My Job, Your Job
To start, I showed you the MJ, YJ chart and asked if there was anything on it you couldn’t live with. There wasn’t so these are the guidelines we’ll live with. In an effort to ensure each of you are as focused as possible for the duration of each class, I did add an item about the use of electronic devices – phones, laptops, MP3 players, and what not – to the TC side of this chart. Here’s what I added:
“Use laptops and other electronic devices only for class work related tasks (taking notes, for instance)”
The entire MJ, YJ chart is below for your reference:
The Pillars of Middle School
After one tour of a middle school I thought the time was right to have you examine the pillars of middle school. After a brainstorm-walk-and-talk, we listed your best answers to the question “What are the 5 key components of an exemplary middle school?” The list you developed was very close to the one agreed upon in the middle school literature – as noted in this NMSA (National Middle School Association) Research Summary from December 2007, “Characteristics of Exemplary Schools for Young Adolescents” – and as highlighted in my brief PPT presentation:
Language Article Placemat
In an effort to wrap up our look at “Chapter 4: Language” from the Communication fort he Classroom Teacher text, I asked you – as a member of a triad – to complete a placemat to review your ideas on the piece, then to summarize the triad’s thinking using a 3-2-1 organizer:
- 3 – Key ideas from the text
- 2 – “Language-related” actions to take on practicum
- 1 – Point to ponder/question
Here are the directions for Placemat and the 3-2-1:
Here’s a really cool, old school placemat:
I think that covers it.
Cheers,
– Lawrence