1) The kids picked some commercials and paper advertisements apart to see advertising techniques and then made their own ads for a product of their choice.
2) 2/3 of the team went on a field trip yesterday, so the 20 or so we were left with got to turn their advertisements into commercials. It was FANTASTIC! One of them is in the process of being uploaded to some school youtube-ripoff website, so hopefully I can post a link soon!
http://www.schooltube.com/video/22977/Commercials
3) Common assessment. The kids did a practice reading Benchmark test, I got to grade them, and it was a fascinating experience. I spent a good twenty minutes with the Literacy Specialist just trying to figure out how to grade the things, because the two of us together couldn't even figure out exactly what the prompt wanted them to do. Sheesh. And they expect 6th graders to ace these things????
4) The benefits of having two teachers in a classroom - today I got to spend most of each class period pulling kids in the hallway for individual meetings about their reading responses (from #3) where we discussed one specific thing they could work on the next time to get scores up or else talked together about how they struggled with understanding what the question was asking of them. It was painless - for everyone involved, I think. I had a lot of fun. These are the times and as much as we hate them, we have to find some way to help them succeed on the tests. I won't ever spend an entire year doing prep for these things, but I am willing to take some meaningful time every now and then and work individually with kids - it's one of my favorite things!
5) Writer's notebook quotation of the week: "Today I learned Ms. Griner is very nice and she is going to be a great teacher, becuase she will help me whenever I need it." -LH
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