May 4, 6, & 8, 2015

Post date: Apr 28, 2015 12:31:39 PM

May 4: (Star Wars fans, click HERE)

We shared our credos, had "interpreters" give us feedback on our credos - conducted as a group activity, student led

I then asked students to begin work on Activity 4.7, using the following examples to guide their work in the graphic organizer.

May 6 & May 8

1. Smarter Balanced Testing - practice test on Wednesday, first official testing on Friday, to be continued on consecutive Green days until we're done. [NOTE: information about this test is on this site, for those who are interested about the particulars of it: http://www.smarterbalanced.org]
2. Alternative work will be done entirely independently to keep a silent testing environment. This hand-written, scored work will go in to the Quarter Four grade only for those who have exempted themselves from Smarter Balanced assessments.

What to Bring:

• a water bottle;
• a fully charged laptop;
• an extensible laptop charger;
• headphones or earbuds for the Listening portion of the exam (nope, music is not allowed);
• NO PHONES - or phones that are entirely powered OFF (just like SATs); and
• an open mind and positive attitude, realizing that this is a baseline-setting year for this brand new exam.

Goals for this week: 4.10 – 4.15, annotating for “pursuit of happiness / transcendentalism,” as well as choosing / committing to your “significant personal experience” to write Embedded Assessment #1 about.

Specific lesson plan data to follow...