mgs: Week 1 Instructional Strategies (Q2)

Friends~This week in my leadership training we discussed educating and supporting the whole child. I wanted to examine this idea a bit more. This Ted Talk video really zones in on the social development of children. It really explains the developmental growths at specific ages and how understanding those stages can improve how effective we are in the classroom.

I LOVE this quote! "Teachers, you don't teach a subject, you teach a child." ~Deepa Behushan

Educating the whole child includes the

child's family too!

20 Tips for Developing Positive Relationships with Parents

After I read this above article, I was smiling from ear to ear! We at Park View do so many of these things without even thinking about it.

1. Positive Phone Calls

2. Emails Home

3. Utilize our translator to help communicate with our parents.

4. Classroom Websites

5. Inviting Parent Volunteers

6. Parent Conferences

7. Free Smiles

I challenge you to choose one that I have not listed above and grow it in your classroom!

We also discussed the 2 Minute Relationship Builder.

For 10 Days you spend 2 minutes a day chosen students to help build relationships. This idea is so very helpful with your most challenging students.

Read more about the 2X10 strategy from

Angela Watson and The Cornerstone for Teachers.

K Reading

RiK.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and identify key details in a text.

RL.K.2-With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

K Math

K.CC.2

Counting forward from a given number

K.CC.4

Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

First Grade Reading

RL.1.2. Retell familiar stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

First Grade Math

NBT.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written

numeral.

Second Grade Reading

RI 2.1 (Nonfiction)

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Second Grade Math

2NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706

Third Grade Reading

RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.