Laura Fendley

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@rmcotton @TessaBGarland Our media specialist rocks! She goes above and beyond to get our scholars interested in reading!

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@JohnWil36492577 @TessaBGarland I love the idea of promoting books with bulletin boards. Ours has pictures of teachers holding banned books mugshot style. The students seem to really enjoy it.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

We discussed wrapping books in brown paper and creating a mystery check out day would be a great way to encourage students to try something new. @TessaBGarland #CFCultureofLiteracy

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@shawnba45901328 @TessaBGarland Our school uses MAPS. So I Googled the difference between the two. STAR identifies where students would benefit from targeted instruction where as MAPS assess growth on Common Core State Standards.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@Terranc36108894 @TessaBGarland Our school uses a similar program called IXL. The only downside is that it is reading and math only once you get to high school.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

Our school uses MAPs data to assess students’ reading proficiency. Maps is given 3x a year and helps teachers determine a students lexile score. @TessaBGarland #CFQualityAssessment

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@nicholecwalker_ @TessaBGarland What a great resource! We have to teach these complex text to get our scholars college and career ready!

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@Terranc36108894 @TessaBGarland I like this website as well! I like that there are videos for the visual learners and leveled text for those that need differentiation.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@AshleyS02929192 @TessaBGarland What a great way to help those student who are visual learners.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@Jessica11178020 @TessaBGarland Some of my students struggled with these as well.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

I absolutely love this resource! I like that I can find scholarly articles on any subject and see images and videos for it. @TessaBGarland #CFDigitalResources

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@rmcotton @TessaBGarland I love that kept encouraging your students to try instead of just saying it for them. Way to strengthen those phonics skills!

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@JohnWil36492577 @TessaBGarland I love making students use context clues to figure out vocabulary! I love seeing their brains in action and it allows me to get a glimpse into their train of thought.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@Terranc36108894 @TessaBGarland I have never heard of this before. I think I will try it and see if it makes a difference in vocabulary quiz scores.

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

In physical science we were looking at the word cation which is pronounced cat-ion but my students used their phonics know and tried to pronounce it cay-shun. @TessaBGarland #CFPhonics

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

Teaching vocabulary in science starts by talking about what we think the word means, we then look at context clues, make an educated guess, and then see if we are right. After this we apply it to the lesson. #CFVocabularyIdeas @TessaBGarland

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@DeloachSummer @TessaBGarland I like your rubric! As a high school science teacher I don’t think about things like complete sentences and appropriately spaced words as something that should be included in a rubric. @TessaBGarland

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@unclechrisbowen I would have never thought to use a rubric like this to prepare for the GMAS. What a great idea! @TessaBGarland

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

I chose to do a single point rubric on writing lab reports. This type of writing needs to be concise and to the point. I plan on using this to assess their writing. @TessaBGarland #CFSinglePointRubric

[Laura Fendley @fendley_laura]

@Terranc36108894 @TessaBGarland I agree. When the students find the answer themselves it creates a sense of pride, which in turn causes self motivation.