April/May Update
* Lunch Meetings on 4/11 and 5/15
* School Store on 4/13 and 5/10
* Planned and created middle school video for 5th grade parents/students
* Students created a flier of items left from school store - distributed to teachers in the building
* Planned and created teacher reading posters for next year
* Individual meetings
It has been a pleasure to work with the 8th grade Paltag students for the last two years. I wish all 8th graders the best of luck at the high school!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
March Update
* Students worked during School Store on Thursday 3/1
* Individual meetings with Mrs. Mahaffey were on March 19th
* Lunch meeting was held on 3/22 - during this time we outlined the order for the 5th grade video
* Students began creating the 5th grade video in small groups on 3/26. Small groups will meet again during the month of April to finish the video.
* I continue to meet with the Dolphins team teachers to monitor progress and assist with differentiation as needed.
* Individual meetings with Mrs. Mahaffey were on March 19th
* Lunch meeting was held on 3/22 - during this time we outlined the order for the 5th grade video
* Students began creating the 5th grade video in small groups on 3/26. Small groups will meet again during the month of April to finish the video.
* I continue to meet with the Dolphins team teachers to monitor progress and assist with differentiation as needed.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
February
February update:
* During our lunch meeting at the beginning of February, we had four 9th grade students attend and talk about high school and the courses they were taking. 8th graders had the opportunity to ask questions of those students.
* Each student met individually with Mrs. Mahaffey at the beginning of the month to talk about scheduling.
* Students worked a shift during the Scholastic Book Fair. Duties included assisting students, record keeping, and stocking.
* School store was held during lunches on Friday, 2/17.
* During our lunch meeting at the beginning of February, we had four 9th grade students attend and talk about high school and the courses they were taking. 8th graders had the opportunity to ask questions of those students.
* Each student met individually with Mrs. Mahaffey at the beginning of the month to talk about scheduling.
* Students worked a shift during the Scholastic Book Fair. Duties included assisting students, record keeping, and stocking.
* School store was held during lunches on Friday, 2/17.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
December and January
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and a relaxing break! December was a busy month for the 8th grade students. Here's a look at what we worked on...
* school store during 6th, 7th, and 8th grade lunches
* individual meetings to discuss classes, grades, and the 5th grade video
* 5th grade video meeting
* 5th grade video taping
* finished up presenting powerpoints to the Dolphins team teachers
* lunch meeting - students worked in groups to place pictures from the book Zoom in order. Sounds easy, right? There was a catch. Students in the group were each given their own pictures and were not allowed to show the other group members their pictures. They had to place the pictures in order without actually seeing all of the pictures.
Individual meetings were scheduled last week. With the students that attended, we began to talk about course scheduling for 9th grade. Students in reference this semester are working with Mrs. Dorwart to learn more about scheduling and the high school. Students taking reference during the second semester will start the class with Mrs. Dorwart and learn more about the scheduling process. Mr. Jones, high school principal, will also be visiting the middle school in the next few weeks to meet with each of the 8th grade teams. During this time, he will present the course catalog and talk with the students about scheduling and the high school. There will also be a parent meeting - more information on date and time will be coming soon.
During the January lunch meeting, students were given a scenario about a plane crash. Working in pairs, they were asked to order the 12 items that survived the crash, thinking about which would be the most useful and why. We ended the meeting with a great discussion about which objects/items could be used for what.
School store is scheduled for this Friday. I will also be visiting Mrs. Wehr's Language Arts class this month to talk with the 8th grade students about their reading workshop progress.
* school store during 6th, 7th, and 8th grade lunches
* individual meetings to discuss classes, grades, and the 5th grade video
* 5th grade video meeting
* 5th grade video taping
* finished up presenting powerpoints to the Dolphins team teachers
* lunch meeting - students worked in groups to place pictures from the book Zoom in order. Sounds easy, right? There was a catch. Students in the group were each given their own pictures and were not allowed to show the other group members their pictures. They had to place the pictures in order without actually seeing all of the pictures.
Individual meetings were scheduled last week. With the students that attended, we began to talk about course scheduling for 9th grade. Students in reference this semester are working with Mrs. Dorwart to learn more about scheduling and the high school. Students taking reference during the second semester will start the class with Mrs. Dorwart and learn more about the scheduling process. Mr. Jones, high school principal, will also be visiting the middle school in the next few weeks to meet with each of the 8th grade teams. During this time, he will present the course catalog and talk with the students about scheduling and the high school. There will also be a parent meeting - more information on date and time will be coming soon.
During the January lunch meeting, students were given a scenario about a plane crash. Working in pairs, they were asked to order the 12 items that survived the crash, thinking about which would be the most useful and why. We ended the meeting with a great discussion about which objects/items could be used for what.
School store is scheduled for this Friday. I will also be visiting Mrs. Wehr's Language Arts class this month to talk with the 8th grade students about their reading workshop progress.
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