Word+Splash

** media type="youtube" key="1qzzYrCTKuk" height="269" width="404" align="right"Shout Of The Week: **
Congratulations to everyone who completed Module One of NC FALCON! We will be hostinf another NC FALCON party in 2 weeks to complete Module 2.

Teams will need to have the following tools on hand for effective planning.

 * NC Standard Course of Study
 * Pacing Guides
 * Current data from benchmark assessments
 * Effective teaching strategies based on data and team discussions
 * Lesson Plans
 * Laptop

**Strategies for the Week**

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** [|Word Splash] **
Click Hereto watch a video about Word Splash. This before-reading strategy introduces students to key vocabulary, allowing them to access prior knowledge of the topic. Students are asked to sort words into categories, justifying their placement based on prior knowledge. Students make predictions based on what they know from the introduced vocabulary words, which can be confirmed as the story or article is read. This strategy works especially well with nonfiction text. (From the English SOL Enhanced Scope and Sequence for Grades K–5: READING Strand, 2004) ||
 * ====[[file:Types of Formative Assessments.pdf]]====

**Formative Assessments**
Above are examples of formative assessment to incorporate in your classroom. Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides explicit feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes.1 Formative assessment is a method of continually evaluating students’ academic needs and development within the classroom and precedes local benchmark assessments and state-mandated summative assessments. ||

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 * Halifax County Schools Education Foundation Grants are due **October 11, 2011**.
 * @http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/grant-application/student-achievement-grants/ **Deadline October 15, 2011**