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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Message from Administartion

Welcome back to another year here at School No. 16. We are looking forward to working with you as we enter into another busy year.

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Instructional Expectations

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Learning Walk/Walk - throughs

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March 2019 Zearn Walk through Data
Learning Walk Feedback 3.8.19
JWS Walk through Feedback Updated Feb. 5, 2019
2018-19 Walkthrough and Learning Walk focus areas
10.1.18 Lesson Plan Feedback
Lesson Plan Walkthrough Feedback Week of 9.24.18
9.17.18 Walk through Feedback - lesson plans
Walk through Feedback Lesson Plan - 9.10.18
May 2018 - Learning Walk
Zearn Learning Walk Data - Zearn
January School - wide Learning Walk
District Level Learning Walk 11.17
Learning Walk/ Walk through Focus Areas
2017-18 Walk Through Calendar
Learning Walk/Walk-through Focus Areas 2017-18
Walk-through Tool SYR 2018
We are currently working together with staff, our leadership team and our SBPT to create a new process that is aligned with our school initiatives and SCEP. Stay Tuned!

Danielson Rubric/Domain Evidence Tips

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Domain artifacts
Domain 1 Information and suggested artifacts/elements
Danielson Examples and Artifacts
Domain 1a and 1b Tips
Danielson Rubric

Instructional Tips/Articles and ideas

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Higher Order Thinking Question Stems
Teachers: how to help students with test anxiety
Margaret Heffernan: Why it's time to forget the pecking order at work
Golden Rules for Engaging Students in Learning Activities
10 Ways to Incorporate Student Choice in Your Classroom
How to stay calm when you are stressed
What makes a good teacher great
“Trauma-Informed” Management of Student Behavior
Every Kid Needs a Champion
Delivering Effective Lessons
Strategies for Teachers to Develop Positive Relationships With Students
25 things successful teachers do differently
Using Games to Check for Understanding
Helpful Links to Use
Teacher Questions and Prompts in Grade 4-5-6 Science Classrooms
Ted Talk - Teach teachers how to create magic by Christopher Emdin
Key Steps Before Students Write an Argumentative Essay
Brain Breaks
Veterans Day activities for elementary students
High Impact Strategies for Teachers - According to John Hattie
Getting the School Year off to a Good Start
Three Levels of Learning
Group Work and Group Discussions: Management in the Active Classroom
A Teacher Finds a Better, Faster Way to Comment on Student Writing
RCSD: Black Lives Matter at School
RCSD participation in Black Lives Matter at School (video)
Teaching Tolerance: Let’s Talk : Discussing Race, Racism and other Difficult Topics with Students
Quick ways to check for understanding
Orchestrating Productive Struggle in Middle-School Math Classes

Morning Meeting

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Using Mindfulness activities to start the day
Keep Morning Meeting Greetings fresh and fun
Responsive Classroom and Morning Meeting
Morning Meeting Questions
The Power of Morning Meetings
Morning Meetings: Building Community in the Classroom
Morning Meetings - How it will change your classroom!
Morning Meeting Ideas
Keep Morning Meetings fresh and fun
Morning Meeting Questions for you to use
Greetings for Morning Meetings

Mindfulness Activities and suggestions

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Being a mindful teacher - activities and resources to use to teach mindfulness
5 Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children
Mindfulness Meditation for Kids | BREATHING EXERCISE | Guided Meditation for Children
Mindfulness for Adults
Responding to stress
Carol Dweck in an animated presentation on mindsets
Mindful classroom
Building Resilience in Stressed Kids using Simple Mindfulness Techniques
7 fun ways to teach mindfulness
Mindfulness is a superpower that your students can master with just five-minutes practice a day.
Teaching Mindfulness
5 minute mindfulness activities to use in the classroom
This time of year, while joyful in many ways, can also be exhausting due to competing social and work-related demands. For this reason, it is so important that we make time for mental breaks to support our overall well-being. Research shows that stepping away from our work for about 15 minutes increases our ability to concentrate and be more efficient in our work. The following article from YES! magazine explains that “taking a deliberate break from work with a short walk in the park or a bit of mindful relaxation can have powerful effects on our end-of-day concentration, stress, and fatigue.” While the article emphasizes the benefits of a stroll in nature when possible, a quick walk around the building or around the block can have similar effects.
mindfulness activities
Creating mindfulness in your classroom
Mindfullness for Children and Teens
Create a sanctuary space or calm corner in your classroom: This should be a special place where all students feel safe. Provide coloring books, colored pencils, paper to journal, comfortable pillows or cushions. Depending on the age of your students, it may be helpful to have stuffed animals or favorite books. The idea is that kids can go here to reflect and reset.
Benefits of MIndfulness
7 Fun Ways to teach Mindfulness to Kids in Your Classroom
10 ways to calm your classroom after lunch time
Mindfulness in Schools - Resources and Curriculum
9.24.18
Mindfulness Activity June 4, 2018
Mindfulness in the Middle School
5 Minute Classroom Mindfulness Activities
Importance of Self Love
Intentionality
Returning from Break
Grounding Exercise
Mindfulness in Schools
Take a listening walk. Go somewhere—even your backyard—and walk together in silence, listening for sounds you typically overlook leaves rustling, a pine cone falling from a tree, your own steady breath. To enhance the quietest sounds (and make it more fun), you can turn paper cups into amplifiers by cutting a hole in the sides of two cups and hooking them over your ears, drinking side facing forward. Although nature is especially relaxing, a listening walk can occur anywhere—even a noisy shopping mall or restaurant
Glitter Jars: Pretty, Fun, and Calming. Just shake and breathe in and out as you watch the glitter settle. These magical glitter jars are the perfect sensory toy for children and grown ups alike. Designed to soothe and relax, the swirling patterns created by glitter, water and food coloring are ideal for calming down a stressed out child (or adult, for that matter) - leading to their alternative name, 'calm down jars'.
Stress and Family Anxiety Family stress shows up in many ways. This has taken on a new tone this year, given that many families made different political choices. However, most of the stress and anxiety around family is often anticipatory. Based on not-so-pleasant past experiences, combined with the upcoming impending mix of different personalities, we start to worry about family dysfunction rearing its ugly head. While there might actually be very real difficulties surrounding the interpersonal dynamics of our family, we sometimes get caught up in fuelling the fire, rather than abating it. Antidote: Engage in gratitude. Take the time to step back and bear witness to all that you have, to count your blessings, as they say. Gratitude goes a long way when it comes to overall wellness. During this time of year, a sense of gratitude can easily fall by the wayside as indulgence and the idea of “more” and “merrier” are front and center. So, while in the midst of the tumult of the holiday season, try to re-center by consciously being grateful for the multiple aspects of this season, and our loved ones, that we are blessed to engage with.

Restorative Practices

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Time to Think - Using Restorative Questions
A list of subtle, thoughtful ways of instilling hope and trust
Using Dialogue Circles to Support Classroom Management
RP in your classroom
How to use Restorative Language with your students

PBIS/SOAR & Disciplinary Referral Data

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Revised Spring 2019 PBIS Rotation Station Schedule
Ways to Greet your students/set the tone
Ways to get student’s attention
Sept. to Nov 9th Disciplinary Referral Data and guided questions
Classroom Management Tips
PBIS Fall 2018 Station Rotation Schedule
Monthly Assembly Information
Monthly/Quarterly Awards Assembly Schedule
Monthly Character Attributes
2018 -19 SOAR Updates
2018-2019 Disciplinary Referral Form
2018 Hallway Contest
Learning the School Creed - Activities for students
SOAR Expectations - Suggested Lessons
Learning the School Creed - Activities for students
2018 Winter Station Rotation Schedule
De-Escalation Workshop
Sept. Oct. Nov. Disciplinary Data
SOAR Expectations Lessons
September 2017 PBIS Station Rotation Schedule
SOAR Handbook

Assessment Information

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Teaching Students to De-Stress Over Testing
January 2019 NWEA Assessment Schedule
September 2018 NWEA Assessment Schedule
2018-19 Assessment Calendar
Update on SLOs and Post-Assessments 2017-2018
Updates from the RCSD Department of Assessment and Testing
School #16 Assessment Calendar 2017-18
RCSD 2017 - 18 Assessment Calendar

Computer Lab Calendars

Room 211 Computer Lab
Room 106 Library Lab

Technology Corner

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When using Google Drive you can change how files and folders are displayed. There are two views - list view and grid view.Watch this 30 second video for some instructions.
10 collaborative ways to use technology with your students
Why use Class Dojo
Ways to use Technology in your classroom
Remind App - The remind app lets you communicate with parents and students safely and securely. It is useful for whole class, team or club communication and can also be used for individual conversations. Set up is easy and can be done on the computer or with your phone.
Tech tools to check for understanding in real time

RCSD Curricular Links

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RCSD K-12 Social Studies Site

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