11/4 Steger Computer School, WGHS, Strategic Planning

I spent the day at Steger/Computer school.

I read to 6th grade about simple machines.

Watched a lesson on types of motion.

Helped with Technology in Social Studies.

Watched a lesson on learning from 5th grade:

Sat at at Kindergarten station during their daily 5.

Worked with a Social Studies teacher.

Watched a Forces video with 3rd grade.

Ate lunch in the frozen tundra of the Staff lounge.

Played Edheads Simple Machines

Watched marshmallow catapults in AE

 After School headed over to WGHS to meet with designers at 3:30.

Strategic Planning meeting begins at 5:30.

3/27 Steger/Computer School, Avery, SS Vertical Team

Started the day at Steger Elementary

Started the day swinging pendulums in Kindergarten:

I then helped students with their East Asia Projects in World Studies:

I watched and helped students research South Africa:

Hung out with some 5th graders as they were working on their Science and Social studies through literacy.  This one team learned about stars so I showed them a cool app call Sky Map:

Also shared the TOP iOs apps for Astronomy: http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/top-astronomy-applications-for-iphone/

I then had lunch with the Computer school where we discussed tech tips, google resources and ways to use collaboration in the classroom.

I then went up to have lunch with some of the Steger teachers.

Finally I wrapped up the day in a 6th grade science class.  We looked at:

• Ways to organize student work
• ways to organize student assessments
• Ways to organize student notebooks
• Conversations to be had with parents about grades and Standards-based grading

Afterwords, went over to Avery to drop off transition materials for a teacher moving from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. Items included:
This form:

and

• List of facilitators for Science and Social studies
• Science GLEs
• Social Studies GLEs
• January Draft of the NGSS for 3rd grade
• How to read the NGSS

I then went over the the Board room to set up for the Vertical Team Meeting for Social Studies.

We completed a sheet like this for every grade level:

Notes from that meeting found here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1mdOSL8xxQ1hel5nmjcQKRW59YNg65DOs92kUP401L_A/edit