GISH is FAMILY

It’s my favorite time of year...Fall and Football!  As I was watching the Bengals and Buccaneers last night, it cut to the commercial featuring my starting tight end, Rob Gronkowski.  It ends with the saying Football is Family.  After the goosebumps faded away, I began thinking about my family at Grand Island Senior High.  We  rise early in the morning to prepare for a day of teaching.  We put on our professional attire (pads). We pull into the parking lot taking a deep breath of fresh air before heading into the building.   We glance at our lesson plans (playbook).   We hook our computers up to the liquid-crystal display (helmets).  And we get pumped up because we teach the future of this nation!  Say it with me now, “WE TEACH THE FUTURE OF THIS NATION!”  GISH is Family.  To honor our family, I dedicate this first blog post to some traditional resources and strategies for improving our family time.

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Focused Planning Resources- Linked within this folder are: Organizers, Literacy Strategies, Templates to Guide Students' Thinking, and  Goal Setting Templates

StAple 7 (+3)-  Marzano’s research has shown that these seven elements from Design Questions #2, 3, & 4, and lesson segments addressing content have the greatest impact on student achievement.

Workshop Model- An instructional strategy to add to your collection that allows students to maximize their learning.

iObservation- Establishes a common understanding of effective classroom instruction.  Connects teacher learning to student learning

GISH Literacy Plan-This is a work in progress. Hopefully there are some resources here you can use each time your students read, write, or give a presentation in your classes.

Utilizing TechnologY-32 ways to use google apps in your classroom.

I also dug into the archives of The Literacy Room and found this beauty-
Drafting our Instructional Strategies.  Welcome back everyone!