Adventures in Room 8: Weekly Update

Date: Friday, October 14th, 2016

Looking Back
This is a list of concepts/activities covered this week that
are meant to spark conversation about learning.

Ask Me About

Discovering our world through Google Earth

Rehearsal Team Time has started: ask me about my team
New desk communities: team names and expectations
SLA - Numeracy (The Farm Word Problem)
SLA - Digital Literacy Assessment
Gym: Learning to play 4-Square
Intro to Feedback Loops (Peer feedback and learning from one another)
Using our drawing criteria/continuum to show growth
Transforming portrait photography into works of art using iPads (Prism App)
Using descriptive writing and our five senses to write about settings
Math Problem Solving: If there are 30 legs, how many are kids and how many are dogs?

Looking Ahead

eek at the Week

Monday

Lunchroom Clubs Start

Tuesday

Fine Arts
Rehearsal Time (2:00 - 3:00pm)

Wednesday

Coffee Talk: Formative Assessment (11am-12pm)

Library Exchange

Thursday

Reading Buddies
Rehearsal Time (2:00 - 3:00pm)

Friday

Fine Arts

Notes:

Coffee Talk about Formative Assessment

Join Ms. Holford and Ms. El-Guebaly for brief presentation and informal conversation
about formative assessment. Formative assessment is the topic of much of our school
improvement efforts and is very important for student learning. At our council meeting
we also discovered that many of our parents dont really know what it is. Come and
discover why we are so excited about improving possibilities for student learning. Join
us at 11:00 on Wednesday October 19th!