Tuesday, May 31, 2011

SOL time... hmmm

Shout out to the teachers in my earth science department for crushing our scores from last year! Mark and Ray-Ray we deserve an early celebration! I think the kids responded well to the iTunes strategies as well as our common planning. I think we will do even better next year if we work more with our inclusion students and differentiate instruction from DAY ONE(as Mark suggested).

"Gneiss teacher" do you have any suggestions for inclusion students?

Sunday, May 22, 2011

SOL Testing

Tomorrow (and Tuesday) is the day we have all been waiting for . . . SOL Testing!!!! Hopefully the kids will remember all we have learned this year and not have too much anxiety. Good luck to everyone!!!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Turner Using DI

My mentee is really trying very hard to score extremely on the SOL with her students. I admire her constant use of DI. She has a tough group of 9th grade students. Everyday (it seems like) she comes up with 3-4 activities and breaks her students into groups and her groups work on activities based on ability. Today for her SOL she has some students working on computers, some are doing some review worksheets, and some are making a large poster. If you were to walk by her room the controlled caos may have you thinking that nothing productive is going on, but I am in the next room and her students are loving it.

Anyone else out these use DI? aka differenetiated instruction?