Check out this reflection from Mr. James on using Plickers in his classroom. If you're interested in using Plickers, check out the Tech Tools Padlet on the Planning Resources page or come ask a question!
"I started using Plickers in my classroom because it is an easy way to capture the where my students are with information I have given them. I have used it after notes to test on the information they had just received as a quick assessment tool. Since their NCFE's are coming up, I am implementing Plickers full-time. I plan to have a reading passage each day with multiple choice questions, which will help me in addressing the topics that need the most attention in test review. " Way to go Mr. James!!
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After a day of teacher kudos at Hillside, Ms. Diaz decided to take it to the next level, allowing her students to share their successes of the week. She used Padlet to allow students to post anonymously or with their names. Padlet is an easy, quick, and free resource for all sorts of fun, not just kudos. Get inspired and give it a try. Great work Ms. Diaz!!
Mr. Wilson unleashed the power of his students' engineering brains with a table building activity. Students were tasked with building a small table using only copy paper, newspaper, and tape. The table must be able to hold the weight of no less than 3 smartphones. Research for and the construction of their tables corresponds with using multiple steps in the Engineering Design Process. Students were required to build and reflect on their process. Some students build tables that could hold computers, textbooks, and a number of other objects.
Our very own Ms. Lipscomb is celebrating a very important victory with her students this month. The North Carolina Scholastic Dance Festival was held February 17 at Durham School of the Arts and our Hillside Hornets finished 1st OVERALL winning a state championship. The team rated superior in Hip Hop and Student Choreography while beating out schools from around the state to win the overall crown. Congrats to Ms. Lipscomb and our amazing students.
Mr. Jame's English I classes broke the review boredom blues last week with an EOG review escape room. An escape room activity requires students to work in teams to solve content related puzzles and ultimately unlock the clues to a hidden prize or escape. These games have become a popular way to encourage collaboration without your traditional competitive gaming where some students tune out. For more resources on escape rooms check out Breakout EDU or this blog on escape rooms in education.
Ms. Becton and Mr. Hickson teamed up for a lesson in "Entrepreneurship Everywhere". Using examples from different fields, Mr. Hickson and Ms. Becton's class were able to discuss the three elements of entrepreneurship: (1) taking the risk to start an organization with no gaurantee, (2) organizing people, things, money, and time, and (3) creating something that has value. The class listened to Mr. Hickson's story of entrepreneurship both in business and education and looked to apply their learning to examples of opportunities for entrepreneurs in all fields. Any teachers looking to co-teach a lesson or bring in guest speakers, please contact Mr. Hickson for support!
From the desk of Mr. Adam Sharpnack: As the students read the book Night by Elie Wiesel, we explore stereotypes and the universal themes of hate and pain. As a summative assessment, each student is to research 4 news articles on hate crimes, record them in a graphic organizer, and draw connections through the theme of hate. The students get really engaged in the research, reacting with shock and disgust toward the crimes and empathy for the victims.They start their research paper on hate crimes by crafting a thesis sentence with a theme topic as the central idea that is broken down into 3 sub-topics. These sub-topics then become the main topic for each of the 3 body paragraphs. The claim in the sub- topic is then supported in the body paragraphs by using citations that the students draw from the articles that they researched on their own. They organize all of the paper, sentence-by-sentence, in an outline that they will use to to type their final draft into a Google Doc. Ms. Dacres's students needed tutoring. Ms. Dacres needed to find time. She found a solution. This simple board setup allows for students to sign up on their own for weekly tutoring times and lets Ms. Dacres visibly show her availability in advance. She is encouraging students to gain independence by signing up and checking off their attendance. Shoutout to Ms. Dacres for building student independence and to her students for putting in WORK!!
In these photos, Ms. McCullough's students were solving logarithmic and exponential equations. They were eager to test and prove their knowledge on this unit! Students in her class have built the confidence to come to the board and explain for their peers! Great work Ms. McCullough!
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