Happy Thanksgiving!
      Mrs. Lewis' Bits and Bytes






How can I help you?


   Are you looking for ways to provide differentiated instruction to your students?  The Internet and your classroom computer can be a great help.  If you are looking for some ideas, send me a email or touch base with me the next time I am at your school.

Melanie
School extension:  29804
E-mail:  mlewis@amherst.k12.va.us




Research Indicates:

In Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow, when technology was integrated into the curriculum

"...students’ behavior and attendance improved, along with their attitude toward themselves and toward learning."

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow. (n.d.). Changing the Conversation About Teaching, Learning, & Technology ~A Report on 10 Years of ACOT Research ~ Retreived on November 8, 2006 from:
http://images.apple.com/education/k12/leadership/acot/pdf/10yr.pdf

Upcoming Staff Developments


Thursday November 9, 2006  RiverDeep

Coming Soon: 

Help! I am being observed!  Finding Technology Based Lesson Plans That Are Guarenteed To Have A Positive Impact On Learning.

Inspiration: An Incredible Tool For Incredible Learning





MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,  
MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY
HAVE NARY A LUMP,
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER
STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS.

From the "Night of Thanksgiving"
 by Anonymous


My Schedule

This month will be crazy as I am attempting  to meet all requested Teacher Professional Developments.

Monday 11/13:  I will be at Pleasant View all day.  I have several lessons I want to finish up before Thanksgiving.
Tuesday11/14:  I will NOT be at Temperance.  I am coteaching at Amherst Middle in the morning.  I will coteach with a teacher at CES in the afternoon.
Wednesday-Friday 11/15-11/17 I will be at a Mentor Workshop at Sweet Briar.

Monday 11/20 I will be at Temperance all day.  I will use this time to finish up some started lessons with your classes.
Tuesday 11/21  I will be at AES for half a day.  I will then go to Madison Heights to coteach a lesson.

Monday 11/27 I will be at the SAO all day for a Mentor meeting.
Tuesday-Friday 11/28-12/1 All County ITRTs will be in Roanoke for a conference.


Downloadables

I will start sending you some of our awesome resources.  Please feel free to adapt as needed.  Please open a few of these even if you do not teach this subject; that way you will have an idea of what your ITRTs can do for you.  Note:  I have checked the links on these as of 11/15/06 and all are working now.  I know that some of you were having difficulty with these resources.  If you cannot get to these please email me and I will make sure that you get a copy.

Inspiration Templates:

Matter Second Grade
Magnets
Chemical and Physical Changes
Mixtures vs Solutions
Holiday Sort for Kindergarteners
Matter Fifth Grade

Wonderful Web Sites  

CLASSROOM GRADING AID:
http://www.mrsperkins.com/files/grading.pdf

You will want to print out this chart and keep it handy
for
any student assignment. Find the number of questions
the
student got correct in one column, with the total num-
ber of possible questions in the other column to quickly
calculate the percentage or score.

ASSESSMENT GENERATORS:
http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/tools/assessment/

No matter what the class or student project is that you
need
to assess, you will probably find a rubric here to
fit the assignment. Choices include customized four point
matrix
rubrics, criteria checklists, discussion checklists,
and rating scales.

LEARNING NUMBERS TURKEY:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mlearning-turkey-numbers.htm

Templates are included for this early elementary Thanks-
giving-themed math project. Colorful numbers decorate the
turkeys
wings, and students will practice counting by ones,
twos, fives, and tens, according to their age and ability
level.

THANKSGIVING ART:
http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25

Find lots of great ideas here for preschool and primary
classes
to create Thanksgiving-themed art projects. Make
an
egg carton totem pole, a potato turkey, a coffee filter
Indian necklace, an M & M turkey, and more.

SEASONAL BINGO GAMES
http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp

ALL GRADES:  An EASY way to make BINGO cards for any season and any age group.


"The work can wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work."

Patricia Clafford

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