Text Box:   The Lion’s Den April 14, 2008  

Text Box: Something to Think About:   “A teacher is a guide and director who steers the boar, but the energy that propels the boat must come from those who are learning.” - John Dewey        

 

Text Box: Rigor in Our School As teachers, we often expect our students to take notes on what they hear in class or on what they read.  Just like other skills which need to be learned and practiced, taking good notes in a variety of situations does not come naturally for your students.  Depending on the subject matter, good notes might include questions or feelings generated as the student reads or listens as well as the obvious facts and ideas.  Students who take rigorous notes include three essential elements in their note taking process.   ACCURACY …Notes accurately record information and can be used to re-tell the main ideas. ORGANIZATION … Good notes are clearly organized and use a particular method of organization which makes information retrieval quick and easy. BALANCE … Well written notes show a good balance between main ideas and details.   Challenge your students to develop a rubric to rate their own notes in these three important areas in order to find room for improvement.    

Text Box: School Announcements The Athletic Dept. is selling Belk's Charity Sale tickets until May 2nd for only $5.00.  The ticket pays for itself as your first purchase will receive $5.00 off. Please support Landon, see Ms. Farabee, Ms. Franklin, Mrs. Thomas, Coach Harris and Mr. Higgins or Ms. Kimbrough or any athlete currently participating in our spring sports!   The painting schedule has been revised.  Please review the attachment if you have not been painted at this time.   For Early Release on April 16th we will be completing an online Professional Development Survey.  Mr. Hafner will also go over some of the aspects of the grant implementation for this year.  We will meet in the NWEA Lab for this activity.   Social Studies teachers should be aware that this coming school year a portion of the 8th grade social studies course will be devoted to career and education planning.  This is a state mandate which must be implemented by the 2008-2009 school year.  If you are an 8th grade social studies teacher and interested in being a part of the planning process for this course please email Clay Austin, Social Studies Supervisor.  The first meeting will be held on April 15th from 4 – 5 at Darnell-Cookman Middle School.   Our spring sports teams are off to a running start!  We encourage the Landon faculty to support our students and coaches.  Additionally, we are still in need of assistance with supervision at athletic events on April 15th, April 24th, April 28th and May 5th.  Please see Ms. Kimbrough if you can assist.   The Times-Union is offering a special 20 page workbook entitled, “The Holocaust.”  If you are interested in participating please email Lavonderick.campbell@jacksonville.com.  Teachers can order these items in bundles of 35.      For Early Release on April 16th we will be completing an online Professional Development Survey.  We will meet in the NWEA Lab for this activity.