This week, I walked through all K-5 schools' art and music classrooms! It was great to see the work happening in these learning environments.. Here are pictures that capture the work and planning better than anything I could ever write!
Hocus Pocus, Everybody FOCUS!
(stolen from Ms. McG at Watson...)
Kudos:
- Congrats to our team for having a solid set of academic expectations displayed across the city in classrooms!
- Awesome uses of Agendas, Word Walls, and Personalizing Expectations (the Bitmojis KILL ME hahha)!
- Organizational strategies at the K-5 art tables are ON POINT!
- Music I CAN statements from the National Core Arts Standards were visible in almost all K-5 music rooms!
In CPTs this Week:
- In CPTs, we finalized worked on establishing goals in some schools (SLG/PPG).
- We also focused on technology to engage and differentiate. I will continue to demo how to use Google Slides to really have some fun with text and tech... including strategies for ELL and Special Ed.
Release Time Day and PD:
- Monday was the first of four release time days we will have this year. The first and third are district/building led and the second and fourth are teacher led.
- We used the time in a few ways- co-planing for team goals based on TAP 1 and district wide foci, and also some PD for art and music specific to their areas (tech for middle school music with Soundation, and art using NCAS as we demo'd a lesson from the MET)
- Band and Orchestra met to collaborate on goal setting around improving systems for recruitment/retention.
- The next PD day is already in the MAKING! See you on Tuesday, November 5th! Full Day PD- and it's going to be EPIC!
October/November Planning:
- Durfee's Got Talent!- 10/25
- End of Term 1- 11/1
- NO SCHOOL- 10/14
- DHS Monthly Dept Meet- 10/16
- K-5 October Art/Music Meeting- 10/24 at HLCS
- 6-8 October Art/Music Meeting- 10/23 Virtual Meet- document will be shared
NUTS AND BOLTS REMINDERS:
- Lesson Plans are due on Monday morning
- Sub Plans need to be prepared and left on your desks (Durfee has a specific folder) in case you are absent
- Workshop Model aspects should be present (in your room and in your planning):
- Posted Agenda
- Warm Up (up to 5 min)
- Opening (10-15 min)
- Work Period (30-40 min)
- Closing (5-10 min)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jackie
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