K-5th+Grade+Seminar

=Welcome to the K-5th Grade Community of Practice Seminar Page=

Use the Quicklinks below to view resources & materials organized by seminar
 * Seminar 1
 * Seminar 2
 * Seminar 3
 * Seminar 4
 * Seminar 5

Seminar 1: Promoting Positive Classroom Environment
 //Managing Time, Space, Activities, and Attention//
 * Common Areas of Classroom Inefficiency, And Strategies to Address Them (Teaching as Leadership), Areas Include:
 * Coming and Going
 * Managing materials
 * Student Communication
 * Potential Dead "Time"
 * 3 Short Videos: Lining Up, Teacher Language During Transitions, Teacher Language at Clean-up Time
 * How Am I Doing- Organizing the Classroom
 * Planning & Organizing the Learning Environment
 * Tracking Template for Homework

//Establishing a Community of Learners//
 * Establishing a Community of Learners
 * Strategies for Building Classroom Culture
 * Classroom Community Contract

// Responding to Challenging Behaviors //
 * Planning & Organizing the Learning Environment
 * Developing a Classroom Management Plan
 * Behavior Conferences



Seminar 2: Communicating with Parents and Families

 * Summary of Parent Involvement Research
 * Investment Resources Toolkit
 * Family Questionnaire and Contract

Seminar 3: Assessing Student Understanding and Achievement

 * The Best Value in Formative Assessment
 * Knowing What Your Students Know
 * An Answer for Long Term

Seminar 4: Matching Instruction to Student Needs

 * The Five-by-Five Approach to Differentiation
 * Differentiation Central
 * 12 Ways to Energize Lessons
 * Newsela Website
 * From our facilitator: "It takes current news articles, and editors edit them for 3-12 grade reading levels. Then you can have multiple levels of kids read the ‘same’ article at the vocab level appropriate for them"

Seminar 5: Self-Reflection and Goal Setting
// Goal Setting for/with Students //
 * Student Self-Evaluation Chart
 * Daily Goal Template

// Self Reflection for Teachers //


 * Seminar 5 Resources Links
 * DPI Self-Reflection Tool

Additional Links
 * Self-Regulation through Goal Setting- ERIC Digest
 * Self-Efficacy: Helping Students Believe in themselves