Honey-Do List- December
December 11- Read the Hive. Tell your friends to read the Hive.
December 14- Huddle report Cards and January Assessments
December 16- Professional Learning- Session 3
December 20 - Fall Trimester Grading Window Closes. Grades must be posted.
December 22- Report cards emailed home (will be done by office)
December 24 - January 4 - Winter Recess
January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Pollinating Ideas
If we take our one-sided views of what success can look like and mean for black students, and hold high expectations for them, perhaps we will have fewer student-athletes and more students. When we hold high expectations, in whatever form they may come, the sociological phenomenon of self-fulfilling prophecies usually rings true. When I call my students geniuses three or four times a day, every day, I am not just doing it because that moniker sounds good. I am doing it because if students really believe that their teacher believes that they are smart, then they will spend a few more minutes studying and take a little more time when working on an assignment. And when they do that, they will get better grades. When they get better grades, they will believe that they are actual geniuses, and the whole chicken and egg thing cycles through again and again. There is power in fostering a culture of high expectations for your black students. Don’t read this and slip into thinking about discipline and behavior, we can talk about that another day. I am solely talking about academics. Suturing high expectations with academics creates a mindset of the next LeBron James, only outside of the sports grounds.
The Hive
- Remember that reading the Hive is an expectation.
- Thank you to those who read it each week
- Given the information in the Hive and questions I am asked sometimes, I can sense when readership has declined.
- Please remind your friends to read as well.
- I know it is a pain and everyone is overwhelmed but unless you want a cheesy video or another meeting I can't think of how to push out information to you.
- Let me know if you have a better idea (seriously let, me know)
- Report Cards
- We will be doing report cards in Aspen so that we can distribute them to parents efficiently
- Here is a tutorial on how to complete report cards in Aspen:
- We will be emailing report cards to families on December 22, 2020
Huddle
- We will be having a Huddle Monday at 3:15.
- The purpose of the Huddle is to answer questions you have about report cards and parent conferences
- If there is time we will also discuss the scheduling of January Assessments.
Reopening
- I have heard through the BPS Grapevine that the BTU has informed teachers that the District is reopening on January 4th for Students that are high priority in-person learners.
- I do not know that this is actually true
- I know the superintendent would like this to happen but that there are many hurdles to be jumped between now and then including BPHC approval AND Transportation routing
- As soon as I know you will know but as of now from sources very high up in the planning, this is unconfirmed.
Lexia Electronic Resources
- As I alluded to last week there are many components of Lexia that we are not using
- Lexia has provided resources and lessons available that can be used electronically.
- They may not be perfect but they could save us from reinventing the wheel in some cases
- If you go into "My Lexia" (the same place you should be checking your students' data)
- On the left of the screen in dark blue, there is a resources tab. Click that tab
- On the screen it takes you to you will see: Core5 Resources Hub Click that tab (I am not sure this link in the Hive will work outside of Clever)
- You will see this section New! Digital Lexia Skill Builders and Lexia Lesson Slide Decks Click that link
- There are a plethora of electronic resources there that you can post to your Google classrooms or SeeSaw.
- Try one of them out this week.
Teachers Using Lexia Data
I want to shout out the following teachers who have signed in at least once during the past week to monitor their students' progress.
- Meredith
- Rose
- Danielle
- Taydavia
- Marc
- Noreen
- Lindsay
- Keri
Professional Learning
- Pre-work: Please read chapter 4 of Cultivating Genius: Toward the Pursuit of Skills
- Pre-thinking: Consider what your grade level team will use the work time for. We will have roughly 45 minutes to continue working toward incorporating more culturally and historically responsive teaching into the student experience at your grade level. It could be used to finish fleshing out your action plan OR to begin one of the steps on your action plan. For example, Grade 2 plans to use the work time to begin researching books about different careers to use in our reading/writing unit on Career Studies.
- Join Zoom Meeting https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/84695739465?pwd=TkNIcDVHUlh0OHd0RjduOUJJTkIrdz09
Climate Survey
- Do not forget to do the teacher climate survey for the district.
- Please encourage families to do the Family Climate Survey as well
- I know how hard everyone is working and there is great stuff happening.
- I want you to get recognition for that!
Student Awards
- Here is the link to check out who is receiving awards this week
- I do think I will do a K video and a grade 1-3 video again. I just have not split the script yet,
- Though we are not awarding certificates for time spent on the usage of Lexia 65% of our students met the usage requirements over the last 4 weeks. This is an increase of 11% over last week's 4-week average however it continues to include Thanksgiving week.
- From 9/1/20-12/11/20, We have increased from 30% of our students working on grade level material to 33% working on grade-level material
- From 9/1/20-12/11/20, We have increased from 2% of our students working on above grade level material to 9% working on above grade-level material
- This is an increase of 2% over the past week whoo hoo)
- From 9/1/20-12/11/20, We have decreased the percentage of students working on below grade level material from 69% to 58%. A decrease of 11%. Way to go team!
- 24% of our students met their Puzzle Requirement in STMath. This is down 3% from last week
Gratitude
I came across this poem by Joanna Fuchs that made me think of each of you:
If I could teach you, teacher,
I'd teach you how much more
you have accomplished
than you think you have.
I'd show you the seeds
you planted years ago
that are now coming into bloom.
I'd reveal to you the young minds
that have expanded under your care,
the hearts that are serving others
because they had you as a role model.
If I could teach you, teacher,
I'd show you the positive effect
you have had on me and my life.
Your homework is
to know your value to the world,
to acknowledge it, to believe it.
Thank you, teacher.
~Joanna Fuchs
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