Text Box:   The Lion’s Den March 3, 2008  

                                                                                            

Text Box: Something to Think About:   “On my underground railroad I never ran my train off the track.  And I never lost a passenger.”   Harriet Tubman          

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            

Text Box: School Announcements   For Early Release this week we will be completing the ITTS Survey for the Department of Education.  This item will take 30 to 40 minutes.  Please meet in the NWEA Computer Lab on the first floor.    Guidance will be conducting FCAT training sessions throughout this week.  Please make sure you attend the designated training for your grade/subject.   We received an AIDE data update.  It still says “December”, but it has been updated.  Please check the share folder for this item.   A special thanks to Ms. Cummings for her efforts with “FCAT Kick Off Week”!  Throughout this week students will be receiving FCAT related incentives.  Thanks again Ms. Cummings for making this happen for our students!   Teachers who have first period and last period planning are reminded that they must adhere to the contractual hours.  Please make sure that you sign in on time and that you do not leave until after the contractual hours have ended.   Ron Hafner will be available during TPLC meetings beginning this Thursday.   He will be giving updates on new program design and implementation.  This is being done to increase knowledge regarding best practices for the new magnet program.  Teachers who wish to get further details about planning for the new program should stop by Mr. Hafner’s office and he will be happy to give you an update!     We continue to ask that teachers remain at their doorways to monitor student behavior during the change of classes.

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Extending Children’s Abilities Through Synthesis Synthesis occurs when we take a piece of information and are able to think about it using the creative process and thereby produce something new.  Students can be moved to practice such thinking by asking … Can you design a _______ to _____....? Why not compose a song about …? Can you see a possible solution to…? If you had access to all resources, how would you deal with …? Why don’t you devise your own way to deal with …? Can you create new and unusual uses for …? Can you develop a proposal which would…?