Coming Soon to Arno…
Feb 20
Winter Break- Enjoy!!!
Feb 21
Winter Break
Feb 22
Schoolwide Title 1 meeting
SIP Meeting 3:45
Founders Day Banquet 6:00
Feb 23
Arno MTSS Group meeting 8:30-3:30 (your subs are covered if you are in the group)
Title 1 parent night at Bennie
Feb 24
Steve @RESA Title 1
The Survey Says…
Thank you all for participating in the survey. Overall we had around 30 responses for staff, 52 for parents, and of course our 3-5 students. Despite heavy contact, the parent numbers were lower this year, we will have to look at a new way to get the word out next year. I have pasted the overall average scores for now. we will get into the specifics in the future but overall we have had a very positive experience with all stakeholders and have received many nice comments about the work we do here.
From the PTA
“Hi-Di-Ho, Campers!”
The PTA cannot THANK everyone enough that helped make our Happy Camper Book Fair such a success! Our book fair chair worked hard to bring new ideas to this fair and we are so appreciative of all her hard work! Thank you Nicole and thank you to all our volunteers! YOU ROCK!!
Our annual Red Cross Blood Drive was held on Thursday, February 16th in the Arno Gym and was quite a success. The Red Cross said that this was our biggest turnout in years! Way to Go Caring Cougars!
A quick reminder that this is the LAST DAY to purchase Founders Day Dinner Tickets in the office. Tickets are $20 each for this event that takes place on, Wednesday, February 22nd, 6pm at Crystal Park Banquet Center. Please consider joining us in celebrating all of those who give so much to our community and school! Arno has many Caring Cougars receiving awards this year! Please see Mrs. DesJardins to purchase tickets.
***SPRING FEVER HELP NEEDED!***
If you are interested in donating a basket to be raffled off at the PTSA Spring Fever Craft, Vendor, and Mom-2-Mom Sale on Saturday, March 18th, please contact the PTA through our Facebook page or send us an email: arnopta@gmail.com
We are also in need of a Chairperson for this event too! Arno is in charge of the concession stand that day. If you’re interested in helping your, Super-Awesome President plan the concessions at this event, she would be eternally grateful for your assistance.
We hope everyone has a GREAT EXTENDED WEEKEND! Enjoy your Winter Break!
The Daddy Daughter Dance event is finally here! Please take a moment to read the event flyer as the location has changed this year. This memorable event takes a lot of planning and in order to make it a success we will be honoring a FIRM RSVP DEADLINE. The deadline for RSVP’S will be MARCH 31st. Look for the ticket form to come home with your child, or download it below.
Arno Dance 2017
Teachers, please help stress that No late RSVP’S will be accepted beyond MARCH 31st
Twitter- Please let me know if you would like any help setting up an account and/or let me know if you have a handle I can get published out there…
M-STEP is approaching
With the onset of M-Step season, I want to bring some items back into focus (although this should be integrated all year). One of those items is the Depth of Knowledge chart that was originally shared last year in reference to the various levels of questioning that students will likely face in state testing, perhaps even in NWEA. Last year I also supplied all classrooms with the questioning flip book, which I hope has become a go-to resource when designing lessons, practice, and discussions. If your students are not exposed to the various levels of questioning, they will certainly be disadvantaged on certain questions. Please take some time to review the question template, the resources, and the DOK and consider how you can apply this in math, reading, science, and social studies.
HOTS for Teachers: 25 Top Resources For Higher Order Thinking Skills
12/4/2014 12:00:00 AM
As Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) become more acknowledged as necessary for students to learn, teachers must also learn how to incorporate these skills into the curriculum. The following articles and sites offer excellent information, ideas and support for the integration of HOTS into existing curriculum and student skill sets.
- 5 Rules of Thumb for Designing HOTS Classroom Activities
http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/5-rules-of-thumb-designing-classroom-activities
A SlideShare show from Darren Kuropatwa - 5 Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/09/24/5-mediarich-lesson-ideas-to-encourage-higherorder-thinking.aspx
An article from The Journal - Apps to Support Revised Blooms Taxonomy
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=713727
An interactive resource site from Livebinders and Ginger Lewman - Children’s Complex Learning Skills Begin Forming Before They go to School http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2013/01/23/children-s-complex-thinking-skills-begin-forming-they-go-school
An article from the University of Chicago - Children Thinking Skills Blog
http://childrenthinkingskills.blogspot.com/p/high-order-of-thinking-skills.html
An article from Children’s Thinking Skills - Critical and Creative Thinking from Blooms Taxonomy
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm
An article from Teacher Tap - Examples that Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://teaching.uncc.edu/articles-books/best-practice-articles/instructional-methods/promoting-higher-thinking
An article from The Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC C - A Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinking http://learninginhand.com/blog/guide-to-using-free-apps-to-support-higher-order-thinking-sk.html
A resource site from Learning in Hand - Higher Order Thinking
http://www.pinterest.com/gladridge/higher-order-thinking
A resource site from Pinterest - Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://www.mcsk12.net/schools/peabody.es/hots/hots1.htm
A HOTS Resource site
- Higher Order Thinking Skill Activities
http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-iv/hotsd4/hotsd3s
A resource site from Black Gold Regional Schools - Higher Order Thinking Skills Daily Practice Activities http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4945356-higher-order-thinking-skills-hots-daily-practice-activities
An article from GoodReads and Debra Collett - Higher Order Thinking Questions
An article from Edutopia - How to Choose Mobile Apps for Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://blog.iste.org/choose-mobile-apps-developing-higher-order-thinking-skills/
An article from ISTE - How to Encourage Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/tips-howtos/encourage-higher-order-thinking-30624.html
An article from ReadWriteThink - How To Increase Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/34655
An article from Reading Rockets - How to Increase Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/34655
An article from Reading Rockets - A Model for the National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/a-model-for-the-national-assessment-of-higher-order-thinking/591
An article from the Critical Thinking Community - The New Blooms Taxonomy – Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills with Creativity Toolshttp://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v02/articles/The_New_Blooms
An article from Tech4Learning - Questioning to Promote Higher Order Thinking
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/isquestiontopromote.html
A resource site from Prince George’s County Public School - Reading Comprehension and Higher Order Thinking
http://www.k12reader.com/reading-comprehension-and-higher-order-thinking-skills/
An article from k12reader - Teaching Kids to Use Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgVTwON5Rg
A video from Youtube
- Thinking Skills
http://www.thinkingclassroom.co.uk/ThinkingClassroom/ThinkingSkills.aspx
A resource site from Mike Fleetham’s Thinking Classroom - Thinking Skills Resources
A resource site from Lessonplanet - Using Technology to Promote Higher Order Thinkinghttp://leroycsd.org/HighSchool/HSLinksPages/ProblemSolving.htm
A resource site from LeRoy Central School District in NY
DOK_Chart
Check out these great resources to assist in assessing
Edulastic: a digital formative assessment for MSTEP Test Prep
https://www.edulastic.com/
Edulastic Blog:
http://www.oaklandschoolsliter
MAISA Reading/Writing Resources
How to Insert Videos Into Google Slides Without Using YouTube
Yesterday, Google finally made it possible to insert videos into Google Slides without the need to host your videos on YouTube. You can now simply upload a video to Google Drive then insert it into any of your Google Slides presentations. In the video embedded below I demonstrate how to do that.
Applications for Education
As I wrote yesterday, this feature is one that teachers have requested for years. Finally, our students can use videos in their presentations without having to upload them to YouTube.
From the District…
Looking for new books to add to your library?
Thirty-Four Picture Books
That Support Social-Emotional Learning
In this School Library Journal feature, the editors provide a “starter collection” of picture books that build the skills of identifying and processing emotions, being aware of oneself and others, controlling impulses, appreciating and embracing different perspectives, demonstrating empathy, building relationships, and making good decisions. Here’s the list:
– Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (Scholastic, 2014)
– Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley (Roaring Book, 2015)
– Sam’s Pet Temper by Sangeeta Bhadra (Kids That Can, 2014)
– Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (Putnam, 2015)
– How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham (Candlewick, 2008)
– Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2006)
– Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2015)
– Waiting by Kevin Henkes (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2015)
– I Like Being Me: Poems About Kindness, Friendship, and Making Good Choices by Judy Lalli (Free Spirit, 2016)
– The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig (Knopf, 2013)
– The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack (Aladdin, 2003)
– Move Your Mood by Brenda Miles and Colleen Patterson (Magination, 2016)
– Wild Feelings by David Milgrim (Hold, 2015)
– Enemy Pie by Derek Munson (Chronicle, 2000)
– Zen Shorts by Jon Muth (Scholastic, 2005)
– I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O’Brien (Charlesbridge, 2015)
– Why Am I Here? by Constance Orbeck-Nilssen (Eerdmans, 2016)
– One by Kathryn Otoshi (KO Kids, 2008)
– The Feelings Book by Todd Parr (Little, Brown 2005)
– The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown, 2009)
– Ish by Peter Reynolds (Candlewick, 2004)
– A World of Pausabilities: An Exercise in Mindfulness by Frank Sileo (Magination, 2017)
– Anh’s Anger by Gail Silver (Plum Blossom, 2009)
– The Dark by Lemony Snicket (Little, Brown, 2013)
– The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (Kids Can, 2014)
– Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas (S. & S./Beach Lane, 2011)
– The Forgiveness Garden by Lauren Thompson (Feiwel & Friends, 2012)
– Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuth (Abrams, 2014)
– Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail (Scholastic, 2005)
– And Two Boys Booed by Judith Viorst (Farrar, 2014)
– A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2007)
– Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012)
– Hooray for Hat! By Brian Won (HMH, 2014)
– Jack’s Worry by Sam Zuppardi (Candlewick, 2016)
