4th graders at Letcher Elementary School Utilizing their journals during their Math class!

Kindergarten student at LES and his wonderful Journal entry!

ACT Teams, join us for a Network work day on Monday. Share your theory of of action, get feedback, facilitative coaching from KVEC, etc. See you at 10:00….if you haven’t registered and want to attend, send me an email so I can be sure we have enough resources!

Knoster’s Change Model https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/strategies/tool-knoster-model-for-managing-complex-change

Real Northeast Micro-credentials Presentation
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2438871ff7b9c6930c63ceec2/files/2b554958-3ffa-495f-bddc-eb2fb59970de/REL_NEI_BE_10_17_18_508c.pdf

Enjoyed the day working with Cassandra at SFES working on our school’s plan!!!!

Here’s how we celebrated Pi Day this year in 1st Grade. This was my first time celebrating this day, so I’m sure next year will be even better.

A lesson video I posted to teachertube on how we celebrated the 100th day of school this year! (a little late, but better late than never…)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=16ZI5FcGZazkHLzXSZeXu_B5rmzHOwnFP

Matt Dunleavy’s presentation

The understanding of exponents can be a tricky concept to teach mainly because the amount of rules that go along with it. To make it easier and a bit more exciting for my students I gave them the option to do a parody song to get a better understanding of exponents. This assignment alone has been something that my Algebra 1 students bring up…Read More

KVEC Announces 2018-2019 ACT Network Schools

Allen Elementary School

Betsy Layne High School

Breathitt County High School

Clinton County Middle

Fallsburg Elementary School

Flat Gap Elementary School

Highland-Turner Elementary

Jackson Independent

Johnson Central High School

Lawrence County High School

Letcher Elementary

Letcher…Read More

We’re reviewing patterns and pattern types! My students love using manipulatives to show their understanding

My students are currently using ProdigyGame.com. Prodigy Game is an online gaming website for students K-8. This website is contains Math content that is aligned with the Common Core Curriculum for each state. Students are able to practice numerous state standards through game play. Teacher are able to assign standards and content that are taught…Read More

I use these assessments during each unit! There are multiple choice and free response questions available. Enjoy…oh, they are for 4th grade!!!!

Remember, KVEC needs each team’s revised Theory of Action (including budget items) by April 30th!

A Roadmap for implementing Micro-credentials

Implementation Roadmap

Micro-credentials aligned to Deeper Learning. Now is a great time to begin thinking our your professional learning needs for next year.

http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/02/mc_deeperlearning.pdf?nocdn=1

http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Microcredentials_Driving_teacher_learning_leadership.pdf

Monday March 12 ACT Principals are invited to a SKYPE session for technical assistance with ACT (discuss Theory of Action, budget, networking, etc.). Email me if you did not receive SKYPE link.

Bringing toilet paper back to the classroom! My students are using toilet paper squares to model percents of a whole number. Each student is given 10 connected squares of toilet paper along with some counters used to model each whole number. Guided the students in a whole class setting, asking the right questions will lead them to each square…Read More

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/11/micro-credentials-transforming-professional-learning/

The winner of the January Challenge is Courtney Kingsmore…if you haven’t checked out her posts…see them below…amazing space and well liked by the ACT Holler members!!

My students have enjoyed flex seating more than I could have ever imagined! I took a chance and dove into this full force this year and do not regret it one bit. My kids come in excited every day to choose their seats and are able to explain why they sat there each day. I have noticed more motivated kids with positive attitudes! They love their…Read More

In this video students share their thoughts on flex seating in the classroom

My students absolutely love flexible seating in the classroom. They know the expectations and hold one another accountable. I love using the chromebooks to take assessments. We use Google Classroom and have taken every test in Social Studies on Google Classroom this year! Students get both a computerized test portion as well as written portion.

Learning stations with flexible seating is one of my favorite teaching strategies. The students enjoy working with others on their level and collaborating on their learning targets. A positive, safe, kid, friendly learning environment makes the days pleasant. I love meeting with small groups of students to engage with them in conversations,…Read More

@jcarroll

A great resource I have found to apply mathematical thinking is The Stock Market Game. http://www.stockmarketgame.org They have lessons to help you and your students understand stocks and all the math that goes along with it. They even break it down to grade levels 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. If you are looking for an authentic way to analyze data or practice…Read More

Design Nearpod lessons and include a Flipgrid for student reflections.
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/7sN6pUtsGI

Instructional Strategy Share-A-Thon!! Post the best Instructional Strategies you have seen or used yourself….The strategy with the most “favorites” and “comments” will win an Instructional Strategy Resource! Contest runs through January 2nd. Winner announced on January 3rd.

Welcome to all the new members!! Check out the media/documents tab if you are looking for our timeline or any other resources. Don’t see something you need? Let me know!

Here’s a video of my first graders using Fact Families to learn about the commutative property of addition and subtraction.

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A video of my first graders discovering all the ways to make 10 using 2-sided counters.

Students worked with a partner and chose from three cookie recipes. They chose the cookie that wanted to make. They had directions to follow: go shopping for the ingredients, calculate the amount of each ingredient they would need, and how much they would cost to make. We plan a culminating event where students actually bring in their cookie,…Read More

One of the new additions to my room this year has been white boards around the walls!!! Talk about one excited math teacher!!! The past few weeks we have been using the boards during partner work and problem solving. They love working together and I can assess while they are working right in front of me! I love it!!!

A good review activity to get everyone back in the swing after a long break. Musical partners

Two days before thanksgiving break calls for robot and coding exploration. Stayed tuned for updated math lessons with dash and dot!!! FYI these can be found on amazon for a cheaper price….I may can help you out with some lesson ideas if you’re interested as well!!!

Here is another solving equation activity that I created. This one is involves multi-step equations including equations whose solution is no solution and infinite solution. This activity has a little more teacher prep involved. I always print this document on card stock/ and or laminate it so I can reuse it year after year. I also cut out the…Read More

Here is a scavenger hunt that I use when reviewing equations with 8th grade. I post these cards around the room in a random order. I usually have my students work in groups of 2 but not more than 3. They start at any card and complete the question. That answer leads them to another card with another question. There are letters in each card at…Read More

I know I’m late on posting but this Halloween activity could also be used for thanksgiving or Christmas as well. We had a mini lesson on 2D shapes discussing the attributes and characteristics and they had to use that information to create a geometric Halloween figure. It really opened my eyes at how many misconceptions they had and how this…Read More

Common Core Placemats posted in Media.

Hey guys…..my name is Elisha Lewis and I would like to share an awesome way to get your students thinking and asking questions about MATH!!! If you haven’t heard about QFT, it stands for question formulation technique. These are all of my Q focuses that I have used for 3rd and 4th grade thus far. I will update my list as the year goes on.…Read More

Nation-wide attention and conversation on micro-credentials hosted by Digital Promise and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). http://digitalpromise.org/2017/09/19/recognition-mcs-symposium-currency-micro-credentials/