Great Job everyone!!!  I am so proud of all of your hard work!!!

Congratulations!  You should have completed all of the assignments for this class.   I will be in class on Tuesday evening but your attendance is NOT required.  I ma there only for those you need help finishing up assignments. This week is simple!

Teacher Training videos. 
Please take a look at this site.  I think it a great find.  Spend some time exploring.  We will not have a discussion for this topic but I think you should bookmark it for future reference.

You all did a great job!!  I was thrilled to get to know you!!  Please email me anytime during your program and even after if needed!!! Let me know when you complete the program so I can send you best wishes.

We will not be meeting in class this week.  You are finishing up your unit plans and sending them to me by Thursday.

Although we are not meeting, I would still like to share with you ....

We are preparing our students for a unimaginable future.  Are we creating future adults who can work in diverse groups and express ideas??

Let me introduce you to another teaching strategy that I believe is necessary to prepare our students for their future.

Reaching consensus
Tim Bedley is an incredible teacher in Lake Elsinore.  He has some great teaching strategies and incredible videos and information.  Once of his teaching strategies is called “Reaching Consensus”.  We will read an article and look at some videos from his classroom.

Read Article http://www.timbedley.com/articles/article01.htm

Please be sure to watch a few videos concerning consensus as well as read the link at the bottom of the article named See a framework for the teaching strategy "reaching consensus."   

 
Reaching Consensus on a Reading Assignment(5:08)         If you have not already seen this video (third video down on the page, please watch.
In this powerful video, you will see a small group of 5th graders reaching consensus on some comprehension questions. Notice how they dig through the text to support their answers. They were never instructed to do this, but because of the learning activity "reaching consensus," they automatically skimmed the passage on their own. Two of these students are English language learners. 
The last half of the video is an interview with the students on the benefits of this teaching method. You'll love hearing these 5th graders insights.


I would also like to share a great video!!  Another teaching strategy to reach our young digital learners.  

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Imagine a classroom where students listen to the lecture at home and come to school to practice their homework at school with the teacher.  The teacher helping students to put into practice what they have heard in the lecture with the teacher nearby to guide and encourage mastery.  The FLIPPED classroom.

The last assignment is to complete a unit plan. 
The unit plan is due this week by Thursday, June 9th

Next week is our last week of class.  Since we have completed all of our assignments this week, we will only need to check in for one last discussion topic.