The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 5-19-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Read & Write - A Great Chrome App That is Now Free for Teachers

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

A tour of Collaborative Problem Solving from Dr. Ross Green

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 5-12-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:
Lot's of great stuff coming out of the International Reading Association Conference!

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Jargon Hunter from McGraw Hill is a free app this month:
https://www.mheonline.com/apps/final_info/jargon-hunter

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

14 Severe Weather Survival Tips

Most of these are admin related, but there are a few good nuggets for teachers to consider too. 

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 5-5-14

Quote of the week: Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! You are all super heroes.

Teacher Appreciation Week Freebies and Deals -1

Teacher Appreciation Week Freebies and Deals -2

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Student Engagement:  Where True Learning Takes Place

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Brain Breaks with a competition twist!

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

The physical design and setup of the leaning environment makes a difference!

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Follow @MindShift

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 4-28-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

You Have One Second To Hook A Potential Reader

Teaching Beyond The Main Idea:  Non-Fiction Reading and Critical Reading

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Go back in time with Street View

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

It is severe weather season and in our recent severe weather drill Kathy and I revisited the idea of where our kids in high expanse ceiling areas should go to take shelter.  The two areas that are the most expansive are the gymnasium and the cafeteria.  The gift of modern radar technology allows us to know well in advance when a dangerous storm front is approaching.  That gift of time will allow teachers to be able to pick up their students from the cafeteria or gymnasium and take them back to their grade level pod to seek shelter.

One of my favorite weather maps:
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 4-20-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Be 'Word Choosy' With Word Gradients

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Taking Reader's Notebooks Digital

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

Classroom Cheers

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 3-31-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Accountable Table Talk

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Class Dojo Launches a Messaging Service!

Note:  If you have tried Plickers I would love to hear how it went!

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

March Madness is in full swing in our cafeteria!  Please continue promoting this great competition!

Scoreboard

More great research on the value of brain breaks! 

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 3-2414

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

8 Google Search Skills For Students

Digging in with Google: Search Tips & Strategies for Researchers

Digital Resource Of The Week:

A great resource for searching digital content, a great one to share with parents too!

GRAPHITE

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

March Madness is in full swing in our cafeteria!  Please continue promoting this great competition!

Scoreboard

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 3-17-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

The Right Questions The Right Way

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Plickers - A fabulous formative assessment tool!

If you decide to try this let me know, I would be glad to help and excited to see how it works.  

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

March Madness is in full swing in our cafeteria!  Please continue promoting this great competition!

Scoreboard

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 3-2-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Assignment before next staff meeting: http://blnds.co/Nrebfp

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Design and make beautiful images from quotes...http://www.quotescover.com/

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

March Madness in the cafeteria starts today.  This week it is CWE vs FDE.  Please encourage your kids to do their best!

Scoreboard

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 2-24-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Assignment before next staff meeting: http://blnds.co/Nrebfp

Digital Resource Of The Week:

A Quick tutorial on adding fonts to Google Docs/Google Drive

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 2-17-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

What is Reading?

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Using Google As A Classroom Timer

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

A site for kids regarding safety and natural disasters

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

A site for kids regarding safety and natural disasters

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 2-10-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Falling In Love With Close Reading

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Checkout Science of the Olympics on NBC Learn - A free resource provided by the IDOE

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

A lunchroom PBIS video from a few years ago...feel free to give a refresher.  We are in the process of producing some fun new videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEew8bc13VM

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

Common Sense Media Blog

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 1-27-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

John Hattie's 7 Mindframes of Learning

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Teach It Timer

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

New menus will come out after our PBIS committee meets this week.  Stay tuned and keep promoting all the positive behavior you see!

Here is a great video on the difference between empathy and sympathy:

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

CCPL Homework Help

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week of 1-20-14

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Boys Can Write!

Digital Resource Of The Week:

An Option For Blocking Video Ads In YouTube

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

I will be organizing the PBIS committee to meet this month and we will brainstorm ideas for new posters as well as ideas for promoting PBIS.

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

CWE PTO Facebook Page

The Cardinal Close-Look: Week Of 1-7-13

Quote of the week:

RtI and Literacy Connection:

Burkins and Yaris top posts of 2013

Digital Resource Of The Week:

Model and solve math word problems with Thinking Blocks!

Safety First and Positively PBIS:

I am still in need of interested participants.  I hope to have our first meeting/mid-year check-in in January.

Interested in serving on the PBIS committee?  I am looking for a grade level rep, resource rep, and a special areas rep to help brainstorm ideas for furthering PBIS at CWE!  If you are already serving in a leadership capacity on another committee I ask that you not apply for this opportunity so that we can spread around opportunities.

Please apply here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHI0RHdkcGlTT3MtX3cwRnBmakJzWWc6MQ

Tweet Of The Week: Click the tweet to be brought to the resource link.

Parent Resource:

Discovery Education Parent Resource Site