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The 2000-09 year promises to be an incredible one! We have amended Social Studies standards and myriad resources to assist us in our "global investigations!"
Our specially trained agents of the GLENN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY will become skilled at higher level thinking and will soon be investigating the history, civics, geography and economics of the Middle East Africa and Asia! Parents, join us for OPEN HOUSE and visit the Realia Museum at the GIA.
" The teacher adjusts content, process and product in response to student readiness, interest, and learning profile."
The
Glenn Intelligence Agency is a differentiated classroom where a
teacher’s role shifts. Teachers and students accept and respect one
another's similarities and differences. Assessment is an ongoing
diagnostic activity that guides instruction. Learning tasks are planned
and adjusted based on assessment data. Students work in a variety of
group configurations, as well as independently. Flexible grouping is
evident. The teacher is primarily a coordinator of time, space, and
activities rather than a provider of information. The aim is to help
students become self-reliant learners. Students and teachers
collaborate in setting class and individual goals. The teacher uses a
variety of instructional strategies to help target instruction to
student needs.
"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." John Locke "Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers." Steven Spielberg At Mabry, every teacher is a reading and writing teacher. The GIA will have parallel readings to enhance their global investigations. Writing will also be an integral part of the Social Studies experience.
GIA agents are encouraged to model intelligent behaviors as defined by Arthur Costa. These include decreasing impulsivity; demonstrating persistence; listening to others; flexibility in thinking; meta-cognition; questioning and problem posing; checking for accuracy and precision; drawing on past knowledge; precision of thought and language; collecting data using all the senses; ingenuity, originality, insightfulness; creativity and wonderment; curiosity.
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." --Aristotle
New York Times Learning Network
Education World: Stories to Share
Above are some GREAT links with news stories for kids! Take a couple days with your group digging for info and taking notes to plan a "news show" and deliver to your class on Wednesday and Thursday!
We might divide the topics so not everyone in the class gets the same thing! Examples: Natural disasters, politics in the news, human interest stories, etc.
FINANCIAL PLANNING!
MONDAY: MAC LAB Scavenger Hunt on Personal Financial Literacy
TUESDAY: Personal and Family Budgets
WEDNESDAY: DEAR, BOOK CHECK, Budgeting for a Project
THURSDAY: FIELD DAY
FRIDAY: MAC LAB, More online fun with Financial Planning
MONDAY: Simple and Compound Interest, Balancing Your Checking Account
TUESDAY: Credit and Credit Cards
WEDNESDAY: DEAR, Saving and Investing
THURSDAY: Financial Unit Assessment
FRIDAY: GOOD BYE, GOOD LUCK! YEARBOOK SIGNING....
Monday: It's great to be finished with our FINAL EXAM and CRCT's. A word on both:
CRCT: Tough call. The first test on a new group of standards. Some very specific questions, some topics explored in more depth than others. This is very typical and two years ago when science adopted new standards, their first test was difficult. We've taught every single standard, all the vocabulary, the textbook plus supplementary materials. We've covered it all.
FINAL: VERY VERY pleased with the number of A's and B's on this comprehensive final. The topics and questions asked were all given to the students, we even went over the test questions, each and every one of them. Students who did well on the final have a history of success on formative assessments: Quizzes, classwork, word wall, essential questions...all the steps that lead toward solid knowledge of content. Practicing intelligent behaviors such as class participation, question and problem posing, listening to others and decreasing impulsivity also play heavily into final exam success.
PLEASE contact me by email at glenda.glenn@cobbk12.org if you are concerned about your child's final exam grade and I can provide more insights into reasons.
PLEASE NOTE I WILL BE OUT MONDAY FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
Tuesday: Orientation and set up for ASIA DAZE
Wednesday and Thursday: ASIA DAZE learning centers
Friday: Make up for ASIA DAZE. Continue working in optional centers. DEAR.
NEXT TWO WEEKS: PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING!!!
CREATING YOUR OWN MON CREST
1. Create a MON crest for your family or use one of the ideas you find on these sites.
VIRTUAL ORIGAMI
2. Use this site to try your hand at origami.
Make certain to turn in whatever work of art you choose with your completed ASIA DAZE packet.
British Museum History for Kids
Sheppard Software Games for Kids
PBS HISTORY GAMES FOR KIDS
PBS History for Kids
MR.DONN’S ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Mr. Donn History for Kids
KIDS WEB JAPAN
ASK ASIA FOR KIDS
Thanks to Kevin's mom for the pictures! Use these sites to complete your ONLINE ACTIVITIES for Asia Daze.
MOST awesome site is Kids Web Japan. You'll find some are very elementary, but still fun! On multiple topic sites, select topics WE have studied!
