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Week Ahead.......February 1-
Day 5
Jump For Heart Event Grade 3
Report Cards Distributed
Fire Drill 1:00 pm
Out Of Building- Murray (Half Day PM)
February 2-
Day 6
Groundhog Day
Data Meeting K-1 8:00-8:45 am
Out Of Building- None
February 3-
Day 1
Elem Career Day
Data Meeting 4-5 8:00-8:45 am
Out Of Building- Smith (9:00 am - 12:00 pm @EC)
February 4-
Day 2
Author's Fair Meeting - LGI 8:00-8:45 am
School Board Meeting @ EC 7 P.M.
Out Of Building- Smith (All Day @ JH)
February 5-
Day 3
Pride Day Faculty Meeting - LGI 8:00-8:45 am
CV Movie Night @ 6 P.M.
Out Of Building-Godfrey (All Day); Mellinger (Half Day PM)
Bits & Bytes
How to Check Spelling in a Google Sheet
PLC in Print
(courtesy of the Marshall Memo)
Maximizing Wonder and Creativity
(Originally titled “The Wonder Years”)
In this Education Update article, Kathy Checkley suggests ways to spark students’ curiosity and creativity in the classroom:
• Have students maintain a Wonder Journal. Students jot down a question a day about things that intrigue them, and then select one to investigate further, writing a short essay or poem and sharing it with classmates.
• Set up a Wonder Counter in the classroom. Have students bring in objects that pique their curiosity, and then follow up with a Wonder Form – students bounce ideas about what an object suggests to them.
• Help students develop good questioning techniques. For example, with a visiting police officer, asking “thick” questions that elicit a detailed and thoughtful response – “What did you have to learn to become a police officer?”
• Tap students to become experts on a topic of their choice. Have students choose a particular area of the curriculum that intrigues them, study about it in depth, and make a presentation to the class.
• Allow students to be curious together. Curiosity is contagious, so it’s a good idea to pair shy students with those who are more vocal with their curiosity.
“The Wonder Years” by Kathy Checkley in Education Update, January 2016 (Vol. 58, #1, p. 1, 4-5), available for purchase at http://bit.ly/1lIK2ca
