounds of the letters, in addition to body movements for each animal letter. I implemented the program in the resource room using Direct Instruction, songs, and games.…Read More

  • Thank you for your post Tony. Student ownership is certainly what we all are after. Do you have any more details for how you encourage or prompt student analysis of their work?

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    • Students use a data notebook to analyze assessments and performance. We update them every few weeks to keep it fresh in their minds.

      • Fantastic! Tried and true. John Hattie identified “Self Reported Grades” as 2nd among 252 other factors to increase student achievement( https://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/)

      • I am new to student data notebooks this year so I know that I have a lot of room to grow. Tony, what all is included in your data notebooks? Also what grades are they used with? We currently use them with 4th-6th grades, but would love for this to expand all the way down to K. I would appreciate any insights on data notebooks that you or anyone…Read More

        • I use assessment data from various sources. We use STAR Reading data, Reading Plus data, MAP data, CERT data. We also use a student data notebook to allow students to do self-reflection and set goals. You can set this up using classroom assessments as well, but it has to be consistently used throughout the year to be effective.

  • Our project, “We Are Knott Alone: Write the Wrong” is doing amazing things here in Knott County. Currently, students, parents, and community members are writing in the notebooks and putting themselves on a map of Knott County. As of now, I will be trying to collect these notebooks and get an idea of how many more entries we have been able to…Read More

  • Proud of our team and students working together. Landscaping with brick into a stamped concrete pad for longevity, creativity, and innovative design. We just need a few days of pretty weather to get the rose boxes filled with topsoil, roses planted, mulched, and set the “Gallapalooza”

  • Kenneth Combs classes, integrated with Agriculture classes to complete the landscaping area for the Gallapalooza Project. The area is being poured with concrete and stamped to create the design. Mr. Combs integrated many math concepts into this project, along with tools, safety, and work place skills.

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