Monday 2/1/10

SA Parochial School

I found some animal and habitat websites for a teacher who will be having students do a research project on them. I placed these websites in her file on the shared drive. I did the same for some research sites on Mississippi state facts for another teacher.

A worked created a tracking sheet for differentiated instruction using Orchard. She discussed with the teachers choosing 5 students per week to start differentiating assignments according to their strengths and weaknesses. Teaches will use the students ITBS scores to determine these needs. This was a useful way of chunking the task for teachers.

I observed as A modeled how to set up a Powerpoint an African-American Research project. She modeled how to choose a slide layout, add a text box, and add pictures. Students began their research with sites we provided for them and started their presentations.