Acronyms
SLOs
STUDENT LEARNER OUTCOMES
An ideal strategy for students who need a structured way to identify textual evidence and explain the significance of it. Students are in effect having an ongoing conversation with the content of their reading.
Dialectical Journal
Which country invented tea?
China
What is GGUSD's strategic plan formula?
Hint: Goal 1 + Goal 2 = this
Academic Skills + Personal Skills = Lifelong Success
This teacher won the dance contest at their senior Prom
Diana Corral
SPSA
School Plan for Student Achievement
Whole-class activity where students are expected to share information with one another. After completing a task, students move about the room and randomly select partners with whom to speak. Partners share the work they have done and listen to what their partner has done.
Give One/Get One
How many time zones are there in Russia?
11
What does WASC stand for?
Western Accreditation of Schools and Colleges
This former hitchhiker graduated from Edinboro State University
Gloria Wargo
SBAC
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
Students stand facing each other in two lines – each student having a partner directly in front of them. Teacher gives a prompt or asks a question, then directs one line of students to share the answer with their partner.
Lines of Communication
What is pi, written out to 5 decimal places?
3.14159
What are Hare's SLOs?
(hint: PACK)
Persevere, Attentive, Corporative, Kindness
This former ballerina worked for the Australian Swim School teaching swim lessons
Elizabeth Bryan
FEP
Fluent English Proficient
Students write down responses to a prompt or question then, in order, share out one of their responses using a public speaking voice.
This is meant to be a quick moving activity that only takes a few minutes – best done with 1 or 2 rows of students, not whole class.
Whip Around
This teacher was once a hostage in a robbery and graduated from Cal State San Marcos
Cindy Woods
What is Hare's Statement of Purpose?
Hint: Hare Huskies are an inclusive community of _____________, ______________ and _________ who act with pride from the PACK.
Academic achievers, responsible citizens and effective communicators
This teacher was in a Sears commercial in 5th grade and later graduated from CSULB
Tricia Simpson
ELPAC
English Language Proficiency Assessments for California
Teacher presents an issue to the class that will result in varying opinions or outcomes. Students work in pairs with one the interviewer, the other the interviewee. At a given signal, the partners switch roles.
3 Step Interview
Which of the following was invented first: televisions, radios, or hair dryers?
Hair dryers
Televisions were invented in 1927, radios were invented in 1895, hair dryers were invented in 1888.
How many tiers of support are present in Hare's PBIS?
3
Before becoming a teacher, this teacher worked at a mortuary filling death certificates
Adaline Purpura