Nuts and Bolts
As decided yesterday from the first block until the end of the day, our campus will...
What is "phone-free"?
Students take a moment to consider their thoughts on a question, discuss their ideas with a partner, and then report on their conversation to the rest of the class.
What is a Think-Pair-Share?
Stating this clearly at the beginning of class (and even having it posted on the board), helps all students know what they'll be learning and helps the teacher assess the success of their lesson (sorry, TeacherTok).
What is the Learning Objective?
Without a word, you walk over and stand near an off-task student.
What is proximity?
The only week where there will be in-person Friday programming.
The final week (week of July 20th)
The bathroom/wellness room rule for how many students are out at a time.
What is "one in, one out"?
What is an Exit Ticket?
A visual like a web, T-chart, or Venn Diagram that helps students structure their thinking.
What is a graphic organizer?
Out loud, describe and praise the behaviors you expect from the class. For example, "I love that Table 3 has their materials out and is quietly responding to the Do Now question."
What is Positive Narration?
The event at the end of programming that all courses should use as an anchor for backwards planning.
The person who handles wellness concerns, referred through the Wellness Referral Form.
Who is Sam?
After asking a question, the teacher pauses for at least 10-20 seconds to give students a chance to respond (even if it's super, super awkward).
What is Wait Time?
Using this strategy ensures that all students have the opportunity and expectation to participate and share with the class.
What are Equity Sticks?
Two features of every class that make the environment feel safe and predictable.
What are routines and procedures?
What Summer Academy will be doing during the second week of programming.
What are Field Trips?
According to the behavior matrix shared yesterday, this is the person you should coordinate with before making contact with a family to report problem behaviors.
Who is Maria?
A strategy that supports all learners (but especially English Learners and students with IEPs) that helps with writing by modeling the structure and content of the desired response.
What are Sentence Starters?
Heavy support early, removed gradually as students gain skill and confidence.
Moments in the middle of class where students are most likely to go off task without clear directions.
Transitions.
NGS's three core tenets, which the durable skills are aligned with.
What are Learn, Heal, and Uplift?
This one-off workshop class will invite teachers to share their passions and interests with students during the Wellness Block.
What is Ideas for Ideas' Sake?
This strategy gets students up and moving around as they engage with different texts, visuals, and tasks.
What is a Gallery Walk?
Providing a variety of content, instructional approaches, and assessment options so that one lesson can reach different learners.
What is Differentiation?
What is Progressive Discipline?
An example of one of the durable skills Shawn will be running workshops on later today.
What are 1) Analytical Thinking, 2) Problem Solving, 3) Adaptability and Growth Mindset, 4) Resilience, 5) Advocacy and Networking, and/or 6) Confidence and Initiative.