December 8, 2017

This is worth a second time to post:  We STILL see objectives that are written but they are truly just activities.

Goals: The broad statement about what you are covering (standard).  It's long term....

Objective: The expected achievement that is well-defined, specific, measurable, and comes from the goal (standard)

Activity: Efforts or "things" done to achieve the objective (take notes, outline, complete graphic organizer)

Activities are NOT objectives.  They are exactly that: activities.  Check your whiteboard and revise your objective if you discover that you have an activity posted!

Annnnddddd we are BACK to engagement....Have YOU asked your students how they learn best?  Have you asked them how they stayed focused and engaged in your classes?  Take a look at THIS ARTICLE from a student's perspective as to how they learn best.  Take a look around your class.  Are they focused?  Are they engaged?  Is there anything that you can change in YOUR class to keep them engaged?

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???

IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??

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SHOUT OUT to Kimberly, Tamia, Amy, Christen, Josiah, Dave F., Sue, Pozzesi, Jamie, Alisa, Liz, Heather P., Ryan, Lacey, Katherine, Anita, Cristina, Lynn, Dalal, Heather T., Lorraine, Kristy, Alex, Dustin, Carol, Elizabeth and K & C for posting as many great things about GVMS as we can!  WE LOVE to brag about what's going on at GVMS!  

      

    

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!  KEEP THEM COMING!  We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!

Click HERE to add! (114)

• SUPER awesome shout out to Sue for helping me with crossing guard duty while we are VERY short handed! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Lynn, Kristy, Heather P., Tom, Tamia, and Ken for MAKING STEAM Night happen! ~K&C
• SUPER awesome shout out to Sue and Jacob for coming up with a plan to help support ELA co-teach!  LOVE the collaboration! ~SPED Squad
• SUPER awesome shout out to Sue and Dave F. for working on numbers and plan for a possible tutorial period within the school day! ~K&C
• SUPER awesome shout out to Cristina for beating me out to yard duty each time! ~Sue
• SUPER awesome shout out to Science and PE Dept's for having 100% attendance at our FUN December Faculty Meeting! We LOVED the camaraderie ~ K&C
• SUPER awesome shout out to Elizabeth for supporting one of my students who really needed it.  It made her day! ~Julie
• SUPER awesome shout out to Elizabeth and her WEB kids for reaching out to one of our DHH students that was alone.  Coolest thing I have seen all year! ~Alex
• SUPER awesome shout out to Science for helping me push to be DOK 3 or higher! ~Don
• SUPER awesome shout out to Ryan for having his students learn more about music in his Wheel Class with music appreciation!  SO awesome! ~Josiah
• SUPER awesome shout out to Paula for helping in the library whenever we need it! ~Rosa
• SUPER awesome shout out to OUR STAFF for the attendance, input, involvement in our IEPs!  YOU guys ROCK!  Thank you! ~Christen
• SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa/Mimi, Ken, Cristina, Sue, Lynn, Ryan, Jamie, Jason, Lacey, Julie, Amy, Allison, Sarj, Heather T., Carol, Michele S., and Admin for already writing Good News Referrals for December!  We have had  193 Good News Referrals TO DATE!  KEEP THEM COMING!!

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